I MADE IT! THREE UPDATES TODAY! :D :D :D :D :D :D WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :D :D :D But sorry in advance for the cliffhanger. :P You know how I am! :) Shout-outs:

ShadowSpirit020: Sorry not sorry. XD I

HappyPup1: I know you're not kidding. ;) Everyone hates Barreck right now because he broke up the twins. Poor Ruffnut and Tuffnut. :(

midnightsky0612: Barreck is still VERY suspicious...

Galaxy-Mitsuko-Pegasus: Yeah, poor Ruffnut...I feel so sorry for both of them, really, Ruffnut and Tuffnut...not so much Snotlout...but I feel bad for him and Fishlegs, too. :)

wikelia: I think the scene between Ruffnut and Tuffnut in "Bad Moon Rising" made me feel like an old Wodensfang. That scene really killed me. So I decided to write more twin bonding. :) Very sweet. :)

AquaticDragon: Climb aboard the 3 chapter train! Toot toot! :D

Guest (#1): We know something's going to happen...but what that something is remains to be seen. :)

Jo: But you will sooooooooon. XD I know I've said that too much. :D :D :D

Animals Rule: Nah, Barreck wouldn't try something like that. And even if he did, Astrid would never believe him. She knows Hiccup too well. :)

Dimensional Girl: There will be some twin hilarity soon, I promise. ;)

bella: Thanks! :D Yeah, the twins are adorable. :) I think I'm going to have "Teach a Man to Fish" have both father/son elements and Hiccup/dragon riders elements. Like, we could have a main plot with Hiccup and Stoick, and sub-plot focusing on Astrid and the gang. :) Thanks for the review! :D

SilverGhostWolf: Yeah...I feel so bad for both Ruffnut and Tuffnut. :(

Ruffnut and Tuffnut landed Barf and Belch on the platform in front of the Clubhouse. Instantly, Tuffnut leapt off Belch's neck and headed inside wordlessly. Ruffnut reached a hand out towards him and called, "Tuffnut?" but he didn't say anything to her in response.

Ruffnut looked down in defeat, dismounted her dragon slowly and, dragging her feet as she walked, pulled herself halfheartedly into the Clubhouse.

Astrid, Hiccup and Fishlegs were already there, and they turned to look at Ruffnut and Tuffnut in slight confusion when they stepped into the room. Tuffnut instantly sat himself down at the table, and Ruffnut made her way towards Hiccup and Astrid.

"He won't tell me what's bothering him," said Ruffnut to Hiccup.

"This is weird," said Astrid. "Ruffnut, do you have any idea what could have happened that made them act like this?"

"Them?" said Ruffnut. "Who's them? Don't tell me Tuffnut's turned himself into more than one person again."

"No, we mean, Snotlout's been acting strange, too," said Hiccup. "We thought maybe you'd have some idea as to what's going on between...well, everybody."

Snotlout and Hookfang, with Barreck, arrived shortly after the twins and their dragon. Tuffnut looked up when they entered, and he reached over, giving Barreck a knuckles.

"Hey, Barreck," he said, for the first time in a while, sounding strangely cheery.

Ruffnut's confusion went south for the winter. "I get it!" she said. "Tuffnut's replaced me! That's what the fuss is about! He wants to adopt Barreck as his new sister, except he won't be his sister, he'll be his brother - that's it! Tuffnut doesn't like me because I'm a girl!"

"I doubt that's what's wrong," said Hiccup.

"Hey, who knows," said Snotlout, shrugging carelessly. "Maybe Fishlegs got to him, too."

"I didn't do anything!" Fishlegs shouted. "If you're going to keep treating me like this, Snotlout, I'll just up and leave!"

"Good!" snapped Snotlout. "Maybe it'd be better for everyone if you did!"

"GUYS!" Hiccup shouted, stepping between Snotlout and Fishelgs, one hand outstretched to each of them - they had looked ready to tackle each other to the floor. "Stop it! No one's going anywhere!"

"I don't know what your problem is, Snotlout," said Astrid, "but whatever it is, you need to drop it. We're supposed to attack Ryker's base within the week, and if you're at Fishlegs' throat, the attack is going to go really sour really fast."

"Right!" said Hiccup. "We need to be at the top of our game! But if anyone wants to back out, of course...let me know ahead of time, before we make our plans of assault!"

He stepped backwards and crossed his arms.

"Well?" he said. "Anyone?"

Snotlout glared at Fishlegs. Tuffnut glared at Ruffnut and Snotlout. Barreck looked at each of them. Fishlegs looked desperately confused. Astrid stepped beside Hiccup, arms crossed as tightly as his were.

No one said a word.

"Good!" said Hiccup, letting his arms fall back to his sides. "And in that case, let's start planning. Barreck!" Barreck stepped forward instantly. "Did you manage to see any sign of the prison cells?"

Barreck nodded. "They captured me for a brief period," he said, "but while making my escape I managed to memorize the paths perfectly with the intention of using my knowledge of the passageways to come back and free my friend."

"Smart," complimented Hiccup. "Now, would you mind breaking it down for us?"

"The entrance to the cells is located beneath the water," said Barreck, making a quick sketch on a piece of paper with some charcoal. "There is a cave beneath them in which one can swim - or fly, through in order to reach them."

"Cool," said Tuffnut. "So it's like an underground little secret water hole thingy. Sounds dangerous...ha, I like it!"

"But you must take caution," said Barreck. "The way upwards through the cave is narrow and steep. Unless your dragons can fly up for a long period of time without flapping their wings, I fear they have no chance."

"Our dragons are more than capable," said Astrid, nodding. "Fishlegs and Meatlug will be able to fly straight up, and the rest of our dragons can tuck their wings in."

Barreck nodded and leaned over the paper again; the rest of the riders did the same. "The tunnel leads to a branch of three different tunnels," he said. "The tunnel down the middle is where they are holding my friend Snare."

"Alright," Hiccup said, "and about their fleet. Where are their men located?"

"When I was there," said Barreck, "they were circling the opposite side of the island. It looked as though they were greeting another army...the Berserkers, in fact."

"The Berserkers?" said Astrid. "Do you think the dragon hunters are in alligience with them again?"

"I honestly hope not," said Hiccup. "Okay, so now we have a bit of an outline to look at. Without Viggo, Ryker and the dragon hunters are nothing. It should be impossibly easy to break in, but we can't take any chances. The Dragon Eye is going to be heavily guarded, and I imagine Snare will be, too."

"They're going to be expecting us," piped up Snotlout. "They let Barreck free for a reason, right? So he could come back here and warn us of the attack to lure us into their clutches."

"Right," said Hiccup, "good point, Snotlout. They're going to have guards everywhere, do their very best to overthrow us, but we have to be one step ahead of them, at all times, or it's over."

"Agreed," said Fishlegs, nodding. Snotlout sulked. "So Hiccup, where do you want us during the break in?"

"We'll make two groups," said Hiccup. "Group one, Snotlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut. Your job will be to distract the guards as best as you can. Meanwhile, team two, Astrid, Fishlegs, and I, will find the prison keys, free Snare, and get the Dragon Eye."

"Haha, tag-teams!" said Snotlout. "Like Dragon Racing, I get it! Team Snotnuts for the win!"

"And what would you like me to do, Hiccup?" asked Barreck.

"You, Barreck," said Hiccup, "will help Snotlout and the twins distract and take out as many guards as you can. The less guards team Ficcstrid has to deal with, the better the outcome will be."

He stepped back, thoroughly impressed with all they had accomplished in this small meeting. "Alright," he said. "Are we all in agreement? Does anyone have any questions?"

"I have a question," said Tuffnut, raising his hand.

"Alright, Tuffnut," said Hiccup, gesturing in Tuffnut's general direction.

"So, team Snotnuts," said Tuffnut. "I think it'd be better if I went in on it alone, you know, team Tuffnut. I work better alone than with these two." With one finger, he pointed at Ruffnut, and with the other finger, he pointed at Snotlout.

Hiccup mentally kicked himself. He should have expected this to happen at some point or another. "Tuffnut," he said, "I don't see what could have possibly happened to make you so upset with Ruffnut and Snotlout, but please. We need to work together this time. We're still a team."

"Oh," said Tuffnut. "Do Ruffnut and Snotlout know that? Maybe you should ask them."

"Oy!" Snotlout protested. "What are you talking about, Tuffnut? I know we're a team! Of course I do!"

"Oh, really?" said Tuffnut challengingly. "You could have fooled me!"

"And what about Fishlegs?" said Snotlout. "If anyone should be kicked off the team it's him. He has the slowest dragon. All he'll do is slow us down."

"Snotlout!" snapped Astrid. "This has gone far enough!"

"You're right, it has!" said Snotlout, glaring sharpened daggers.

"If you'd tell me what I did," said Fishlegs desperately, "maybe I'd be able to apologize!"

"But you're too good for that, aren't you, Fishlegs?" said Snotlout angrily. "Too good to apologize! You've always been the prideful one, always thinking about yourself! Forget everyone else! It always has to be about Fishlegs!"

"I don't think Fishlegs is the only coultrup of that, Snotlout," said Tuffnut. "Right now, I can think of two other backstabbers just like that, and you're one of them!"

"What did I ever do to you!?" yelled Snotlout.

"Two!?" cried Ruffnut. "Am I the second!?"

"You're all so clueless!" said Tuffnut. "Why can't you all just admit it!?"

"Admit what?" said Ruffnut. "What did we do to make you so angry?"

"Oh, I think you know!" said Tuffnut. "You're not as stupid as you sound, none of you are! You know perfectly well what I'm talking about!"

"I might know a lot more if you tell us what you're talking about!" said Ruffnut.

"Yeah, Tuffnut!" said Snotlout.

"Why don't you follow that advice yourself, Snotlout," said Fishlegs angrily, "before you go giving it to someone else!"

"Why don't you follow Tuffnut's advice," said Snotlout, "and apologize for what you did!"

At this point, everyone broke out into different accusations, shouting at each other, their voices overlapping each other so that no one thing was distinguishable from the other.

And they only got louder until finally, it was impossible to listen to without feeling like you were losing your mind.

"SHUT UP!" Hiccup screamed in a voice that hardly sounded like his own. "ALL OF YOU, SHUT UP! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

Like magic, they shut up. Hiccup rarely lost his temper, but when he did, they knew better than to question him. Gobber had put it in the best words: "It's the quiet ones you need to watch out for."

"WE COULD LITERALLY DIE TOMORROW," Hiccup said loudly - not quite as loudly as he had been before, but still considerably loudly, "AND ALL YOU'RE DOING IS YELLING AT EACH OTHER!"

They stared at Hiccup, some in shame, some in shock - mostly a mix of both.

"Is that what it's going to take!?" Hiccup shouted. "Is one of us going to have to die before you finally get it!? Life is hard, okay!? I get it! I get it better than anyone! And sometimes, you're going to get stuck with people you don't like, or people you have problems with! People are going to hurt you! But you can't stab them in the backs because of it!"

Now, the riders mostly looked shameful - guilty, because they knew he was right.

"I thought you were friends!" Hiccup said. "But if you're going to let something stupid, like gossip or rumors destroy that, then maybe you're not such great friends as I thought you were!"

He finally stepped back, and for three beats, there was absolute silence.

"You guys are like family to me," he said, "but I will not stand this anymore."

And he spun on his heel and stormed out of the Clubhouse, slamming the door behind him, leaving behind guilty dragon riders in his wake.

…

Hiccup stopped stomping as soon as he made it outside, and after a few moments of standing in silence, trying to get ahold of himself, he turned and began the long walk back to his residence. He didn't know where Toothless was; he figured the dragon was waiting for him somewhere. Maybe they would take a midnight flight, just for Hiccup to get his mind off everything.

Before he got very far, he heard heavy footsteps behind him. As soon as he heard the footsteps and decided who they belonged to, he whirled around, grabbed Barreck by the front of his shirt, and whipped his dagger out of his belt.

"You," Hiccup growled, right in his face. "You did this."

Barreck didn't flinch at the knife pressed against his throat. "Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third," he said, "you are about to slay an innocent man for the bickering of your fellow friends. Is that the right thing to do?"

"You're no innocent man," Hiccup said dangerously, pressing the dagger closer. "Alvin the Treacherous doesn't know my full name, and neither do any of the Outcasts, and they certainly don't address me by it. Outcasts don't use words like 'slay'. Outcasts live on the southern side of the archipelago, and yet, you don't have an accent."

He narrowed his eyes.

"You're no Outcast," Hiccup said. "You're a dragon hunter."

Barreck sighed, but when he looked back up, he was smirking. "You're every bit as smart as Ryker gave you credit for," said Barreck.

Barreck yanked himself backwards and drew his sword before Hiccup had time to react. Hiccup, far out of sight and hearing distance from the Clubhouse, clutched his dagger tighter. His hand was slick with sweat.

"So everything you said," said Hiccup, "was a lie. You were never captured by the dragon hunters. Your friend was never taken. You aren't Alvin's son. It was all an act."

"Not all of it," said Barreck, and he rounded Hiccup, and Hiccup rounded him, like two wolves waiting for the right moment to pounce. "I am a hiccup."

"Bravo," said Hiccup. "The only thing we will ever have in common. Good for you."

Barreck looked at him, and Hiccup, without making eye contact, made to push past him, walking calmly in the direction of the Clubhouse. At the last second, Barreck caught his arm and held him back. Hiccup looked down at his arm, and then back at Barreck's face, eyes narrowed dangerously.

"Let go of me," he said, terrifyingly calmly.

"I can't do that, I'm afraid," said Barreck, but Hiccup could tell he was secretly enjoying himself. "I'm afraid now that you know of my true identity, I cannot let you return and tell your friends."

"You will let me go," Hiccup said.

Barreck grinned. "Are you threatening me, Hiccup?" he said.

"Yes," said Hiccup, nodding, "yes, I am."

"You know how unwise that is," said Barreck. "I could take you out in three .blows."

"I could take you out in less than that," said Hiccup.

Barreck smiled. "I think I'd enjoy seeing you try," he said, "but considering the circumstances upon which we are facing each other, I will have to decline."

And from out of nowhere, he pulled an axe, and just as Hiccup raised his dagger to defend himself, Barreck brought the flat of it down onto his head. Hiccup hit the ground, unconscious.

Barreck smiled. "Sleep well, Hiccup," he drawled.