With the sound of splintering ice, the ice wall cracked open to reveal a cavernous hole. Gasps were issued as the bright sunlight streamed down into the eyes of Hiccup and Astrid. Toothless and Stormfly leapt joyfully into the sunlight. Hidden in the crevasse outside the mouth of the cave, an unknown stranger lurked, unseen. Edging through the shattered debris, Hiccup and Astrid stepped out into the streaming sunlight. Quickly, swiftly, the stranger crept up behind Hiccup. Out of the corner of her eye Astrid noticed something. Swivelling around she screamed. It was a face like she had never seen before. Mangled and scarred, half an ear missing, and a large chunk taken out of his nose. But the most terrifying thing about it was the eyes. One stormy grey blue and alive, the other blank, white, and most definitely dead. What added to the picture of horribleness, was that he was holding a knife above Hiccups head. Realising that he had been seen, he plunged the knife down. Astrid only pushed Hiccup down in time. They scrambled up and started to run to their dragons. The scarred rider striding up beside them. Striking again, this time he caught Hiccup on the arm. It was not a deep cut but a cut notheless. Stopping, the rider sheathed his dagger, and stood pondering the time of how long Hiccup had left in the world.