Chapter 19

Eret, Son of Eret

A/N: Hey guys! For updates I'm going to try and update in a week at the most. But it's going to be a bit busy for me this year since I'm a Senior. So I'm glad that you all have been patient with me! But also I will not quit this story for anything!

The blush was still there across the blonde girls face. Her mind wont get off of the boy with brown hair and green eyes. She made a small smile as her dragon flew her back to Berk.

As they flew across the water, the Island was just in their sight. Stormfly's head tilted upward to look at her rider with big yellow pleading eyes. Astrid made a sad smile at her and rubbed the side of her dragons cheek, "I know Stormfly. I don't like it as much as you do. I'm sorry…", she mumbled to her friend. The blue scaled dragon made a sort of sad cooing noise as she moved her head back to look straight ahead. Astrid had to suppress a sigh when they got near the Island.

Astrids blue eyes narrowed when she looked down below. "What's that?", she asked.

Down below on the Island next to the shore, was a ship. There were a few holes on the sails and some of the masts were burnt off (A/N: I am rlly bad at giving detail on a viking ship. So if anyone has any info on tht lemme know plz!). Astrid tilted her head as she didn't see a symbol on the sails. "Come on Stormfly!", she said as she patted the side of her dragons head.

They quickly flew down to the Dragon Arena and Astrid sadly locked up her dragon. Stormfly tilted her head every so often with her golden eyes sad as she looked at her friend. Astrid gave her a small smile as the gate finally closed between them. Astrid quickly ran out of the place as she made her way back into the village.

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"'Bout time ya got here!", said Snotlout as he crossed his arms on his chest with an annoyed look. Astrid rolled her eyes as she got to the group of teens that were grouped behind a house. "Where were you?", asked Fishlegs as he looked at her worriedly with his brown eyes. "With Hiccup.", she simply said, hoping to the Gods that her blush was gone. "Whats going on here?", she asked as she tilted her head toward where the ship was. "Some guys washed up here from being blasted by dragons!", said Tuffnut. Astrid looked at the twins and noticed that Ruffnuts head was twirling around like she was in a deep daydream. "Whats up with her?", asked Astrid as she tilted her head at her. "She saw the guy that was on the ship. And then she went all dreamy eyes on him.", Tuffnut said as if he was disgusted. "Eret Son of Eret is the man of my dreams! My everything!", she chimed dreamly.

Everyone rolled their eyes at her.

Astrid looked at them, "So then whats going on?", she asked again. "Stoick and the others are helping them get repaired so they can be on their way.", said Snotlout. "Let's see if they need help.", she said as she started to walk off. The others followed her. Tuffnut had to punch his sisters arm to 'wake' her. Ruffnut glared daggers at him but followed.

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Once the group made their way over to the docks, they saw the chief and a man talking.

"Again, Stoick, I thank you for your help.", said a man with short black hair and brown eyes. There were four blue lines on his chin as he made a smile. He wore a tan fuzzy shirt with a type of necklace around his neck and two daggers rested on his side. Stoick put his hands on his belt to rest as he looked at the boy, "Not at all, Eret. If you need anything just let us know.", he said. The boy called Eret clapped his hands together and rubbed them, "Yes well thank you!", he said as he put his hands on his side again.

The boy looked back and forth at the sides. Then he leaned a bit close to the leader of Berk. "I actually have a question for you Stoick.", he whispered. Stoick raised a brown fuzzy eyebrow. The boy continued, "I heard that Berk has captured The DRAGON RIDER.", he said with a questioning smirk. Stoick had both of his eyebrows up at this, "And how did you hear that?", he asked. "A little bird.", Eret simply said as he made a gesture with his hand and his other arm rested on his stomach and that arm rested on top of that. Stoick narrowed his eyes at him. "And I presume that you killed him?", Eret asked with a smirk and looked at Stoick questioningly. "He got away during a dragon raid.", Stoick said calmly. Eret raised his eyebrows as if he was in shock. He put one of his on his chest, "-gasp- The mighty Island of Berk let that demon go?! Now that is surprising!", he exaggerated with a little chuckle at the end. Stoick narrowed his eyes once again as if he was glaring at the boy.

"Actually, I think a little bird told me that the Dragon Rider destroyed your ship here. And I'm sure that others are very interested to hear your story.", Stoick smirked. Eret narrowed his eyes back at the man. Eret chuckled and shook his head a bit. "Oh Stoick, you still cease to amaze me!". Both men chuckled for a bit as they turned around and headed towards the Great Hall.

The kids quickly looked at each other and then at the damaged ship and then back at each other. "Hiccup did that?!", Snotlout whispered to them.

The kids decided to go to the Great Hall and hear about this story that Eret had to tell.

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"It was just another day out at seas and capturing dragons.", the man started. In the middle of the room he sat at the table. Many vikings surrounded him to hear his tale. The little kids were in the front with their hands on the table to try and get as close as they could to hear the story. The teens made their way over to the table to listen as well. Once they got there, Astrid tilted her head back to move her bangs out of her eyes and rested her hand on her hip. Snotlout crossed his arms over his chest as he stood next to her. Fishlegs walked up next to him as his brown eyes went wide as he listened. The twins made their way over to Astrid. "Bleh!", said Tuffnut as he stuck out his tongue at his sister who was staring at Eret with dreamy eyes and blinking every so often.

"We had finally caught a dragon!", Eret continued. "It was a green scaled Deadly Nadder! Simple dragon really.", he said with a proud smirk. Astrid had to force herself not to snort. "It was caught in our net as we tried to drag it into our ship.", he said as he looked at everyone. "Then. Out in the distance.", he said as he moved his arms and looked at the kids, "There was this 'vrooming' noise heading straight toward us!". A couple of the kids gasped. "Can any of you guess what made that noise?", he asked the kids as he looked at them. "The Night Fury!", the kids shouted in unison with delight. Eret nodded, "Yes!". Two of the kids high fived while the others jumped with excitement.

"It flew right over us with lightning speed! Making our ship rock a little bit.", he said as he made a stance like he was balancing himself. "We knew we were in trouble so we had to hurry and drag the dragon into our ship quickly. Before we got to, the black dragon came back and circled us slowly like a crow hunting it's prey. And on the back of that Night Fury was…", he said as he put a little pause while he looked at the kids. All the kids eyes were wide. "The DRAGON RIDER!", he finished as he waved his hands excitedly.

The kids gasped. "The boy was as black as night! And thats not even the weird part! The weird part was that he himself looked liked a dragon! His big green eyes glared into my soul as his ears flapped in the wind. He reached to his side,", he said as he put a hand over his side, "and grabbed a metal stick! He pointed it at me as a sword magically appeared out of it. Then it caught on fire like a Monstrous Nightmare!", he said. The kids made 'ooooing' noises. "He jumped off of his dragon and made a flip onto my boat. He ran towards me. But I was ready for him. I got out my sword,", he said as he made an impression like he had a sword in his hand, "We were in a sword fight with each other! Sure the kid looked small and scrawny. Not really viking material. But you can't judge a book by it's cover! The boys got skills I'll give him that! With the fire on his sword let him have the advantage! A few of my men went at him as well. The boy managed to dodge each swing they gave him. He would either duck or do flips! But don't forget about the Night Fury! He was busy blasting purple flame at our ship! But each dragon has it's limits. It only took him 6 shots until he stopped firing. But that didn't stop the boy! Instead, the Dragon Rider went over to the Deadly Nadder and used his sword to cut the rope so the dragon can go free. Then the Dragon Rider made a typing roaring sound that brought the Night Fury over to him. I tried to grab the boy but he was too quick for me. He jumped off the ship and flew away into the night with the Deadly Nadder close behind him. And now I'm here!", he said with a smirk. Proud of how he told his story.

The teens couldn't help but have their jaws drop while the others clapped in delight. Astrid tilted her head and whispered to herself among the cheering, "I wonder if he's the dragon trapper?". Snotlout looked over at her when he heard her and narrowed his eyes at her questioningly.

"Eret!", a man called. Eret looked at the man and narrowed his brown eyes slightly. He put a hand up at the crowd, "I'll be a moment.", he said to them. The other vikings and kids started to talk amongst each other about the Dragon Rider. Even though he only saves the dragons, he is still very popular.

Eret walked over to the man as they walked to a corner of the room.

Astrid narrowed her eyes and looked at Snotlout. Snotlout knew what she meant and nodded. They both looked at the others. "-dramatic sigh- He's sooo amazing! He's such an amazing storyteller!", said Ruffnut as she fluttered her eyes. "Bleg! Your grossing me out sis!" Tuffnut said as he put his hands close his chest and backed away from her as he shivered dramatically. Fishlegs sighed as he shook his head. Astrid and Snotlout decided to let them be as they walked over towards Eret.

When they got close to him, they hid behind a big pole that was big enough for both of them to hide behind.

Erets brown eyes were concentrated on the man to see them. He crossed his arms over his chest as he raised an eyebrow. "Well?", he asked. The man scratched the back of his head nervously, "W-well sir um… T-the ship wont be repaired for another week….", he mumbled with a weak smile as he looked down. Not making eye contacted. "What!?", Eret whispered loudly. "We haven't caught a single dragon yet and your telling me that we are going to be late because of a stupid boy and his dragon that destroyed our ship!?", he demanded. The man bit his lip and nodded slowly. "Drago Bludvist expects us to be back with dragons in a WEEK! He's the one that wants all of these dragons for his damn Dragon Army!", Eret spat at the man.

Astrid and Snotlout gasps quietly as they look at each other and then back at the two men.

"If we don't return back there and SOON he will kill us and feed us to the dragons! It's bad enough that we had to deal with that blasted Dragon Rider!", Eret growled.

Snotlout and Astrid decided that they heard enough and quickly ran back to the group. They grabbed the twins and Fishlegs and made their way over to the edge of the village.

Snotlouts black eyes scanned behind them to make sure that no one followed them.

"Guys we have to tell you something.", he finally said. He narrowed his eyes at Ruffnut who is swaying side to side in a daydream with a large grin on her face. "Can someone snap her out of it?!", he asked as he gestured his arm at her. "With pleasure!", said Tuffnut with a smirk. He raised his fist as he smacked the side of his sisters head. "Ow! What the hell Tuff?!", she sneered at him. "They made me!", Tuffnut said as he pointed his arms at Snotlout. Fishlegs smacked his forehead (facepalm).

Astrid just glared at them and quickly shook her head. "Guys! Eret is working for someone who is taking dragons!", she said quickly but seriously. Fishlegs and the twins just looked at her. "So? Berk has been taking and killing dragons for years!", said Tuffnut. "Ya. What's so special about that?", said Ruffnut. Snotlout and Astrid both put their hands on their hips. "The other man is building a Dragon Army.", Snotlout simply said while he flicked his head with a bored look. Fishlegs and the twins gasped. "W-we should warn Hiccup!", said Fishlegs franticly.

"Tell who what now?", said a voice from behind them.

The teens flinch and gasped. They all turned around.

Behind them was a big man with a blonde mustache that went down both sides of his mouth. His blue eyes glared at them questioningly.

"Gobber!", they all said in a shocked voice.

A/N: ooooooo I wonder what's going to happen! Will the teens tell Gobber what's going on or no? Guess you'll have to find out on the next chapter! -smirks-