Chapter three Training the Skrill

Hiccup walked briskly towards the hunter camp still carrying the head in tow. Soon enough the auburn haired boy arrived. All eyes fell not on him but what he had clutched in his fist. Ryker and Dagur's mouths where agape at the sight.

Hiccup casually strolled up to the two and dropped the head on the table before them.

"What is this?" Ryker hissed as he gave Hiccup a stare.

Hiccup gave him a sad look. "If you had come yourself intend of sending him to get me, well-" Hiccup trailed off. "I was simply cleaning up, you see this man was no hunter, he feared me so I killed him, there is no room for weak links, after all…Viggo should only have the best of the best? Am I mistaken?"

Dagur exchanged a look with Ryker. "Right, but why bring back the head?"

"Dagur of all people should now why I brought the head back, isn't that right, Brother?" Hiccup said grinning, with a twitch of insanity in his eyes.

"Of course I now why you brought it back with you, as a show of strength, to prove yourself worthy, or to put it up on the wall if your like me." Dagur replied.

Ryker shook his head and simply said. "I don't understand you crazy fokes." He put up his hand as Dagur tried to speak up. "I don't want to hear it, I called you both here for another reason. An attack on Dragons edge."

Hiccup intently gave the Hunter a fierce snarl. "Are you mad? An attack on Dragons edge this early into my transformation? No that would be suicide, if I where to be captured, and I assure you that I would, that you would lose one of the most valuable pieces you have."

"If you would let me finish solder!" Ryker snapped right back at Hiccup.

Hiccup froze and bowed his head. "Forgive me Captain Ryker, it isn't my word to say what we do."

"Ryker Hiccup has a point; we went through to much trouble to bring him over to our side." Dagur challenged.

"Like I was going to say before you both interrupted me… we will attack the edge and Hiccup will purposely get captured, this in turn will allow him to infiltrate the riders and use their weakness agents them. This in turn will allow us to capture them." Ryker said.

Hiccup threw his head back and laughed. "That will never work, Ryker I trained my team, they would now that this would be a trap, and even if they did take me in they wouldn't let me walk amongst them, no they know I'm dark so they'd keep me locked up until they could find the antidote to change me back. Even if we have to wait a week's time, our priority is to get the antidote and destroy it before they can get a hold of it and Toothless and I."

"Okay then what do you think we should do?!" Ryker snapped.

"About my friends? To be honest with you Ryker if they don't come after me first then their next bet is waiting to hear from me, as long as they now I'm okay they won't act to quickly, no they need to think strategy without me. That in turn will take some time which will give us head way to figure out what we really want to do, but we will not attack the edge unless I give the order to, beside you have the dragon eye, there is nothing on the edge for you." Hiccup replied.

Ryker nodded slowly. "You're right we do have the dragon eye. We should make way to Viggo…but you're right we should make way to the antidote before they find it. We leave at first light."

"Understood."

"Understood."

"Good you are free to go." Ryker said leaving the boys alone.

Hiccup turned on his heels with his hands behind his head. "Are you coming Dagur?"

"Where are we going?" The boy asked following Hiccup.

"To train your dragon of coarse." Hiccup replied and caused Dagur to chuckle in delight.

Hiccup and Dagur arrived at their destination. Hiccup pulled back the cloth covering the beast. It snarled.

Hiccup frowned. "You can't make lighting with your feet being in the water." Hiccup looked over at Dagur. "Help me move him out of the water."

Dagur gave him a blank stare. "If we do that he kills us."

Hiccup chuckled at the older boy's statement. "And if we don't he won't be able to be trained. Besides, wouldn't it be fun to see what Valhalla or Helheim be like?"

Dagur thought about it for a moment before helping Hiccup and Toothless with moving the cage out of the water.

Thunder and lighting crashed down on the dragon releasing it from it's prison. It roared and glared down at the three.

Hiccup smiled and walked onto the beach followed by Toothless and Dagur.

The Skrill approached them. Hiccup slowly bowed his head followed by Toothless then Dagur.

The Skrill returned the bow. "Dagur hold out your hand to him but don't look at him, you have to put all of your trust into him." Hiccup said.

Dagur slowly held out his hand and just like that the Skrill touched his hand.

Dagur looked at the dragon his lips held a big smile. Dagur felt overjoyed by his accomplishment. He now had a dragon that riled Hiccup and Toothless.

"So, what's his name?" Hiccup asked with a smile.

Dagur thought. "Striker."

Hiccup stroked the Skrill's neck. "Welcome to the team, Striker."

The Skrill purred. Toothless head-butted the Skrill.

Hiccup smiled. All is going according to plan, soon enough Hiccup will give, then I'll be all that's left of him.

Hiccup and Dagur both laughed. Clutching hands. toghter nothing would stop them.

A/N: Things are heating up.