Chapter 20

Going Back

A/N: Chapter 20 is finally up! Woo Hoo! I am so sorry you guys! I had a total writers block! I also had to rewrite this chapter 2 times! And I had to reread it to make corrections! This chapter is pretty long. I hope you guys will enjoy this chapter! Lemme know what you think! :3

There was an awkward aroma in the air.

Gobbers icy blue eyes stared questioningly at the 5 kids.

The 5 kids just stood where they were with their eyes wide as owls. Fishlegs started to get uneasy and squirmed around in his spot. The twins didn't have an expression on their face. They were used to something like this, so they just go with the flow. Astrid and Snotlout looked at each other with their eyes and looked back at Gobber. They thought about running for their lives, but then again that would just make things worse. They pretty much just stood as still as possible and held their breath. Gobber raised an eyebrow as he stared at every kid in the eye.

"What's going on here?", he asked casually.

"Nothen. Just bored…", said Snotlout as he made his best bored look as he swayed a littled. Gobber looked over at Astrid. She blinked. Then she faked yawned and stretched, "W-well I'm pretty tired. I think I'm just gonna-". "Oh no ye don't!", said Gobber as he raised his peg arm at her. A wooden mug was on it as he pointed at her. "I know someone who used to play that lil trick with me ALL the time!", he said as he narrowed his blue eyes. All the kids looked at him. "Who?", Fishlegs asked. Gobbers eyes widened a bit. Then he used his other hand to scratch the back of his head nervously. "Er… Um… Never mind. The point is! Is that I'm going to be keeping a sharp eye on you lot! You all havn't been in ye beds for the past couple of nights! And I'm gonna make sure ye get there!", said Gobber as he glared at them a bit threateningly. Then he started to walk away.

The kids made sure he was far away enough to start talking.

The kids made a small circle and crouched down just a bit. "Great! Now we're on watch!", said Snotlout in an annoyed tone as he rolled his eyes. "At least we didn't have to explain anything! Then we would have been in even more trouble!", said Fishlegs as his worried brown eyes looked at everyone. "How are we supposed to go see Hiccup without Gobber or some other viking keeping an eye on us? We HAVE to warn him!", said Astrid, getting really annoyed.

"Oh! Oh! I have an idea!", said Tuffnut as he raised his hand. Everyone looked at him. "Ruffnut and I can blow stuff up as you guys go and see him!", he said as he and his sister high fived each other. Everyone rolled their eyes. "That would just make things worse!", said Fishlegs. "We have to see Hiccup no matter what!", said Astrid. She looked down a little bit as she thought for a moment. She looked back up at them, "We are going tonight! No matter what!", she declared.

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The sun had finally set below the ground. The sky started to turn black as a few stars peeked through. Some of the villagers started to tuck in as well.

The kids followed Gobbers orders and went into their beds and acted like they were falling asleep. They knew that Gobber would check up on them in around an hour.

After about 2 hours they grabbed a piece of glass and gave each other the signal.

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"Are you sure we should be doing this? What if Gobber catches us when we get back?", shouted Fishlegs over the wind. His Gronkle was flapping its wings furiously as they were flying next to Snotlout and his Monstrous Nightmare. "What's the matter Fishlegs? Ya scared?", teased Snotlout with a smug look on his face. Fishlegs narrowed his eyes at him in annoyance. Hookfang just looked forward with a bored look as he flapped his wings a bit like he was ignoring them. "Do we even remember how to get back to him?", Fishlegs asked as he looked at everyone. "Last time we let our dragons lead us. But I remember the way there now. So just follow me!", said Astrid as she and Stormfly flew a bit faster. The other followed her.

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It didn't take them as long last time to get their. After all, they just went over the pillars that were in the water. The twins were flying upside down for Gods know why. Barf and Belch didn't seem to mind since they aren't doing anything to stop it. Hookfang was flying right next to Stormfly as they practically raced to the ice hold. Meatlug did her best to follow closely behind them.

Once they got up to the ice hold, they followed Astrid threw a hole that led inside. All the dragons except Meatlug had to tuck in their wings and spin around a few times. They entered an empty cave. "Wait. I thought we were going to see Hiccup. This is an empty cave!", Tuffnut said as he got off his dragon and gestured his arms at the opened space. Everyone ignored him as Ruffnut punched his arm. "Ow!", he said and tried to hit her back.

Everyone followed Astrid as she led them into Hiccups room.

"Great! He's not even here!", complained Snotlout as he crossed his arms. "He's usually late.", stated Astrid as she went over to his bed in the other corner and sat on it. Fishlegs went over to his desk and looked at the papers that were piled up. The twins started their own cat fight. Snotlout snorted and walked over to a black solid rock. He crouched down to sit on it. He sat for a moment when everyone smelled smoke. The twins stopped fighting and sniffed the air. When they found the source, they looked at Snotlout. "Dude. Your butts on fire!", Tuffnut said as he and his sister both snickered. Snotlout raised an eyebrow at them. Then he started to smell smoke. His black eyes widened. He screamed as he jumped off the rock and ran around the room. Astrid found a pail of water against the wall of the room and threw the water on him. Snotlout sighed in relief as he had a contented look on his face.

"And that would be Toothless's bed.", said a voice from behind them.

They all turned their heads to see a boy wearing all black walk in with a dragon next to him.

"Hiccup!", the kids shouted. The boy smiled and walked into the middle of his room. The black dragon padded over to Snotlout and sniffed him. Toothless made a cooing noise. "Bout time!", said Snotlout. Hiccup rolled his green eyes as he held his helmet in his hands. "I was stopping a ship from capturing a dragon.", he said. "We know. We heard the best story from Eret, Son of Eret.", Ruffnut sighed dreamily. Tuffnut groaned in annoyance. Hiccup raised an eyebrow.

"Speaking of Eret.", Astrid started as she got up and walked over to Hiccup. Toothless padded happily over to her and nudged her side. Astrid smiled as she patted the top of his head. Then she looked at Hiccup with a serious look. "Apparently, Eret is working for someone. Someone who wants all of the dragons.", she said. "Ya to make some Dragon Army.", Snotlout said. "I think the guys name was Dragon Boldface something or other.", he said as he shrugged.

Hiccups green eyes went wide at the name. Toothless heard the name and made a low growl as he looked at his rider.

"Drago Bludvist.", Hiccup corrected in almost a growl.

Everyone looked at him, "So you know the guy?", Fishlegs asked. Hiccup nodded. "He's been trying to get my mom and I for a few years now. He's trying to control all of the dragons and claim everything in sight as his own. He is not someone you want to mess with…", Hiccup mumbled. "So he is a really bad guy? Or just a guy that if you meet him he'll kill you type of guy?", asked Tuffnut. Hiccup looked at him seriously, "Both.". Everyones eyes went wide. "Mom and Toothless and I havn't seen him in person yet. He's hiding somewhere to get prepared. We don't know how many more dragons he needs. But whenever they capture them, we will be ready to rescue them!", Hiccup declared.

"Have you tried finding him?", Astrid asked. Hiccup shook his head no. "He never shows himself. He only has his men, like that Eret guy, to trap his dragons for him.", he narrowed his eyes as he got deep into thought.

The others looked at him as they waited for him to say something next.

Toothless padded up to his rider and narrowed his eyes and made a growling noise at Hiccup. It was almost like a warning growl. Hiccup looked at Toothless, "I know Toothless. It could be dangerous. But I have too!", he said. Toothless just shook his head as he knew that there was no way he was going to change Hiccups mind. Hiccup was just too stubborn.

"What are you going to do?", Astrid asked as she narrowed her eyes.

Hiccup looked at all of them. "I'm going to go to back to Berk with you guys and try to follow Eret to get to Drago.", he said with determination in his eyes.

Everyone just gaped at him like he was crazy. "Hiccup, you do realise that your the Dragon Rider. The person that every viking on earth wants to catch! If they see you they could kill you!", said Snotlout as he bared his teeth in annoyance. Hiccup nodded, "I know.", he said as he walked over to his wooden bed. He crouched down and grabbed a wooden box underneath the bed.

He opened it and took some clothes out and a black hooded cape. "I'll just wear these for a disguise.", he said. Everyone looked at the clothes. "Those are…", mumbled Snotlout. Hiccup nodded, "Now um… Could you guys wait outside so I can change?", he said with an embarrassed smile.

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In the Dragon Arena the kids locked up the dragons. The black hooded figure made a sad frown with the rest of the kids. You could hear a couple of squaks before the gate finally closed. Hiccup clenched his fists around the collar of the cape. "I can't believe you do this every night…", Hiccup mumbled mostly to himself. The others just shook their heads sadly.

Astrid turned her head to Hiccup, "Gobber thinks that we're all in bed. So where are you going to hide?", she asked. Hiccup shrugged, "It's almost morning. So I'll be good.", he said. Everyone nodded and walked out.

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After for what seemed like forever, the sun finally raised near the top of the sky. Which helped to make shadows amongst the houses and other objects in the village. The sheep around the village knew that the stranger was there but didn't even bother as they didn't care. The shadow boy stayed by the biggest house on Berk.

He sat in the grass with his knees up to his chest. His hands were wrapped around his legs in a tight ball to keep warm. It can get cold at night at Berk. He's too used to sleeping in his warm cave with Toothless warming him up.

Then he heard the door to the house open. The shadow boy quickly stood up and made his whole body go against the side of the house. He closed his mouth so no one could hear him breathe.

A big man walked out of the house. He had ginger brown hair that was tied back. His beard went toward the end of his stomach tied at the ends. His big brown bear fur draped over his back in a cape. The man looked around his village to see what chores are meant to be done for the day.

Hiccup was still on the side of the house. He moved just a little bit to get a better look at the man. If you could see, his green eyes would be full of sadness. There was a clear frown on his face. Hiccup hasn't seen this man in 10 years. He's still not sure how Stoick the Vast is his father. Hiccup doesn't even look like him.

The man started to go down the steps. Hiccup was going to follow when a stick broke under his foot. He gasped and quickly went against the house again. Stoick quickly looked around when he heard the noise. His sharp green eyes scanned his house from top to bottom. He grunted and kept on walking. After he was a few feet away, Hiccup did a deep sigh. He grabbed the sides of his hood and brought his hood over his head more. Then he started to walk towards the side of the houses like he was sneaking.

After he passed a few houses, he could see a girl with a red spiked skirt with blonde hair as she got out. She rubbed her left eye and yawned as she stumbled a bit out of her house. Not too long, Snotlout and Fishlegs made their way out of their houses.

Hiccup cuffed his hands around his mouth in a circle. Then he made a type of cooing bird noise. The kids seemed to noticed as they looked in his direction. The three had to squint to see the shadow figure. They smiled at the signal and went about their day like nothing happened. Hiccup curved his mouth into a lopsided smile as he hid back in the shadows.

He narrowed his eyes as he saw a man walked out of a small house. He had short black hair and brown eyes. Four blue lines were on his chin. He wore a fuzzy light brown short sleeve shirt. He stretched his arms as he walked down the steps. Eret made his way over the Great Hall.

Hiccup finally found his target.

But then he heard some clunking noise on his far left.

He turned his head around as he saw a workshop. A fire was going inside. Hiccup frowned as he remembered that place. He shook his head and walked over to the Great Hall. He knew this village all too well. It was like he was here yesterday.

He just kept of walking like a normal person. His black cloak waving in the back a bit.

Once he got in the doors, he stayed in the shadows. Torches were lit in the room all over the place. Tables were sprawled across the room as some vikings were already in there stuffing their gobs.

He looked around and saw the 3 teens sitting in a table near the corner of the room. He made his way over there.

Astrid made a small smile when she saw the cloaked figure. Snotlout and Fishlegs turned around to see him. Hiccup made his way around the table to sit by Astrid. She put a plate in front of him. There was a couple loaves of bread and then a glass of water. He grabbed a piece of bread and took small bites of it.

After he swallowed, the kids saw the twins come up to the table. They sat down with their plates. "Hey! Who's that?", Tuffnut asked a bit loudly. Thankfully no one seemed to have heard him. "It's Hiccup you idiot!", Astrid whispered angrily to him. The twins made their mouths into an oval shaped, "Ohhhhh.", they said. Hiccup had to force himself not to do a face palm.

"Aye! You kids!", a man shouted. Everyone flinched.

A big man with a vest on waddled over with his peg leg making a clanking noise as he made his way over to the group. His blue eyes bright and watchful. Snotlout took a bite in his chicken leg. The twins chugged down their yak milk. Hiccup just continued eating his bread in tiny bites. Astrid could tell that he was nervous. She didn't blame him. Gobber pretty much raised him like his own.

At that, Gobber raised part of his brow as he looked at the boy wearing the black cloak. You could just barely see a hint of green clothing behind the cloak. And you could barely see some freckles on his cheeks. Gobber blinked, "Who's the lad?", he asked as he pointed his peg arm at the boy. There was a mug attached to his arm as he took a drink out of it. Hiccup took a sip of his water. Gobber could see his green sleeve went halfway on his small hands. "Uhh…", Snotlout stuttered. "He's Garth!", he said with a nervous smile. 'Garth' started to cough after he took a drink of his water. He made a fist and put it over his mouth as he coughed into it. Then he whipped his mouth with his sleeve and stared at Snotlout and then at Gobber. He made a small nod to try and convince him. "Huh.", said Gobber as he tried to look at the boy more closely. "Traveler?", Gobber tilted his head in question. The boy nodded. "Not a talker are ya?", he asked. The boy shook his head no. Gobber hummed a bit as he groomed his mustache with his other hand. "Well, I'll let Stoick know ye here so he doesn't think otherwise.", he said with a smile. The boy made a small smile as an answer. Gobbers eyes widened a bit. But then turned around to go over to his best friend who's in the middle of the room.

After Gobber was far enough away, everyone sighed in relief.

"Garth?! Really!?", Hiccup whispered. "What? I was under pressure!", whispered Snotlout as he balled up his hands into fists and slammed them onto the table a bit. The twins started to chuckle, "Heh heh heh", Tuffnut chuckled. "Garth.", Ruffnut smirked. Hiccup rolled his eyes.

"Thank you Stoick, for letting me stay here and rebuild my ship!", said a man. Everyone moved their eyes over to Eret. He was talking with Stoick over by the fireplace. "Not a problem Eret. Just hope your boss wont mind.", said Stoick as he put his hands on his belt. "Does Stoick know about Drago?", Astrid whispered. Everyone moved their eyes over to Hiccup. He casually got up and walked over towards the two men. Eret chuckled nervously, "Ya I hope he doesn't mind.", he said. "Oof!", Eret and Hiccup both said. Hiccup walked into Eret 'on accident'. Eret raised an eyebrow at the cloaked boy. "S-sorry…", the boy mumbled. Then he quickly ran back over to the table. "Well, my men and I will be off then!", Eret said as he turned back to Stoick like nothing happened. Then he started to walk out of the Great Hall. Stoick turned around to go over to Gobber.

The kids moved their eyes back over to Hiccup. "What was that about?", Astrid asked. She wasn't sure if Hiccup was being stupid or crazy. Or even both.

Then they saw Hiccup move his hand out from under his cloak. He held a piece of paper that was rolled up. A smirk was placed on the boys face, "Now I know where to find Drago.", he whispered as quietly as he could. Everyones eyes widened in surprise.

Snotlout crossed his arms, "Your just full of surprises aren't ya?", he asked in a sarcastic annoyed tone. Hiccup made a small laugh and smiled.

Everyone flinched when they heard a loud 'vrooming' noise and a loud screech.

"NIGHT FURY!", someone yelled at the top of their lungs.

Hiccups eyes almost popped out of his head. All of the vikings ran outside. The kids were very close behind them.

Outside, you could see a black dragon has whipped a couple vikings away with his tail. He used his plasma blast two times at two groups that were forming around him. His big green eyes narrowed into slits threateningly with his ears pinned down.

The 6 kids couldn't make it to the front of the group with all the big vikings blocking their way.

A few vikings has managed to tackle the dragon to the ground. The dragon roared a couple times as it thrashed its legs and whipped it's tail. Nothing made the vikings stop. "Get some rope!", one shouted.

Someone came back with some restraints. Someone managed to put a muzzle on the dragons mouth. The dragon started to thrash his head. Someone put a circular wood on it's neck and put it on a crate with wheels.

The kids were dumbstruck. How did Toothless get caught? Why was he here in the first place? Why isn't Hiccup doing anything?

At that, everyone looked at the cloaked boy. The boy had his hand gripped tightly around the collar of his coat. He was shaking pretty bad.

Stoick the Vast made his way over to the Night Fury. He narrowed his green eyes at the dragon. Eret was right next to the dragon. He, too, narrowed his eyes and drew out his sword. "This is the Dragon Rider's dragon! That means the boy is here in this village!", Eret shouted as he looked at everyone. "Someone here is the Dragon Rider!", he growled. Stoick looked at him like he was crazy. Then he looked all over his villagers. Everyones eyes were wide and looked around and whispered to everyone. Hiccup clenched his fists tighter to were his knuckles turned white.

The dragon kept thrashing it's head as it tried to get loose. He took a moment to catch his breath and looked around at all the people. He looked at the cloaked boy. He made a whining sound.

Eret noticed this action and looked toward where the dragons eyes were looking.

After he blinked the boy was gone.

The boy in the cloak started to run towards Eret. His cloak flying behind him. In his right hand was his Inferno. He clicked a button and a sword came out on fire. Then he jumped up and swung the flaming sword at the man. Erets eyes went wide in surprise at the boys speed. He swung his own sword up to block the attack. The boy tried to push the man back to lose his balance. Eret could feel the flame from his hand. If he held this longer, his sword could melt or break. So he jumped away as the boy landed on his feet.

Eret noticed the boy turned around towards the dragon. The dragons ears perked up as the boy thrashed his flame sword at the restraints. Once enough was cut off, the dragon spread it's wings to get more loose. The dragon jumped up to get off of the cart. The boy stepped back to give the dragon space.

Eret saw this opportunity and grabbed the boys cloak. The boy gasped and tried to run. But he was too late. Eret pulled on the cloak. The black cloak ripped off the boy as the boy fell. The dragon saw this and roared and ran to the boy. "No Toothless!", the boy shouted as he flung his arm at the dragon. The dragon stopped with his eyes wide. "Go! Get away!", the boy shouted again. The dragon whimpered as he took off into the sky, leaving the boy behind.

The boy heard footsteps as he quickly jumped up. He tried to reach for his metal stick. But someone jumped on him. "Gah!", he shouted as he got slammed to the ground, hard. His hands clenched the grass as a big man had him pinned down. "I got the boy!", the man shouted. Hiccup kept his head down in fear of looking up. All you could see was his short brown hair. He was wearing a green long sleeve shirt with brown legging and light brown boots. His green eyes were wide with fear.

Stoick the Vast stepped up in front of the boys head. The boy gasped in fear. Stoick looked down and glared at the boy. "Tie him up and throw him in the cell.", he ordered.

Hiccup closed his eyes.

The Gods hate him so.

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At the ice hold, Valka and Cloudjumper came back from feeding the dragons. They headed over to Hiccups room.

"Hiccup?", Valka called when she and her dragon walked in. Cloudjumper tilted his head as his yellow eyes looked around. He made a cooing noise at his rider. Valka narrowed her green eyes when she saw a wooden box on her sons bed. She walked up to it. Confusion was written all over her face when she looked in it.

She thought for a moment when she heard a 'vrooming' noise.

A black dragon came flying into the room. He was panting fast as he looked exhausted. "Toothless?", Valka asked. Toothless lifted his head up at his name as well as perked his ears. Then he started to screech and roar loudly at her. He jumped up and ran towards the door. He looked at her and back at the door and kept repeating that as he roared. Valka tilted her head at him. There was fear and worry in his big green eyes.

Valka's eyes widened in realisation, "Hiccup…", she mumbled.

A/N: Yes! I FINALLY got this done! I'm so happy! Once again I am sorry at how long this took! I hope that everyone enjoyed this! And lemme know what you think! :3