Hiccup was now back in the town square and he was sitting on top of the execution platform.

"So this is what the King of the Pirates saw when he died," said Hiccup as he looked onwards.


Meanwhile Buggy and his crew was still searching for Hiccup and Buggy himself was started to get annoyed.

"Argh! When I find that damned brat, I'm going to crush him like a bug next time I see his ugly face!" Buggy roared.

His new business partner was smiling, it was clear to everyone that she had a personal grudge against Hiccup, but they do know why.

Smoker had also been informed that Hiccup had returned to the execution platform and was making his way down there.

'So he showed up again. It took him long enough,' Smoker grumbled.

"Captain Smoker, is there something wrong?" Stormfly asked.

"Come with me, Stormfly."

"Sir."

Hiccup had now gained quite a bit of attention from everyone in the square.

"Wow, someone is on the execution platform."

"Who the heck is that?"

Hiccup didn't care he just continue to take in the view. "This is where it all happened, 22 years ago the King of the Pirates was executed right here."

"Hey, you!" a voice the megaphone yelled. "Up there! Get down from their immediately! You are standing on an execution platform that belonged to the World Government, now get down from there right now!"

"Keep your hair on, I'm coming down," Hiccup assured.

"Good," said the man, but then suddenly he was struck by a very large bludgeon and was knocked unconscious.

Standing there holding the bludgeon was Buggy's new business partner.

"Now is not the time for such trifles," she said she then looked up at Hiccup. "Long time no see, Hiccup. I've been looking for you."

Hiccup looked at her, but her face didn't ring any bells.

"Now that is just rude, do you mean to tell me that you of all people have gotten my face?"

Everyone in the crowd just stared at her as if she was some sort of goddess.

"Wow, she's absolutely gorgeous."

"Oh wow, I've never seen such pure beauty."

"Her skin looks so deliciously soft," said a young woman.

Hiccup still didn't recognise her. "Forgot? I'm pretty sure we haven't met, who are you?"

"I'll never forget you, you're the first man that ever truly struck me," she said.

Hiccup looked up. "What? I've never hit you!"

The crowd then immediately turned towards Hiccup and began to criticise him.

The woman then immediately rubbed his stomach. "When you struck me with your passionate fist, it felt good. Listen up boys who would you say is the most beautiful sight in the whole East Blue?"

"That would be you!" they all cried.

"That's correct, I am quite breathtaking aren't I?" she said dramatically. "There isn't a man alive who wouldn't crumble before my beauty, but I prefer strongmen. Like you, I'm going to make you all mine Hiccup just wait."

Hiccup felt very uneasy. "Can we just slow down for moment? Can you at least tell me your name?"

"You still haven't figured out?" she said rolling her eyes.

Suddenly policemen appeared with rifles directly at the mysterious woman.

"This is the police! Put your weapon down and come quietly. I am placing you under arrest for insulting a police captain." He then immediately turned towards Hiccup. "As for you up there get off that platform!"

She then immediately turn to the policemen. "Hold on, who did you say you were resting."

"We're arresting you."

She merely looked at them innocently. "Are you really going to arrest me?"

The policemen gulped.

"We've got a big problem here, sir. She's too beautiful."

"I really don't give a damn arrest her!"

"Do we have to do? Can we just stand here and look at her?"

"Surprise!" a voice yelled and then there was a sound of a cannonball.

Suddenly something struck the fountain and unexploded taking of the policemen.

"A terrorist bombing!"

Policeman then solvable flying towards the mysterious young lady. "Watch out miss!"

However she just stood there confidently and for some reason the rubble just slipped right past and struck the town hall. Everyone was completely amazed and confused about what had just happened.

"Did that just?"

"It slipped right past her."

"Devil Fruit powers," Hiccup gasped.

Buggy and his men then immediately appeared wearing their cloaks.

"That little stunt was dangerous, you know," said the young lady looking at them.

"I am very sorry," said Buggy apologetically. "But your smooth skin is unharmed of course so there's no need for trouble fairest Alvida."

Hiccup's jaw dropped upon hearing the name. Alvida was a pirate captain that Hiccup defeated and had enslaved Gustav. It was clear that from their previous encounter that she had went on a diet, but how she became so slim and sorts a short time was a mystery to him.

"You're Alvida?" Hiccup stared. "I see that you had a bit of a makeover since last we met."

"I guess I really did change after eating the fruit called, Smooth-Smooth Fruit," she said as she removed her cape. "No attack and hurt my skin, because it slides right off. Unfortunately, alone fruit couldn't already improve of my already stunning good looks. One big change you may have noticed was that I lost my freckles."

Hiccup decided to go along with her. "Right, that must be it."

"After becoming a whole new person, I decided to join forces with someone who shared my goal with finding you," she said gesturing to the club figures behind.

Buggy laughed as he and his boys immediately remove their capes.

"Now that I have made my big entrance, but whole the real star of the show!" Buggy announced. He then looked up at Hiccup. "Ah, Hiccup D Haddock, ever since the day you sent me flying I have been obsessed with exacting my revenge on you. That alone led me to finally finding my crew, my travels are an epic saga. I went through hell, I found friendship, I even lost part of my body."

Hiccup folded his arms. "And here I hoped I'd seen the last of you."

"I see that you are hoping that I had died so that I cannot exact my revenge!" Buggy laughed.

"No, I was actually hoping not to see you're ugly mug again."

Buggy looked at him furiously. "I, Buggy the Clown, am going to make you pay for that comment!"

The crowd immediately grimaced upon hearing their names.

"Hey, that's Buggy the Clown."

"Pirates!"

"It's the Buggy Pirates!"

The crowd and immediately ran far away from the square as possible screaming.

"You people stay where you are!" Buggy roared in a demanding voice. Immediately his pirate crew pointed pistols at the crowd. "I want every single one of you to see exactly how scary I can be."

"Scary? Don't you mean amusing," Hiccup smiled.

"This is no joke!" Buggy roared.

Then suddenly before Hiccup could react, Page appeared from out of nowhere and slammed some stocks over his head and arms. The stocks had been fitted with blades which immediately punted the wooden boards trapping him in place.

"Now what?" Hiccup groaned.

"Long time no see you dragon freak," said Page smirking at him. "How's your pal Toothless doing?"

"Good job, Page," Buggy smiled. He then laughed his head off. "To all of my followers, hundreds and billions of them around the world we shall now begin the public execution." Hiccup attempted to free himself, but the stocks were too tight he couldn't even move his hands. "You're trapped, Hiccup D Haddock, you can't move so much as an inch."

He then laughed. "Tell me Dragon Conqueror feel honoured? You will die in the same place as the King of the Pirates!"

Hiccup didn't feel especially honoured and knew he had to break free quickly. Then almost on cue storm clouds began to gather around the island.


Fishlegs was currently with Ragnar, Sontlout and the twins and was looking at a weather measuring gadget. Ragnar was holding a large swordfish which he had won in a competition, he was holding the tail while Snotlout was holding onto the head.

"The barometric temperature is falling fast, I have never seen such a sharp drop before," said Ragnar.

"I thought something was strange," said Ragnar as he looked at the clouds.

"There's a storm heading straight for the island," said Fishlegs as he looked at the cloud formations.

"A storm?" Snotlout blinked.

"Yeah, we had better hurry back to the ship or we'll be in trouble."

"Is it going to be big?" Ruffnut asked.

"Is it going to be destructive?" Tuffnut asked eagerly.

"Only you two would find a killer storm exciting," said Toothless' voice.

They immediately turned and saw both Toothless and Astrid standing there.

"In case you guys have forgotten we're short one captain," Astrid reminded. "Plus I think the Marines are aware of our presence now."

Toothless grimaced. "I'm getting this feeling that's not good. When either I get this get this feeling it usually means something bad is going to happen."

They then heard a scream. "Pirates are here!"

They then watched as a crowd of people ran past looking quite hysterical.

"Buggy the Clown is here!"

"What do they say?" Fishlegs stared.

"I think they said Buggy," said Toothless.

"I guess it was too much to hope that he was dead," Astrid sighed.


Smoker was soon informed of the situation going on in the square as they were making their way up a bunch of stairs.

"And what then?" Smoker asked.

"Well, sir, it isn't just Hiccup D Haddock it's also Buggy the Clown and Iron Club Alvida," said a Marine. "They're all there, wanted pirates from the East Blue have taken over our town square."

Smoker was furious. "They do all of this right in front of me? Why those arrogant scumbags."

"Captain Smoker, sir, what are your orders?"

"Send unit number one out into the sea and have unit number to surround the pirates from the streets. The rest will stand within shooting range of the square, see that it's done."

The Marine saluted. "Sir!"

The Marine was about to run off, but Smoker added. "And make sure unit one gets this message. They are to crush any pirate ships as soon as they see them. I don't want a single one of those wretched pirates to get off this island, not a single one."


Astrid and the others meanwhile were listening to the people who had ran from the square and what they reported was not very cheery.

"The execution is about to begin."

"Buggy the Clown is going to kill Hiccup D Haddock. Yeah!"

"They're going to execute him?" said Fishlegs horrified.

"How did he get himself into that mess?" Astrid stared shaking her head. She then looked at the others. "Toothless, Ragnar, let's go. The rest of you get back to the ship."

"Right," said Toothless.

"Hold this," said Ragnar tossing the tail to the twins and ran after Astrid and Toothless. "And don't drop it!"

Fishlegs looked at Snotlout and the twins. "We better make our way to the ship."

The four of them then began making their way towards the harbour as quickly as they could.


In the square the storm clouds had gathered and Smoker and the Marines have taken up positions on some of the hired buildings that overlooked the square.

"Captain Smoker, look," said a Marine as he looked through a spyglass. "Things are getting weird."

Smoker took a spyglass and saw Hiccup in stocks and Buggy was standing directly over him yelling at him.

"That's him all right," said Smoker as he looked at Hiccup. "Though I wonder what he's doing there?"

"Well, if I didn't know any better, I would say that Hiccup D Haddock is about to be executed," said Stormfly as she looked through her own spyglass.

Smoker frowned. 'That kid looks pathetic. For some reason that kid caught my attention, I thought that he was different from the others. Looks like he's nothing but Pirates scum after all.'

"Captain, we are ready to attack," said a Marine.

"Don't be hasty," said Smoker.

"But we've got them surrounded, sir?"

Smoker looked at him fiercely. "I am in command, you got it!"

"Yes, sir," said the Marine quivering.

"One pirate is about to kill another, let them fight it out first that'll save us the trouble." He then looked at his men. "Listen, once that kid loses his head we surround Buggy, Alvida and their gang and do it fast!"


In the square, Buggy was laughing like a maniac.

"Pirate Hiccup D Haddock of the Dragon Rider will be executed for the crime of being stuck up and making me angry!" Buggy announced. His pirate gang immediately cheered him on. "You're about to enter a world of pain which you can only imagine!"

Hiccup looked up at him. "Well, it can't be any more painful than the performance you're giving."

A few people in the crowd and immediately laughed.

Buggy growled at him, but continued regardless. "You best prepare yourself brat, because you're done!"

"If you don't mind can you kill me and then perform your speech?" Hiccup asked calmly.

More people laughed, even a few people from Buggy's own crew.

"Be quiet!" Buggy roared silencing them.

Hiccup looked at him. "I'll come on, I'm just having fun with you. But at a pretty nice getup."

Buggy smiled. "Thank you."

"If they come in men's sizes?" Hiccup joked.

Buggy glared at him as everyone in the burst out laughing.

Alvida chuckled slightly. "One has to admire his courage."

"Enough!" Buggy roared.


Fishlegs meanwhile was leading Snotlout and the twins back to the harbour as quickly as they could.

"I saw a massive cumulus cloud in the eastern sky, that means unimaginable big storm is headed our way add it coming in fast," Fishlegs informed them. "If Buggy and Hiccup cause a scene, the Marines are sure to come out and if our ship is washed out it into the sea when we need to escape we're done for."

"Well, I for one say that we shouldn't let that happen," said Snotlout.

"I'm willing to bet that the Marines have already started taking action and they'll destroy the Going Tiger when they find it."

"Hold on, so you're telling me that the Going Tiger is in danger," said Snotlout.

Snotlout then immediately ran ahead of Fishlegs and twins were doing their best to keep up with him.

"Then what are we staying here for!" Snotlout yelled as he dashed off.

"Wait for me!" Fishlegs cried as he ran after them.

"I'm starting to think that we came with the wrong pirate crew," said Tuffnut.

"Hey, life is no fun without a little bit of excitement or pending doom," said Ruffnut.


As Fishlegs predicted Marines were making their way to the harbour as quickly as they could.

"All right, men, doubletime!" said a lieutenant. "We have to get to the harbour immediately and destroy every last pirate vessel."

"Yes, sir!"


Maddox had already reached the shoreline where Hiccup and the others had anchored off the Going Tiger. He and Fang were just staring the size of the ship as it was slightly bigger than theirs.

"So this is the dragon guy's ship, huh?" he said. "Would you look at that, he's got a bigger ship. He won't need where he is going, because it's almost time for Buggy to finish him off. However, just in case the dragon guy, who has absolutely no chance of escape, happens to escape we need to burn this ship down."

Fang grunted in agreement.


Meanwhile Hiccup was beginning to feel a bit bored with Buggy's proclamations of the crowd.

"I think everyone gets the point now," said Hiccup looking at him. "You're hate me and you want to kill me, I think that everyone here is getting sick and tired of your boasting. I for one am getting a nasty pain in the neck and it's not coming from the stocks."

"I'll kill you at my own time!" Buggy roared.

"This what happens when you go against us," said Page growled.

"I guess this is it for the man I had my eye on," said Alvida. "Such a shame, he is pretty cute."

"You've got quite a big audience here today Hiccup," Buggy smiled. "Do you want to say a few words before you die? If not that's quite all right, you can either stay silent or say a few words it doesn't matter because you're going to die."

"Listen, I'm the man who's going to be King of the Pirates!" Hiccup roared for everyone to hear.

Everyone in the crowd immediately stared at him openmouthed.

"What?"

"He said, King of the Pirates."

"In this town of all places?"

"It's a crazy thing to say."

"We're finally getting to the best part of the show," Buggy smiled as he raised his sword. "Bye bye now."

"Stop the execution!" a female voice yelled.

"Now!" said three voices.

Everyone then immediately turned and saw Astrid, Toothless and Ragnar standing there.

Hiccup smiled. "Glad you guys could make it."

Stormfly's eyes widened when she laid eyes on Toothless. "Wait, what is he doing there?"

Astrid shook her head as she drew out her battleaxe. "How in the world you get yourself into this mess?"

"Something tells me that you himself into more trouble when we get on to the Grand Line," said Toothless as he reached for his swords.

Ragnar smiled. "Then it's a good thing he has us to bail him out. Now before we do anything else we need to drive these goons away."

The people in front of them then immediately stared at Toothless in shock.

"No, it's Pirate Hunter Toothless!"

People began to scream at the immediately parted ways allowing the three of them a direct route to the execution platform.

Buggy looked at Toothless and Astrid. "Astrid, Toothless, I see the two of you made it. Unfortunately you're too late."

Buggy then raised his sword preparing to deal the final blow.

"With got to bring down the platform," said Astrid as they immediately dashed towards the execution platform at all speed.

"So he was Toothless all along," Stormfly stared through her spyglass.

"Okay boys, get them," Alvida ordered.

The Buggy Pirates then immediately jumped into action pulling out their weapons.

"Let's do it," said one of them as they charged into battle.

Astrid began knocking them aside with her battleaxe, Toothless cut them down with his three swords and Ragnar was either dealing devastating kick saw shooting them with his pistols. However, despite their best efforts they could not reach the platform in time to save Hiccup.

Buggy laughed. "No one can save you now! There's nothing the three of you can do, it's the end for your Captain!"

"Not on my watch," said Ragnar as he pulled out his pistol, then a pirate grabbed hold of his arm pulling it away from his captain. Ragnar attempted to take him away, but he soon found himself surrounded there was no way could take them down and shoot Buggy at the same time.

Toothless grimaced. 'If I can just cut down the platform.'


Unbeknownst to anyone the Marines had now surrounded the square and were waiting for orders to pounce.

"Listen, the moment Hiccup D Haddock's head falls we all attack together," said the commanding officer.


Smoker raised his arm ready to give up the signal. "Prepare for battle."

"Sir!"


Buggy laughed maniacally as he prepared to bring down the sword.

"Astrid. Toothless. Ragnar. Fishlegs. Snotlout. Ruffnut. Tuffnut. I'm dead," he said with a small smile as Buggy brought down the sword.

'No,' Astrid gasped.

'We'll save you,' said Toothless.

'Don't give in,' said Ragnar.

Smoker's eyes widened. "He smiled."

The sword was inches away from Hiccup's neck when suddenly a bolt of lightning struck the execution platform. There was a blinding flash of light and everyone was forced to look away and then they heard a mighty crash.

The lightning struck the execution platform causing the supports to be heavily damaged, it also struck the sword meaning that Buggy got electrocuted. The entire execution platform was now in flames and then suddenly the rain began to fall distinguishing the fire. The execution platform then began to topple and struck the ground, everyone just stood there utterly speechless as Hiccup stood there in his dragon human form.

It was clear the last second that Hiccup transformed before the lightning struck, as a result his scales had protected him from the flames and clearly the lightning as well. Buggy on the other hand was completely scorched and wasn't moving a single muscle.

"I guess mother nature was on my side," said Hiccup as he reverted back to his human form.

Alvida, Page and the Buggy Pirates just stared openmouthed, even Hiccup's own crew was bewildered.

"Talk about divine intervention," Ragnar stared.

"I don't know what happened, but I'm pretty sure that it was dumb luck," said Toothless.

"Whatever the case we need to get out of this town," said Astrid.

Hiccup nodded as he joined them. "I agree, our troubles have just started."

Smoker was the first person to recover from the shock, which was unfortunate.

"Attack! Surround all the pirates now!" Smoker commanded.

Upon hearing those words the Marines shock out of their shock and immediately charged into the square.

"Here they come," said Ragnar.

The Marines began to engage the Buggy Pirates and clearly the Marines were better trained as the mopping the floors with them.

"I think we've overstayed are welcome," said Hiccup.

"Fishlegs and the others should be back at the ship by now," said Astrid.

"Then we had better join them or else will never be able to leave this island," said Ragnar.

"Nor will be able to get to the Grand Line," Toothless added.

"Let's run for it," said Hiccup.

Immediately they began running off which in get unnoticed by the Marines.

"The Dragon Riders are getting away!"

"Catch them!"

Several Marines quickly placed themselves in front of Hiccup and the others, but they were easily knocked aside by all four of them.

Smoker was still perplexed with a smile Hiccup had given before his failed execution.

'Why did he smile? Did he know he would be saved?' Smoker pondered. 'No, at that moment he was certain that his life was about to end. He simply accepted death and smiled to prepare himself.'


A lieutenant then the approached him. "Captain, we have to pursue the pirates."

"Lieutenant, think back," said Smoker. "Have you seen any pirate smile on the execution platform?"

The lieutenant frowned. "No, sir. It doesn't matter how tough the guy is, at the moment of death they all turned pale and die in despair."

"That kid smiled, I saw it," Smoker pointed out. "He smiled just like Roger D Gold 22 years ago, just like the old Pirate King did, on that exact execution platform."

"Captain?"

"Where are the Dragon Conqueror now?" Smoker demanded.

"Sir, he slipped past us and is heading towards the harbour."

Smoker then walked past him. "Unit one should have destroyed their ship by now."

The lieutenant frowned. "Well, sir, they had to return to port for refit. You see they couldn't light their powder due to this sudden rain."

Smoker came to a stop. "What?"

"But a reserve unit is currently making preparations to attack the ship instead."

Stormfly looked at Smoker. "Captain Smoker, if we let them sail now they'll will be able to get to the Grand Line before we can capture them."

"The wind is blowing towards the west," Smoker noted. "It's a tailwind for that ship, is this just make one sentence. It's almost as if heaven itself has special plans for this young pirate. I am White Hunter Smoker, on my honour as a Marine Captain I won't let that man leave this island!"


Walking down a street in the rain was a robed woman.

"Low winds, the storm of fate has arrived," she said