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Authors Note

"Kara! We need you now!" Stoick yelled. She nodded and threw her buckets to Fishlegs before running off.

"One day I'll get out there. Because killing a dragon is everything around here." Hiccup thought. Nadders land, gathering like seagulls around a seemingly vacant house. "A Nadder head is sure to get me at least noticed."

The Nadders clambered onto the building, tearing the roof and walls apart. Sheep poured out and scattered. Elsewhere, hippo-like Gronckles picked drying racks clean of fish and flew off like loaded pelicans.

"Gronckles are tough. Taking down one of those would definitely get me a girlfriend." A stealthy, snake-like dragon head peeked over a rooftop, breathing gas into a chimney. "A Zippelback? Exotic, exciting. Two heads, twice the status."

A second head poked through the door and lit the gas. It exploded. The two heads flew through the explosion, their necks zipping together to reveal a single body. It flew past Stoick as he climbed to the top of a catapult tower. Boulders were catapulted at the corralling Nadders... Just as a huge red dragon whipped past, spraying the base of the catapult with sticky fire.

"And then there's the Monstrous Nightmare. Only the best Vikings go after those. They have this nasty habit of setting themselves on fire." It emerged from the flames, climbing the catapult with a leering, toothy grin. And then Kara came in. She leapt over fire and scaled up after the fiery beast. She climbed towards its head. She spat on it's nose and it shook its head in confusion, the fire dissipating. Kara dropped onto its neck and snapped its horn off, using it to kill the Monstrous Nightmare. She used its dead body as a cushion as they hit the ground. She got to her feet and shook off the impact like nothing had happened. She then ran, parkoured off a roof, and grabbed a Gronkle mid flight.

Suddenly, a loud ballistic moaning streaked overhead. The catapult crew ducked. Hiccup, looking up from his work, reacted to the same sound.

"But the ultimate prize for us is the dragon no one here has ever seen. We call it the-"

"Night Fury! Get down!" A viking yelled. Vikings everywhere took shelter. The moaning sound built. Stoick looked skyward.

"Jump!" Stoick yelled. KABOOM! The Catapult exploded as though hit by an artillery shell... sending Stoick and the crew leaping for their lives.

"This thing never steals food, never shows itself, and..." The sound receded, leaving the crippled catapult in flames. "...never misses. No one has ever killed a Night Fury. That's why I'm going to be the first."

Kara laid unconscious on the ground, having slammed her head on the ground a little too hard. When the Night Fury struck, she was on the Gronke. It was flying straight for the catapult when it exploded. She was flung from the Gronkle's back from the combined force of the pissed dragon and the explosion. She slammed her head on the ground and now she was sprawled akimbo on the ground.

Stoick picked the injured girl up and carried her towards the blacksmith stall, where she would be protected.

"Gobber. Keep her back there with Hiccup." Stoick ordered. Gobber nodded and took the girl carefully.

"Oi, Hiccup! We have company!" Gobber said. Hiccup looked up from his work to see his injured friend.

"Kara?! What happened to her?" Hiccup asked.

Gobber traded his hammer for an axe.

"Man the fort, Hiccup, they need me out there!" Gobber pauses. Turns with a threatening glare. "Stay. Put. There. You know what I mean. And help Kara."

Gobber then charged into the fray, hollering. A smirk crossed Hiccup's face. But first he would make sure Kara was alright. He grabbed a cloth and a bucket of water and began dabbing the blood on her forehead away. There was a shallow cut on her forehead, and Hiccup frowned. Then he basically screamed as Kara shot up and ran towards the door.

"Kara, you're not okay to fight!"

"Shuddup, Hic!" Kara yelled.

Hiccup pushed his wheeled contraption through a wall of clustered Vikings. He weaved through the ongoing mayhem, as fast as his legs could carry him.

"Hiccup, where are you going!"

"Come back here!"

"I know. Be right back!"

The Nadders had cornered the house-full of sheep. They closed in, ready to spring upon them. Stoick suddenly appeared, hurling fish nets over them. The surprised Nadders were caught. Stoick and his men rushed in. A Nadder blasted a hole through its net. Stoick leapt onto it, clamping his thick arms around its head, forcing its jaws shut.

"Mind yourselves! The devils still have some juice in them." Stoick said.

"Wait for six shots, then attack." Kara explained. She grabbed a sword and lodged it into the Nadder's stomach. She slashed open its stomach before stabbing it through the eye.

"Kara, what are you doing out here?!" Stoick yelled.

"I will not allow these stupid pests to hurt my people while I sit back and have my scratch attended to." Kara said, forcing her sword through a Nadders head. Her head shot up as she heard screaming. A second Monstrous Nightmare was chasing Hiccup.

"Stay here, I've got him. Kara, you're in charge." Stoick growled. Kara nodded. "Do not let them escape!"

"Alright men, you heard the man. Take these devils out." Kara said, killing yet another Nadder. Her pointed ear twitched and she swore. "Take over, I'm going after them!"

Vikings scatter as Hiccup dodged a near fatal blast. The Nightmare was sticky, Napalm-like fire splashed up onto buildings, setting them alight. Hiccup ducked behind the last standing brazier - the only shelter available. The Nightmare blasted it, spraying fire all around him. Hiccup peered around the smoldering post. No sign of the Nightmare. He turned back to find it leering at him, blocking his escape. It took a deep breath. Hiccup was finished.

Suddenly, Kara leapt between them and screamed at the Monstrous Nightmare. It blinked and stumbled back. She leapt at it and grabbed it neck. She kicked off its horn and leapt for it. The Nightmare shot fire at her and she screamed.

"Kara!" Hiccup yelled. When the fire cleared, Kara was standing there unscathed. She growled and grabbed the Nightmare, and with a final scream, she lodged the horn into its eye, into its brain. It collapsed and Kara was left shaken. She then collapsed to the ground in a faint.

"Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know..." The burnt brazier pole collapsed, sending the massive iron basket crashing. It bounced down the hill, destroying as it went and scattering the Vikings who were holding down the netted Nadders. The freed dragons escaped... with several sheep in tow. "Sorry, dad."

The escaped Nadders flew past with sheep in their clutches. The raid was over. The dragons had clearly won. The murmuring crowd eyed Stoick, awaiting his response.

"Okay, but I hit a Night Fury." Hiccup said. Stoick grabbed Hiccup by the back scruff of his collar and hauled him away, fuming with embarrassment. "It's not like the last few times, Dad. I mean I really actually hit it. You guys were busy and I had a very clear shot. It went down, just off Raven Point. Let's get a search party out there, before it-"

"-Stop! Just...stop." He released Hiccup. Everyone went silent, staring expectantly. "Every time you step outside, disaster follows. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter's almost here and I have an entire village to feed!"

Hiccup looked around. All eyes were upon him.

"Between you and me, the village could do with a little less feeding, don't ya think?" A few rotund Vikings stirred self-consciously.

"This isn't a joke, Hiccup! Why can't you follow the simplest orders?" Stoick said, exasperated.

"I can't stop myself. I see a dragon and I have to just... kill it, you know? It's who I am, Dad."

"You are many things, Hiccup. But a dragon killer is not one of them." Hiccup looked around to see many nods of agreement. "Get back to the house.

Make sure he gets there. And bring Kara. I have his mess to clean up." He added to Gobber. Stoick lumbered off in the opposite direction. Gobber picked the unconscious girl off the ground and led Hiccup through the walk of shame. They passed the teen fire brigade as they snicker.

"Quite the performance." Tuffnut said.

"I've never seen anyone mess up that badly. That helped!" Snotlout added.

"Thank you, thank you. I was trying, so..." Hiccup avoided Astrid's glare and headed up toward a large house, standing prominently on the hill above the others.