Dragons: Old Enemies

by Imagigirl20

Helloooooo! I'm back, with what could be the final chapter of this story. But like I said during my last sign-off, there might be another sequel. ;) Thanks for all who read this, and I hope you enjoy its conclusion!

The Dragon Riders, Heather, Dagur and Slygroff watched from Warrell's Grand Hall as Ivy stood outside in the rain with Shadow, staring out at the horizon. Poseidon had been buried at the water's edge, right next to Ivy's mother. Shadow nuzzled her hand affectionately, but she made no sign of noticing. With a sigh, the dragon sat down by her side.

Hiccup sighed and went outside. Toothless made to follow, but Hiccup shook his head.

"Stay here, bud", he said, and walked out further into the rain.

"Hey", he said, coming up next to Ivy. "You okay?"

Ivy shook her head.

"It's my fault, Hiccup", she said. "It's my fault Poseidon's dead."

"Ivy, you can't think that", said Hiccup, placing a hand on her shoulder, but she pulled away and whirled on him.

"Well, that is what I think, Hiccup. That's what I think, and you know why? Because it's true! Poseidon is dead because of me! If I hadn't jumped ship-"

"If you hadn't jumped ship, you would be dead! And how do you think that would make your father feel? How do you think that would make Shadow feel?!"

The dragon warbled sadly. Ivy let the tears fall, and Hiccup laid a hand on her shoulder. This time, she didn't pull away. Just then, Fishlegs came running from the stables.

"Hiccup!" he said. "Hiccup! Come quick!"

Hiccup and Ivy looked at each other, and ran over to him and Meatlug.

"What is it, Fishlegs?" said Hiccup.

"Yeah, you look like you've seen a ghost", said Ivy, and Shadow nodded in agreement.

"You guys are not far off", said Fishlegs. "Look!"

He thrust a spyglass into his hands, and Hiccup looked out over the sea. Sailing on a ship, smiling smugly, was Votch. Ivy grabbed the spyglass and gasped.

"Votch", she growled, and whirled around. "Come on, Shadow!"

As she began to mount her dragon, Hiccup caught her arm.

"Ivy, no!"

She turned to glare at him.

"Votch is a monster", said Hiccup, "a monster who is still out there. And it's gonna take all of us to catch him."

"I'm not going to catch him", Ivy said darkly, straightening up. "I'm gonna kill him!"

Shadow roared as they took off, disappearing swiftly into the sky. Hiccup groaned.

"Fishlegs, get the others", he said. "We're going after them. Come on, bud!"

Toothless was quick to run up to Hiccup, who mounted him fast and took off after Ivy. Fishlegs burst through the Grand Hall doors.

"Hiccup and Ivy need help!" he said. "Votch is alive!"

"Let's go!" said Astrid.

She and the other riders, Heather and Dagur ran to the door, but Votch slammed his fist down on the table.

"That's my daughter out there", he said, "and my brother. This is personal, and we're coming with you."

Slygroff stood up and went outside, blowing a battle horn. People gathered in the center from their houses. Their chief barreled through the doors, lightning striking the gray sky.

"People of Warrell", he said, "this is it! This is what we have been training at Berk for! Right now, my brother is just off the horizon, and my daughter is in great danger! Votch needs to be stopped, and we are going to be the ones to do it, with some help from these brave Berk warriors!"

Dagur cleared his throat.

"And, of course, the Berserker tribe."

Heather nodded.

"So people of Warrell, mount up! Tonight, we ride dragons!"

The people cheered, and Slygroff mounted Siren.

"CHARGE!"

The entire village mounted their dragons and flew after their chief, who was behind the Dragon Riders, Dagur and Heather.

Ivy scanned the waters for her uncle's boat from Shadow's back, squinting as ice cold raindrops hit her face. Shadow growled and flapped his wings against the wind, keeping them suspended.

"I know it's cold and wet and windy", said Ivy to her dragon, "but we have to do this. For Poseidon. He will not die in vain."

Suddenly, an arrow flew past her ear.

"Whoa!"

Shadow screeched and jerked to the right, just barely avoiding another one.

"I'm guessing we're close", said Ivy, patting her dragon's side. "Alright, buddy, take us down! Let's finish this."

Votch smiled as he saw his niece on her dragon swoop down from the stormy sky.

"Right into my hands", he said to himself. "You're too easy, dear little Ivy."

He turned to one of the men on the ship.

"Launch the catapult like I told you!" he yelled.

"Aye-aye, sir!" said the man, and ran over to a large contraption on the ship. He grunted as he pulled a lever, which sent a rock hurtling towards dragon and rider. Ivy gasped.

"Shadow, look out!" she yelled, and veered to the right.

The stone, however, flew right over their heads, not aimed for them at all.

"What?"

Ivy stared after it in confusion.

"But why did-?"

Too late to realize she had flown right into Votch's trap, Ivy was stunned when a net was shot from the boat. Shadow screeched and instinctively dodged it, but the still distracted Ivy slipped from the slick rain water on his back and fell off! Snapping out of her daze, Ivy screamed as she plummeted. Shadow beat his wings furiously, struggling to catch up to her, but it was too late.

Everything happened in slow motion: Votch yelled at his men to fire, and a net shot out from the boat, aimed right at Ivy's tumbling form. Shadow stopped dead in his tracks as a harpoon laced with dragon root was aimed at him. Ivy gasped as her fingers came within reach of the net...and grunted as Hiccup flew from out of nowhere on Toothless, grabbing her and taking her out of range.

"Shoot the dragon!" Votch demanded, and his men aimed to fire.

BAM! A fireball blasted the man away from the trigger and the harpoon caught fire. Votch looked up to see an army of Warrell villagers on dragons behind the other riders. Hiccup looked down at Ivy, who smiled, and Toothless threw her into the air. Ivy flew over his back, her arms outstretched. Just as she was about to hit the water, Shadow swooped in and caught her. She immediately righted herself and rubbed his head.

"You okay, buddy? I'm sorry."

Ivy yelped when Shadow whiplashed her back with his tail.

"Okay, okay, I get it! No more flying solo. Now, let's see what my father's people have learned."

She and Hiccup flew up to meet them. Dagur and Fishlegs, riding Meatlug and Shattermaster, met them from opposite sides.

"It's bad, Hiccup", said Fishlegs. "

"We counted 20 ships, maybe more!" said Dagur, and laughed. "This guy obviously has a great backup resource. I'm impressed!"

"Dagur", Hiccup said warningly, and he held up his hands.

"The point is, there's an army down there!" said Dagur.

"Yeah, well, from what I can see, there seems to be one up here, too", said Ivy, pointing everyone out.

Slygroff flew Siren over to her.

"I've lost your mother", he said. "I almost lost you. I'll not let that happen again. We're with you and your friends, to the end."

Ivy nodded.

"So what's the plan?" said Snotlout. "Because it would be kind of pointless to get all these people hyped up over a poorly constructed battle strategy."

"Snotlout's right", Heather gulped, "AGAIN."

"Snotlout!"

The boy did a fist pump, and Hookfang lit his horns on fire, causing him to cry out.

"Hookfang!" he said through gritted teeth, and the dragon seemed to laugh at him.

"Does anyone have a plan?" said Astrid. "I mean, that's a lot of ships."

"And we'll take them all down", said Hiccup. "Together."

"I was foolish and stupid to think I could do it alone, Hiccup", said Ivy. "I'm so sorry."

"Apologize later", said Slygroff. "Jacob, lead your flank to the right and take out those ships! Lyza, lead your flank to the left and keep those catapults off of us! You, Riders, keep the two main ships occupied while my daughter and I go after Votch."

"Now see, that is a plan!" said Snotlout. "Why can't you be more like him, Hiccup?"

This earned a glare from the one-legged Viking, and Snotlout chuckled nervously.

"And by that I mean, grow a mustache?" he tried, and Hiccup rolled his eyes.

"Come on, Shadow", Ivy said to her dragon, touching his side. "Let's finish this, once and for all."

Shadow roared as Ivy maneuvered him back down to the boats. Slygroff and Siren followed close behind her.

"Never thought I'd see the day where you rode a dragon", said Ivy, motioning to Siren.

"I owe it all to you, my daughter", said Slygroff. "You've made me see that these beasts are not what they appear to be."

Ivy smiled. She was about to say something else, when a net appeared out of nowhere.

"Shadow!"

The dragon released a plasma blast, singing the net before it could entangle itself around her father and his dragon. Slygroff nodded his thanks, and pulled up beside Ivy.

"I have an idea", he said, and Ivy nodded.

Votch growled as he watched riders all over the sky sink his ships one by one. He couldn't believe the army he had brought back to best his brother, his little brat of a niece and her annoying friends was being beaten back so easily. Already, almost half of his ships were sunk. He watched as Ivy circled overhead, firing off shots around his boat. The girl's aim was terrible..unless, of course, it was a-

"NOW!"

Votch turned too late to see Slygroff dive straight down on Siren's back. Ivy whistled, and Shadow dove down to meet them. Slygroff jumped off of his dragon's back and Shadow caught him. Votch gasped as Siren screeched and drove into the hull of his ship, leaving a huge gap. The water began to rise as the ship sank quickly. Votch held on to the mast, clinging to its base. Siren emerged from the water, and Slygroff dropped down onto his back.

"Nice job, guys!" Hiccup called. "Great teamwork! Now, let's finish this! Dagur, Heather, you're up!"

With Berserker battle cries, the siblings rode their dragons above the sinking ship.

"Windshear, tail slice!" said Heather, and her dragon cut the ship's mast in half.

Votch cried out and dove out of the way as the last of his ship came down. As he clung to the ship's sinking side, he was met by Dagur riding Sleuther, who waved at him.

"Hello!" he said, and released a crazy laugh.

Votch locked eyes with Sleuther, who screeched and whiplashed him. Votch landed in the water, where he was quickly fished out by Astrid and Stormfly. He watched the rest of the ships sink, one by one, until his entire army had been taken out and gathered onto the beach under the watchful eye of Ruffnut and Tuffnut on Barf and Belch.

Ivy, Slygroff, Hiccup and the rest of the riders landed on the shore as Stormfly dropped Votch into the sand. Clearly outnumbered, Votch scrambled up and tried to run. SHING! An axe landed merely inches from his head. He looked up to see Slygroff with his arm outstretched. Ivy approached her uncle, a fiery look in her eyes.

"You are done hunting these dragons", she said, "and messing with my family and friends."

"You shall stand trial for your crimes back on Warrel, brother", said Slygroff, "and believe me when I say, it is taking every fiber of my being not to kill you for the things you have done."

"The Dragon Hunters are finished", said Hiccup.

Votch chuckled.

"You only think that they're finished, you foolish boy", he said. "But you all fail to see the bigger picture."

"What are you talking about?" Ivy demanded.

"You believe me to be the mastermind behind the Dragon Hunters?" said Votch. "Think again."

"If you're not the true leader of the Dragon Hunters", said Hiccup, "then who is?"

A mysterious stranger stepped over the guard he had taken out guarding the prison cells back on Warrel. Edmund stopped scraping his hooked hand over the brick wall as he heard footsteps approach and scoffed when someone came into view.

"It's about time you showed up", he said, coming up to the bars. "I'm dying of boredom, here."

"Have you done what I've asked?" said the stranger, standing in front of the door.

"Yeah, every word", said Edmund. "Now get me out of here!"

"And the Dragon Riders?"

"They don't know anything about who they're really dealing with."

"Excellent."

The stranger produced the key he had taken from the guard.

"It has been tiring, playing the long game, but it will all be worth it once Berk is mine to control at last."

"And what about poison?"

"Ivy Ilsen and her Night Fury are essential to my plans, as are Hiccup and his dragon."

Edmund stepped back as the stranger let him out of his cell.

"Just remember our deal", he said, stepping out. "I get you the dragons, you get me my revenge."

"Patience, my young friend. As I said when we first met, you shall receive everything you seek."

"Yeah, but that was, like, 5 years ago."

Edmund gasped as the stranger pressed him against the wall, his own dagger at his throat.

"Do you dare to question my word?"

Edmund gulped.

"N-no, sir."

"Good."

The stranger dropped him and tossed the dagger to his side.

"You will proceed with Phase 3, as planned. Soon, Hiccup Haddock and his little dragon rider friends will answer to me, as will his father. It is only a matter of time."

To Be Continued…

So, yeah, to avoid any spoilers just in case anyone hasn't seen all of Season 5 of Race to the Edge yet (yeah, right!), I decided to keep this new villain a mystery for now. Btw, the last season will premiere early this year, and I can hardly wait! But as for this story, well...let's just say, Part 2 is complete. Whether or not there is a Part 3 depends on reviews...and if I can actually come up with one. Signing off for now, guys! Thanks for reading!

-Imagigirl20