The gang left Dragon's Edge a couple minutes after Hiccup, following him and Toothless, wondering where exactly he was going without telling them. It was actually Astrid's idea, after she saw him leave, watching him from the shadows. She knew he wouldn't give up and she had to make sure that he didn't get himself killed in the process. But every second they flew, he seemed to get further, and soon he became invisible in the dark sky. It wasn't like Astrid didn't expect that to happen. Toothless was a Night Fury, and Hiccup probably wanted to get wherever he was going as fast as possible.

''Ugh... I should never have been so hard on him... I should have known he was just doing this to keep us safe,'' Astrid whispered to herself, remembering the nasty stuff she said to him earlier.

''Tell me about it...'' Tuffnut spoke on Belch from behind her.

''He's just Hiccup being Hiccup, he can't help it...''

''Truer words, A. Truer words...''

''Tuffnut!''

''Sorry, just trying to help you work through,''

She sighed heavily, focusing back on the job of figuring out where Hiccup was going.

''Why do you think Hiccup went south? What could he possibly have to do over there?'' Fishlegs asked.

''He must be after the Dragon Eye,'' she said, ''that's the only explanation to why he circled that area in the water, probably the Hunters' fleet location.'' She took out the map she found in Hiccup's room and unrolled the paper to get another look at it.

''But how does Hiccup know the fleet is there?'' Snotlout questioned.

''Perhaps he observed them go south...'' Astrid said, looking back at the gang.

''Wow, we could use that cleverness of his a lot more often,'' Ruff commented.

''Look, we don't have time for that guys. Right now, we have to find him and Toothless before they get themselves killed.'' she added. ''Fishlegs, you have any idea where we are right now?''

Fishlegs pulled out his own map and looked around, trying to figure out their location.

''Oh, I know where we are without that stupid map...'' Snotlout spoke.

''Oh, really?'' Astrid said, ''Where are we, exactly, Snotlout?''

''Right in the middle of your circled area on your map,'' he said, pointing at the vessels floating in the sea.

''What the—isn't that Dagur's fleet?'' Astrid whispered, hovering a good distance from the massive armada like the others.

''I thought Hiccup was after the Dragon Eye?'' Fishlegs whispered.

''He is.'' Astrid answered him, ''But the Hunters aren't the ones who have it between their claws at the time...''

''Does this mean, Dagur is against us, again?'' Snotlout spoke, ''Great. Now I'll be seeing Evil Dagur in my dreams for the next month, just like with Evil Heather...''

''Come on you guys,'' Astrid called, ''Hiccup must be on one of those ships for certain.''

They landed on the same sea stack Toothless landed on, and waited for some movement on board, just to confirm Hiccup and Toothless were onboard of one of the ships.

''I don't see anything,'' Ruff stated, bored from staring at the calm fleet floating on a calm ocean.

''What if they got captured?'' Tuff questioned.

''Would you two stay quiet for ten second..!?'' Astrid whispered back as loud as she dared.

''Fine. You don't have to get so bossy...'' Ruffnut murmured, laying her chin on her dragon's head and relaxed there, staring at the water before her.

They stayed there for a while; Astrid convinced that Hiccup was there. None argued for they knew the consequences if they did. Laying flat on their dragons they watched, and as they were almost falling asleep on the sea stack, they saw movement on the head-ship and all spun straight on their dragon's back, attentive for the next orders from their temporary leader, Astrid.

But she didn't say a word yet, even though knowing the others were just waiting for that.

''What are we doing, Astrid?'' Snotlout asked, unable to believe she wasn't reacting. ''Let's go down there and grab him!''

''Shh..!'' they all hissed.

Hiccup spun out of the hole in the deck, the Dragon Eye in hand, running across the ship filled with sleeping danger.

That's a big risk he's taking... Astrid said mentally, biting her lower lip.

From the same spot he came out from, came Dagur the Deranged, a crossbow in hand. He placed an arrow in place and pulled on the trigger, the whistling noise from the flying arrow bypassing Hiccup's head by only an inch and plunging itself in the thick wood of the mast. Even though the riders were pretty far, they could still see the frightened expression on their friend's face and they all knew it was the right moment to interfere, for Hiccup's life depended on it. Dagur wasn't known to be a gentleman, and he wouldn't hesitate to shoot the next one between his eyes.

''You all stay here.'' Astrid ordered, as she noticed all of them prepare to take to the sky after her.

''Oh come on... Why?'' Snotlout complained, for he had been waiting like all the others for the moment to bounce.

''Because element of surprise is what I'm using right now.'' she said before taking off, drifting in the wind as delicate as a butterfly.

Down she dived, towards the soundless battle below on deck of the Berserker ship. And the closer she came, the wider Stormfly's claws opened.

...

Hiccup didn't quite know what to do at the moment... If he made any sudden noise, things would get a lot more difficult than it already was. He wakes up all those blood-thirsty soldiers under Dagur's command; he's a dead man, that's for sure. They wouldn't mind killing him on the spot, right here, right now.

He slowly turned around, hands in the air after have placed the Dragon Eye in his satchel. And as he did, something high in the air caught his attention, but he didn't show it and faced Dagur, who totally was unaware of anything.

''That's a good boy...'' Dagur said, still aiming at Hiccup with his crossbow, the arrow already in place, waiting to be fired. ''Now, you either surrender the Dragon Eye, or yourself. Your choice..!''

''If you believe I'm surrendering anything... You're wrong.'' Hiccup spoke, unafraid of Dagur, even though the man could simply pull on the trigger.

''Normally, I would just kill the one speaking and take from him what I want,'' Dagur spoke, ''But you don't only possess the Dragon Eye, but also some very useful information that I could use,'' he continued, ''With your life on the line, you have no choice left... You might want to quit now.''

''Why would I do that?'' Hiccup replied, ''When I'm winning?''

Dagur gave him a confused look, lowering his crossbow, and before he understood what was going on, Hiccup flew up in the air, held between the claws of a blue Deadly Nadder, mounted by a golden haired girl.

''What?!'' Dagur shouted in surprise, not at all expecting any other Dragon Rider to interfere. And as he yelled, the armada of Berserkers woke up, all confused, wondering what their chieftain was doing up on deck, yelling in the middle of the night. ''Astrid?!''

''Gotcha!'' Astrid cheered, as soon as she caught Hiccup.

Dagur watched them circle, and from the corner of his eye, he could see the dark figure of his brother's Night Fury spun in the air after the Nadder.

''What?! Toothless can't fly on his own! That's cheating!'' he cried out, watching them go away, disappearing in the thick fog floating above the water. And when he couldn't see anything at all, he burst out yelling and laughing in frustration, moving around crazily, throwing objects and men in the water. ''GOOD FOR YOU HICCUP! GOOD FOR YOU! BUT DON'T THINK YOU'VE SEEN THE LAST OF ME! 'CAUSE I'LL COME BACK FOR YOU, AND I WILL HUNT YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE! YOU HEAR ME!?''

...

Stormfly dropped Hiccup when she saw Toothless fly under and ready to catch him. Hiccup fell on his buddy's spiky back and made his way to the saddle, clicking his prosthetic in place.

''Yeah, I hear you Dagur...'' he whispered to himself, looking back at the vanishing Berserker fleet.

''Care to tell me what you were thinking?'' Astrid spoke, coming down flying beside him.

''I gone to get the Dragon Eye back, that's all.''

''No that's not. ''

''Dagur turned on me, alright! I couldn't let him get away like that!''

''You know what, we'll talk about that when we get home.''

Hiccup didn't say another word and he and Toothless shot forward, leaving them behind, again.

The rest of the gang stayed silence for a minute until someone spoke her mind...

''Anybody noticed he's gone mad..?'' Ruffnut said, asking if anybody noticed too.

''Hiccup hasn't gone mad...'' Fishlegs laughed nervously. ''He's just, well...''

''Mad Hiccup!'' Tuffnut spoke, moving his hands and fingers in a dramatic way. ''It's a good title for a song, I'll work on it when we get home, of course after I'm finished with The Skrill is Gone.''

''Of course Hiccup can get mad sometimes... Sort of,'' Snotlout said, unsure of himself.

''Yeah, he does,'' Astrid agreed, ''But he never expresses it on us...''