The thick falling snow was ideal for hiding in, but as two dragons and riders flew past, their shape was unmistakable. "How much longer now?" Astrid called. "Not long now" Hiccup called back. They swooped in for the landing and dismounted at a cave mouth. Holding up a branch for Toothless to light, Hiccup led the way into the cave. It was a large cave with many intersections, and it took about two hours to clear the cave of any dragons. By the time they got back to the cave mouth, they found it wasn't a cave mouth anymore. It was a solid, impenetrable wall of snow and ice. No matter how many times the dragons blasted at the wall, they only made a tiny dent. On the other side of the wall, an unknown species of dragon, not unlike the alpha, sat with its rider blowing ever thickening ice onto the wall. "I suppose we better get comfortable, it looks like we are staying the night here," sighed Hiccup. Out of the saddle bags on Toothless's side, Hiccup drew out a few blankets and threw them into a large crevice on the wall. From an interconnecting cave, Hiccup dragged various logs and sticks into a pile on the floor and Stormfly sparked them up. The dragons decided on a small cave to the side, while Hiccup and Astrid were left to snuggle up in the blankets in their wall crevice.