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Punches, kicks and hits were thrown at Iesra. She kept ducking and dodging. People were cheering and shouting advice. Iesra managed a punch and her attacker moved back.

"Better." Astrid said. "But if Alvin goes after you its not going to be enough."

Gobber, after hearing what had happened on Odin's Throng, had insisted on Iesra having fight training. Iesra didn't like it but the group hadn't given her the chance to say no. Astrid was about to launch another attack when Alfie walked into the academy.

"Whoa, we can beat Iesra up later." Alfie said. "We had an agreement, with my parents busy, some of you have to help me fishing."

The teenagers all looked at each other and then shied away if they were reluctant. Iesra quickly volunteered. Astrid looked at Alfie and smiled. Hiccup said he would go as well.

"What about you lot? Jay?"

"Yeah, I might as well."

Gobber shook his head and said he needed at least one of his helpers to work in the forge. Jay sighed but agreed to stay.

"Titan would kill me if I left him alone anyway and it's not like you can take the dragons." Jay said.

Hiccup and Astrid nodded and Iesra sighed but they didn't want to back out.

"Does anyone else want to join us?"

The group shifted. They had heard Alfie's moans about fishing and didn't want to experience it. Alfie sighed and walked towards the others.

"We'll be leaving soon. Better say good bye to your dragons." Alfie said.

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"And, dad, make sure he stays away from eels, and if he gets bored then send him to play with the people at the academy and..."

"Hiccup, everything is going to be fine." Stoick told his son, kneeling down and putting a hand on Hiccup's shoulder.

Hiccup looked over at Toothless and frowned. He felt guilty about leaving Toothless behind but there wouldn't be space on the boat if all the dragons got tired and wanted to land. Hiccup also knew he couldn't help if he was needing to fly Toothless the whole time.

The boy moved away from his father and towards his dragon. He sighed at Toothless.

"Everything is going to be alright. I just need to go fishing for a while. The others will keep you company, bud." Hiccup said.

Toothless looked up at him and then turned away. Hiccup sighed.

"Are you moping, baby?" Hiccup asked. "You big baby. Do I need to bring you back a fish or you'll stay angry at me?"

Toothless bounded towards him and nodded at his owner. He smiled and leapt on Hiccup, knocking the rider to the floor. Hiccup laughed and was overjoyed that his dragon wasn't too upset about him leaving.

"Not interrupting are we?" Alfie asked as Toothless pinned Hiccup the ground.

Iesra and Astrid stood in the doorways, holding supplies. Their dragons were out of sight. Toothless rolled off Hiccup, sensing it was the end of their game.

"Look after dad, bud." Hiccup said, tickling Toothless on the chin. "I'll be back in a few days."

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Fishlegs moved towards Jay as the young man worked in the forge. With Hiccup and Astrid gone, and the only other people with his experience in the dragon academy were Snotlout and the twins, Fishlegs saw that he was the best choice for leader.

"So Jay, I was under the impression that Titan, a Rumblehorn, is a dragon we know little about. I was thinking that we could take some time to update the book of dragons and..."

"Fishlegs, as much fun as that sounds," Jay said, trying to sound genuine. "But I was planning on trying to make a dragon shelter for Tempest, Ghost and Shadowfire so Aya and the others don't have to take it in turns on who gets to sleep in the house because the dragons take up all the space."

It was something that Jay had been planning on doing since they had moved into Mildew's house and escaping cataloguing Titan with Fishlegs was motivation enough.

"Oh, well, have you seen Ghost. With Iesra off with Alfie I thought I could write about Stealth Dragons."

"Ask Aya. She seems to know what's going on with Iesra and Ghost before everyone else." Jay said. "If that fails, just give up. He can turn invisible and He doesn't have Iesra to give him a reason to show up."

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"Left... Right... Up..." Astrid barked. "Iesra, I said up, not slightly higher."

Iesra rolled her eyes and asked how Astrid teaching her to fight was helping them in fishing but once again aimed a punch upwards. Hiccup was straining over the net while Alfie was pulling them in with ease.

"This would have been much easier with dragons." Hiccup panted.

"Yeah, but then I would have had to deal with you three fighting over who's dragon got to come and..." Alfie trailed off.

"Astrid would win?" Iesra asked, walking away from Astrid while she had her back to her.

Hiccup smirked as Iesra came and helped him with his side of the net.

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A distance away, Alvin watched the boat. He couldn't believe how easy it had been to lure the boy and two very good hostages onto the boat without a single dragon in sight. He wouldn't need the Nightfury as a hostage and an escape route for Hiccup since he had two hostages and even the traitor if he played his cards right. He was going to wait until the teenagers were far enough from Berk and then strike when no one could find them.

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Aya watched as Fishlegs approached. She was watching as Shadowfire and Tempest play fought in the lapping waves of the cove but Fishlegs and Meatlug moving towards her caught her eye.

"Hey!" she called.

Fishlegs smiled and moved to sit on a rock next to her. Meatlug went to join in the play fight but was mostly ignored by the other dragons.

"I was wondering if you knew where Ghost has run off to. I haven't seen him since the boat left."

"And you probably won't." Aya told him, looking back at Shadowfire and Tempest. "Stormfly is up in her stable, Shadowfire is being looked after by me and Ghost does what every good ghost does... He disappears. As soon as Iesra is back, he'll be the first dragon down there to greet them but, unless you get Toothless to help, and he won't, you're stuffed."

"What makes you think Toothless won't help me?"

"He already misses Hiccup." Aya said.

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Fishlegs looked at Toothless. The dragon kept sniffing around. Fishlegs guessed he was searching for Hiccup.

"Toothless, I need your help to find Ghost." Fishlegs said.

Toothless snapped into a sitting position and looked at Fishlegs. He studied the boy and his dragon and leapt up, pushing into Fishlegs.

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Fishlegs was lead down to the docks by Toothless. He couldn't understand what the dragon was trying to do. He stopped at the docks.

"Toothless, what is wrong?" Fishlegs asked.

Toothless looked over the sea and Fishlegs didn't understand.

"Yes, Hiccup is gone." Fishlegs said. "He's out there, yes."

Fishlegs went to go. Toothless kept looking out and wondered why no one could understand him. Ghost hadn't been there since the teenagers had left.

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Hiccup was taking a break while the others worked. He was looking over the side of the boat using his spyglass. He watched a boat on the horizon.

"That looks like a... Wait, it's an Outcast's ship!" Hiccup gasped. "They've been following us."

"We should turn around and drive right into them." Iesra said, appearing behind him.

Astrid moved to join the duo. They kept looking out at the boat. Hiccup frowned as he got a good look at the boat. He couldn't see anyone there. It looked empty.

There was a thud from behind them. None of them turned.

"Where have they all gone?" Hiccup though aloud.

Alfie coughed and got their attention.

They turned and saw that Alfie had set out a gangplank to another ship. Another Outcast ship.

Alvin was standing next to Alfie and both were grinning.

"I promised to deliver them without their dragons." Alfie announced.