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Yes! I've got another chapter. Again, I'm sorry for the delay. I tried my hardest to finish this as quick as possible, without writing a terrible chapter. So here it is! I hope you'll like it!

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Stoick, Gobber and the teens had paired up. This way, they could cover more areas in less time, and the chances to finding the three missing Vikings would be slimmer. Astrid was paired up with Snotlout, Fishlegs with Gobber –who was riding the Nadder from We are Family pt. 2 -, and Ruffnut and Tuffnut went with Stoick.

'Now, if you find anything, one of you will get the others, while the other stays where you've found that something. Understood?' Stoick asked. They all nodded, and then they went their separate ways.

After half an hour, Fishlegs and Gobber found something they didn't really like much. In the water below them they found a pretty big piece of a boat, an when they took a closer look, they could make out Berk's crest.

'Oh my…' Gobber said. 'We need to get Stoick. You wait here, I'll get him. I'm afraid that Meatlug isn't really suited to get them fast,' he said while he smiled sympathetically, but Fishlegs didn't notice; he was too focused on the piece of the boat.

'Yeah, yeah… Go… I'll be here,' he said, not even once looking up. Gobber nodded –although Fishlegs didn't really see it –and went to get the others.

Fishlegs looked up to see them get smaller and smaller the further they went, and when he couldn't see them anymore, he looked back at the piece of the fishing boat Hiccup, Mulch and Bucket were presumably in.

But then he noticed something else. On the left side he could see a mark, made by a claw. It was kind of familiar to Fishlegs, but because he couldn't remember what it was, he became a little frustrated.

'Meatlug, do you recognize this?' he asked, and he held the piece so that she could see the claw mark clearly. The fact that Hiccup, Mulch and Bucket were probably attacked wasn't really helpful for Fishlegs worries, but he knew he had to stay calm.

Meatlug roared, indicating that she indeed recognized it, but the bad thing was that Fishlegs couldn't really understand what she was saying. All he could understand was that Meatlug didn't like the dragon, judging by how furious her roar was.

Fishlegs turned the piece a bit, to see it from a different angle, but it still didn't ring any bells.

When he turned the piece back, realization hit him. He knew from which dragon those claw marks were, and he was now feeling really worried about the missing Vikings.

'They were attacked…' Fishlegs mumbled, 'By a Scauldron!'

'So you're saying that you're going to train these Scauldrons?' Valhallarama asked. Hiccup nodded. He couldn't believe it would be this simple to get off the island.

'No! No way I'm letting you near those beasts. They'll kill you if you get too near to them!' Valhallarama knew how dangerous they could be. She didn't forget the fact that their fangs were poisonous. What if they bite Hiccup? He could get really sick, or worse…

'They won't if I can show them that we mean no harm,' Hiccup argued back.

Mulch raised his hands and said: 'I'm with Hiccup. I mean, he's best friends with a Night Fury! A dragon we used to call the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself! If he do that, then I'm sure he'll do fine with these Scauldrons.' Bucket nodded and stood next to Mulch, indicating that he agreed with him.

'But what if-' Valhallarama spluttered.

'Mom, trust me. It'll be all right, I promise.' Hiccup said reassuring.

'Well… Okay then,' she said, 'But I'm still not comfortable with it.' It didn't matter to her that Hiccup befriended a Night Fury, or killed a dragon with the size of a mountain. Those Scauldrons could've killed her when she tried to leave the island. Hiccup was just a kid. She couldn't forgive herself if anything happened to him.

'There were three Scauldrons, right?' Hiccup asked. Valhallarama nodded. 'Okay, then I think I have a plan…' Hiccup said while he looked at the open sea.

'Fishlegs! What did you find?' Stoick asked. He and the twins went with Gobber when he came to get them. Stoick sent the twins to fetch Astrid and Snotlout, so they were no waiting for them to arrive.

'Well… I studied this piece a little closer, and I came to the conclusion-'

'What happened? Did you find them?' Astrid, Snotlout and the twins had arrived, and Astrid was looking around, hoping to find the three Vikings unharmed.

'No, but we found this piece of a boat. A fishing boat from Berk,' Gobber said. Everyone looked at the piece that was in Fishlegs' hands.

'Hiccup…' Stoick murmured under his breath. 'What conclusion did you come to?' He asked aloud.

'You see this marks?' Fishlegs asked, and he held the piece up so that everyone could see it.

'Those are claw marks. From a Scauldron to be precisely.' Gasps could be heard in the group.

'Oh no,' Astrid muttered, and she held one hand in front of her mouth. She could imagine what could've happened to Hiccup, Mulch and Bucket. They could be hurt, maybe drowned, or even… Astrid didn't want to think of them being eaten. Sure, Hiccup had something with dragons, but even he couldn't do his trick all the time. Like when a dragon appears out of nowhere, it's harder to do it. The surprise can cost you your life if you can't find a way out. Astrid was so lost in her thought, that she didn't notice that Gobber was talking.

'… And judging by the state this piece is in, I'd say this has been here for a while. So it could be they were attacked somewhere else, and this piece floated all the way here. Or they could be near us.'

'What are we waiting for then? We have to find them! Let's search this area first,' Stoick said.

'Yes sir,' Fishlegs said. He put the piece back in the water; it wouldn't be much more of a use anymore. They all went separate ways, but still stayed close to each other.

'Okay, the first thing we need is a boat. Because it might be a problem to convince three Scauldrons to bring us back home, we might have a better chance to convince one of them to take us home by pulling the boat,' Hiccup said. That was the first step. The second would be him getting in the water. To get a Scauldron to help them, he needed to gain its trust. And that would probably only work when he was under water. He hadn't told them yet, because he was afraid that Mulch wouldn't let him. He'd almost drowned before, after all.

'That shouldn't be a problem, with the wood that has been collected. It was our first plan when we woke up here,' Mulch said. 'The only problem could be how to connect the wood to make a boat.'

'I've thought of that too,' Hiccup said. 'We don't have to build a boat with a boat-like shape. You see, when I was little, and before I became Gobber's apprentice, I used to make those a lot.'

Valhallarama smiled. 'Yes, I remember. That was before that dragon raid, wasn't it?' Hiccup nodded.

'To cut to the business, we just need to make a platform, or something that could relate to that. But it has to be capable to hold all four of us,' Hiccup said. Mulch and Bucket nodded, and they retrieved everything that had been gathered the first day they've been here. They all worked in silence, and after a while they had managed to set up a frame.

'I think we should continue this tomorrow. It's getting late, and we need to eat something too,' Valhallarama said while she looked up to the sky. The others followed her gaze, and although Hiccup didn't like to stop working on it, he knew that Valhallarama was only acting reasonable. Who knew how far away they were from Berk. It might take a while before they could eat something again while they were at sea. That was, if Hiccup could manage to gain the trust of one Scauldron.