Okay, so this is my SECOND update today. Hope you're all enjoying this story! I got like, TONS of new followers and I'm just like "WHOO!" :D So, thanks to all! Shout-outs:

: Don't worry about not writing in Spanish! I think it's awesome! :D

xFaerieValkyriex: You know what? I betcha that's one of the reasons they did use the fire prevention thing! :D Seriously though! :) And nope, not too good to be them at this moment. :D

"PULL UP!" Hiccup shouted.

"I'M TRYING!" Ruffnut replied. "Hookfang won't budge!"

"FIRE!" shouted Outcasts from below.

"Oh, they have bola launchers!" shouted Hiccup. "Guess what? If I had a list of how many times the Outcasts tried to kill us, this would be like, number two hundred."

Toothless spun out of the way as a bola was shot up at him. Hookfang did the same, just narrowly avoiding the net.

"Head back!" shouted Hiccup.

"FIRE! Don't let them get away!" shouted a voice Hiccup knew belonged to Alvin the Treacherous. More bolas shot up at the two dragon riders. Toothless dodged one, but Hookfang didn't have time. The bola wrapped around the dragon's wings, and he fell to the island below.

"RUFF!" shouted Hiccup. "Come on, bud!" Toothless turned and shot towards the fallen dragon and rider. Ruffnut was working to cut the ropes, but she was being approached by other Outcasts.

Toothless knocked Outcasts off their feet when he landed between Hookfang and Ruffnut and the Outcast soldiers. He growled at them, and they paused. Hiccup dismounted and reached for his dagger.

"Ruffnut, as soon as you cut the ropes, get out of here," he whispered.

"What?" whispered Ruffnut back. "What about you-?"

"Don't worry about me," said Hiccup. "It's me they want. You need to get back to Berk and get help. Do you understand?"

Ruffnut nodded and worked on the ropes with her sword while Hookfang clawed at them. Then, the Outcasts picked that moment to attack. Hiccup blocked most their attacks, Toothless doing the ones he missed. Ruffnut continued to hack at the ropes with her weapon.

"HURRY RUFFNUT!" shouted Hiccup. "I can't hold them off for very long!" He kicked an Outcast in the shin and then let Toothless whack him away with his tail.

Ruffnut finally freed Hookfang and herself. As soon as she did, she mounted the Nightmare.

She looked back at Hiccup with hesitation. No way she could leave him here. He'd be killed for sure. And if not killed, captured. Hiccup sensed her pause and turned around just long enough to shout, "I'll be fine! Go!" before he turned around and parried with another Outcast.

Ruffnut had to get help. Hiccup needed her to. She nudged Hookfang, and the dragon took off, leaving Outcast Island, Toothless, and Hiccup behind.

"FIRE!" she heard more Outcasts shout and fire bolas at her and the Nightmare. This time, Hookfang dodged each and every one of them with perfection. She looked back one last time at Hiccup and Toothless before turning her head and steering Hookfang towards Berk.

She pushed the Nightmare until he was at his top speed. Even then, she pressed the dragon to go faster. Who knew how long Hiccup had before it was too late? She sure didn't, and neither did Hiccup.

Which wasn't a good sign. Not a good sign, at all.

Ruffnut headed back towards Berk. It took a while, but she wasn't keeping count of how many minutes. The full moon that had risen now gave light, unlike before. However, she didn't have time to acknowledge it.

Berk appeared on the horizon. Ruffnut sighed with relief as Hookfang neared their home. Then, she landed the Nightmare in front of the academy. Standing in front of the door was Astrid, Stormfly, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Barf and Belch, Tuffnut, and Meatlung.

Astrid approached Hookfang and Ruffnut and then looked back the sky, as if expecting someone else to come in at any moment.

Of course, she was expecting someone else to come in. Ruffnut knew she was, and she also knew who exactly she was looking for.

"Where's Hiccup?" asked Astrid.

Ruffnut bowed her head. No way she could tell Astrid what happened. No way she could face the consequences Astrid probably had in store for her. No way she could even speak without blurting out the truth.

"Don't make me ask again, Ruffnut," Astrid hissed.

Ruffnut still didn't answer. She didn't know what she could say. Oh, yeah, Hiccup followed us after I refused to listen, we flew towards Outcast Island, I was shot out of the sky, Hiccup saved me, and we left without him. That didn't sound too good.

"WHERE. IS. HE!?" shouted Astrid.

"He's on Outcast Island," Ruffnut whimpered.

"HE'S ON WHAT!?" shouted Astrid.

"He's on Outcast Island," Ruffnut repeated.

"WHY is he on Outcast Island!?" exclaimed Astrid.

"BECAUSE I DIDN'T LISTEN TO HIM!" shouted Ruffnut.

There it was. It was her fault. Her fault Hiccup had to follow her. Her fault she and Hookfang were shot out of the sky. Her fault Hiccup had to fight to save her. Her fault Hiccup had told her to leave without him. Her fault he was there at all. Her fault. It was all. Her. Fault.

"YOU...HOW...HOW DARE YOU!?" shouted Astrid. "YOU LEFT WITHOUT HIM!?"

"HE TOLD ME TO!" said Ruffnut.

"AND YOU LISTENED TO HIM!" shouted Astrid. "YOU FINALLY DECIDE TO LISTEN TO HIM WHEN YOUR LIFE IS AT STAKE! If it were YOU who was in Hiccup's position, and you told HIM to leave without you, you know what he would have done!? HE WOULD HAVE STAYED! HE WOULD HAVE STAYED, AND FOUGHT BESIDE YOU! AND YOU DIDN'T! The whole reason you were on there was because you DIDN'T. LISTEN! And when it came to saving yourself instead of HIM, YOU LISTENED THEN, DIDN'T YOU!?"

Ruffnut was silent.

"DIDN'T YOU!?" Astrid repeated.

"Yes," said Ruffnut.

"There," said Astrid. "And so the truth comes out, doesn't it?" She turned to the other dragon riders. "Come on," she said. "Let's go save Hiccup."

She shot one last glare at Ruffnut before turning and mounting her dragon. The other riders did the same, mounting their own dragons. They had completely forgotten about the contest for that moment.

Ruffnut felt terrible. She didn't even try to do anything to help Hiccup win against the Outcasts. She regretted every step of the way. If she had only listened to him in the first place, it would have never even happened.

The riders were silent as they took to the air. The silence was soon broke when Astrid started giving out instructions.

"First, we'll scout the prison to see if Hiccup and Toothless are there," said Astrid. "If they are, we'll free them. If they aren't, we'll split up into different groups and search for them."

"And if we don't find them...?" Fishlegs asked.

"We'll find them," said Astrid. "We have to."