The White Furies Chapter 17:

Toothless woke up, breathing deeply and trying to calm down. Thinking back to the 'dream', it almost sounded...it looked and felt like it was an old Dragon hatchling story, one of the first stories you were told when you came out of your egg. Thinking hard, Toothless remember the name that the Dragons called it. The Dragon King, thought Toothless.

The Dragon King was a very old Dragon tale that adult Dragons told their young. But the funny thing is that no-one, Viking or Dragon, knew when or where the story first started. But Toothless didn't have time to think about what he had seen, because when he looked up, he saw Hiccup and Fradokos walking towards him, talking to each other about things that Toothless wasn't paying attention to. "...So, you've 'thought' up the design that our ancestors have been using for generations?" said Fradokos, to which Hiccup nodded.

Hiccup looked up, and saw Toothless, and said, "Ah, Toothless, how long have you been here?" Purring, Toothless walked up to Hiccup and he let his rider scratch his head, thumping his tail in affection. "Where've you been, Tooth?" asked Fradokos, kneeing down to Toothless' eye level, "I haven't seen you for awhile." Remembering what he had seen earlier, and muttered, "Marko is back on Berk." Eyes widened in shock, Fradokos stood to his full height again, leaned towards Hiccup, and said, "Hiccup, I think we need to discuss something. Something, somewhere more...private." Looking around, Fradokos pointed towards Hiccups house. Quickly, Fradokos, Hiccup and Toothless walked into Hiccups house.

Shutting the door behind them, Fradokos turned around to face Hiccup, and said, "Look, I don't want to panic you or anything, but there might be the slightest chance that Marko is back on the island." Judging by Hiccups expression, which was that his mouth was hanging open as far as it would go, he was much more than panicky. "Hel-lo, Hiccup? Are you in there?" asked Fradokos, waving his hand in front of Hiccups face. After a minute of doing this, Hiccup managed to come out of his state of panic, and said, "No one is to know about this, okay? If anyone on the island gets wind of this, the next time we see Marko is when his dead body is being thrown into the sea."

After making sure that they weren't going to tell anyone (Fradokos making sure Toothless wouldn't tell any Dragon that had an owner), they exited Hiccups house, looked around to see if anyone was looking at them strangely. When they saw no one, they went their separate ways: Hiccup and Toothless, towards the forge, and Fradokos was heading towards the woods. After Fradokos was in a small clearing in the woods, he whistled for White Light. When the White Fury landed in front of him, he mounted him and said, "Take me to Marko." And with that, they were high in the sky, heading towards Marko's secret cave.

Hiccup and Toothless – The Forge

After the short meeting with Fradokos about Marko, Hiccup needed to take his mind off that subject, so he decided to go to the forge to finish something his was making. Toothless, deciding he'd rather not have another dream like last time went along to the forge with Hiccup. Looking around when they got there, they were surprised to see that Gobber wasn't there. Shrugging his shoulders, Hiccup thought Gobber was having a day off or something like that.

Walking towards the back room, Hiccup grabbed his apron from its hook, and put it on. "Stay right there, Toothless: I've got a surprise for you." Curious, Toothless did as Hiccup had said and waiting outside the door of the forge. When Hiccup came back, he was carrying a large fish in his hand. Purring loudly, Toothless got up and looked at Hiccup with eyes that plainly said, 'Thank you!' Chuckling, Hiccup threw the fish in the air, which was gracefully caught by Toothless, who then gulped it down.

Turning around, Hiccup walked towards the table that was in the middle of the back room. Then all of a sudden, Hiccup saw something shiny underneath the piles of paper on the table. Curious, he brushed away some of the papers that were directly on top of the shiny thing, and when he saw it, he got the surprise of his life.

There, hidden away under the pieces of paper, was a sword: the blade was made of the most spotless steel Hiccup had ever seen. The handle was even more incredible: around the base where the blade came out, was a bronze Night Fury head with its mouth open to let the sword out. Looking closer, Hiccup noticed that there was a note attached to the handle. Curious, Hiccup undid the note from the sword, and it read:

Hiccup,
By now, I would've thought you knew who sent you the sword. And if not, then why not? And I thought I'd tell you a bit about this sword while I'm at it: this sword was forged using the fires of a White Fury, or Ice to be more detailed: meaning it can cut through anything. Please take care of it; it took ten hours to make.

See you soon,
Mystery

P.S. a darker day is approaching, so this might come in handy.

Hiccup thought for a few seconds: he knew that 'Mystery' was something important. But after reading it through again, it came back to him in a nanosecond: it was Marko. Making sure no one was looking through the doorframe, Hiccup picked up the sword and placed upright in a dark corner of the backroom. After making sure that it wouldn't be able to be seen easily, Hiccup walked out to Toothless.

"Hey, Tooth? Guess what was on the table in there?" said Hiccup, and Toothless looked at him with a questioning expression. After Hiccup told Toothless about the sword, Toothless narrowed his eyes and turned around and flapped his wings. Confused at first, Hiccup ended up thinking, He's probably gone to find Marko.

Meanwhile, Toothless had returned to the cave where Marko was hiding. After walking through the cave opening, and into view of the White Furies, Marko said, "What's this? Two visits in one day? I must be really special." Growling, Toothless said, "Why did you give Hiccup that sword? He never carries a weapon anymore." Looking at Toothless, Marko said, "The letter should've explained everything: 'a darker day is approaching': that is the day when Black Ash comes here." Snorting angrily, Toothless went to exit the cave, but what Marko said next stopped him, dead in his tracks: "That vision was not put inside your head by luck, Toothless: it was put there as a warning of what is yet to happen."

Toothless turned around, eyes widened and whispered, "How did you know?" Marko merely looked at him coldly, and said, "Go: Hiccups probably wondering where you are." Completely bewildered to how Marko knew about Toothless' vision, Toothless left the cave. Little did he know however, that on a small island of the coast, stood two figures: one was covered in armour and was wearing a cape, and the other, who only came only to the first persons shoulder, was wearing no armour, but a black hooded shirt.

"It's is time," said Black Ash, slowly pulling his sword from its sheath, "for Berk to fall to its knees."