SO SORRY THIS TOOK ME SO LONG! We were gone all day, and then I wanted to take my time on this chapter and figure how everything would go. So, anyways, here ya go! Shout-outs:
freyathefearless: THANK YOU! :) I have a list of all the fanfics I already have an idea for in the future. Your request should be on there, I believe. :D And if it's not, I'll put it on there!
xFaerieValkyriex: WWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAT!? I WENT TO BERK'S GRAPEVINE AND WAS LIKE WWWWWWWWWWWWWWHAAAAATT!? THAT IS SO AWWWESSSSSSSOOOOMEEE! :D :D :D But where is Fishlegs? :/ hmmm... XD! Seriously, though! Could you just imagine Ruff and Tuff prevention week. Hiccup would be all like, *kicks back with the others at the academy* Ahhh. It's so peaceful. Especially since we don't have to worry about the twins blowing anything up. Meanwhile, we have Ruffnut and Tuffnut blowing stuff up on every other island in existance. Hahahahaha! Hilarious!
midnightsky0612: OOoooooh, Alvin, you are asking for TROUBLE! AGAIN!
AnimeAngel: Yep. Ain't nothin' truer than that. Dragon Training is pretty much wearing a shirt that says "Capture Me and make me Build You A Dragon Army". XD! I feel bad for Hiccup though, you know? Kind of a pain. And YES, I can't remember many of the titles either. I go to wikipidea and search the list. XD!
YowaneHaku: Yeah, I kinda know what you mean, but Astrid can get pretty mad, so...I don't know. I wanted to get the point across that she was crazy crazy crazy mad whenever Hiccup got captured, especially since it was mainly because someone didn't listen to him. And you're welcome! :D
Wanli8970 (Guest): Yeah, it is everyone's fault. Snotlout's too proud to admit it, Astrid's too mad to see it, Tuffnut's too ignorant to notice it, Fishlegs is too worried to care...but I do know what you mean. :)
"Ruffnut, I'm sorry I yelled at you," said Astrid. "I'm not entirely innocent either, but I just got so mad when I heard..." she stopped herself and shook her head. "Never mind. It's no excuse. I wasn't really mad at you. I was just mad that what happened happened."
"No, you had every right," said Ruffnut.
"No, I didn't," said Astrid. "You're my friend. We are a team. We're supposed to be building each other up, and...I'm sorry. I don't want you to think I hate you, or anything. If we're going to save Hiccup, we're going to have to work together, not be holding grudges. Unless the grudge is towards Alvin." She shuddered. "If it is, please, go on ahead. I won't stop you."
"Guys, I would hate to break the moment," said Snotlout, "but we just crossed into Outcast waters."
"Good," said Astrid. "Time to go blast some Outcasts."
"We get to blow them up!?" shouted Tuffnut excitedly.
"I never thought I'd say this, but Tuffnut, yes, you can blow stuff up," said Astrid. "Just so long as none of us are in the way."
"WHOO!" shouted Tuffnut and Ruffnut in unison, bashing their heads together like they did while celebrating (strange enough).
"Okay, let's head down," said Astrid. The group steered their dragons towards Outcast island, flying just barely over the water. After seeing that the coast was clear, they landed on the beach.
Astrid dismounted, the other riders doing the same. Astrid looked on the sand and noticed footprints.
"These are fresh," said Astrid. "The tide is high right now. If they were any older than half an hour, they'd be gone by now, washed away with the ocean waves."
"So you're saying Hiccup is still alive then?" asked Fishlegs hopefully.
"I sure hope so," said Astrid. "Come on, let's take a look."
They signaled for their dragons to stay behind and then went off to look for Hiccup and his Night Fury.
...
Hiccup cradled his bad arm with his good arm, wincing whenever he moved it. He glared at his arm angrily.
"You just had to break," he muttered.
The arm didn't answer.
Toothless kept nudging him worriedly, which, even though it did add to the pain, made Hiccup feel reassured.
"Don't worry, bud," said Hiccup. "We'll get out of here. I promise you. Or...at least you'll get out of here. If I can't, I can't."
Toothless looked at his rider in confusion, and then curled around him. Hiccup leaned against his dragon and sighed.
"Hopefully Ruffnut got help," he said. "I really hope she did. Because if she didn't...well...we won't even be alive tomorrow."
There was a pause. "Besides," said Hiccup, "I doubt I'll be much good to anyone with a broken arm. Especially since I'm left handed and that just so happens to be the arm that's hurt. Not only that, but I don't have a weapon. And if I did, I couldn't kill anyone. You know that, right?"
Toothless nodded. Hiccup sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose with his good hand.
"This is all so messed up," he mumbled, shaking his head. "If only I had said no to that competition. Well yeah, it's not like I really had the choice, but...never mind. I just hope the others get here soon."
...
"So, if we see an Outcast..."
"We blow them up!" said Tuffnut.
Astrid facepalmed at Tuffnut's interruption to her sentence. "No, Tuffnut," she said, "we don't blow them up."
"That would just create more danger for us," said Fishlegs. "If the Outcasts see a blast, chances are they're going to investigate."
"Fishlegs is right," said Snotlout, even though he was the last person Astrid expected to say something helpful. "If we see an Outcast, we sneak up on him, and knock him unconscious."
"What if there's more than one?" asked Fishlegs nervously.
"Then we'll sneak up on them and knock them unconscious," said Astrid. "Same plan, more people to use it against. Although if there's any more than five people, we'll have to just hide and hope they don't find us. We can't knock out more than five Outcasts at a time at the same time."
"Okay, got it," said Tuffnut. Pause. "No, I don't," he said. "Sorry, can you go back to the part about the danger for us?"
"Just do what everyone else does," said Astrid. "Let's head out."
They moved silently through Outcast Island, searching for the prison. When they found it, they wasted no time in entering the establishment.
Astrid walked down the hallway first to investigate. She saw the dragons in cages, wrestling with their bonds, but there were no Outcasts to be seen, which relieved her to no end.
"All clear," she whispered back to the others. They turned the corner and ran down the hallway, looking inside each cell for any sign of Hiccup.
"Hiccup!" called Astrid in a harsh whisper. "Hiccup, can you hear me?"
At first there was nothing, but then she heard a voice whisper, "Astrid?"
Relief filled her as she ran down to the last cell, followed by the rest of the riders. They found Hiccup and Toothless standing side by side, looking out of the bars.
"Hiccup! Toothless!" they shouted in unison.
"Hey!" said Hiccup. "You guys came!"
"Duh we came!" said Snotlout. "You're my cousin. It's my job to save you."
"We need to get this thing unlocked," said Astrid. "Any ideas?"
"You could try to pick it," said Hiccup.
"Any more ideas?" asked Astrid.
"If I had a better one, I would have already spat it out," said Hiccup. "But, ideas don't come well while your arm is..." His voice trailed off when he realized he had just given Astrid a reason to fret over him.
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR ARM!?" shouted Astrid.
"You know what?" said Hiccup. "Forget I ever said anything."
"Seriously," said Astrid, taking some sort of metal bar out of her pocket and working with the locks, "what happened?"
"I sprained it," said Hiccup, hoping she would buy it. He knew it was way worse than just sprained, and quite possibly worse than just broken, too.
"Hang on," said Astrid. "Come on you stupid lock...got it!" she announced in triumph, swinging the door open. She raced forward and hugged Hiccup, but he yelped when she accidently bumped his arm. She pulled back and looked at it.
"What happened!?" she demanded, grabbing his arm and rolling up his sleeve so she could look at it.
"Just sprained it," said Hiccup quickly. Maybe a little too quickly.
"This is more than a sprain, Hiccup!" said Astrid. "You broke it!"
Hiccup sighed. "Thank you, Astrid."
"No, badly!" said Astrid. "It's almost purple!"
"Thank you, Astrid," said Hiccup.
"No, I really mean it looks awful-"
"THANK YOU, Astrid!" said Hiccup. "Can we go, or...yep, I think we should be going."
"Not until I do something about that arm," said Astrid. Hiccup groaned in frustration.
"We don't even have any bandages," said Hiccup. "You can't do anything right now."
"Whatever," said Astrid. "Come on, let's get out of here."
Hiccup and Toothless walked out of the cell. The riders then turned and ran back up the pathway from which they came. When they got out of the prison, however, they weren't expecting what they found.
"Well well well," said Alvin. "I expected you would all be here. And just in time."