Fishlegs attack on Hiccup had caught everyone off guard as they were watching everything from Jenna's orb.
"W-wait, what is this?" Jenna stared. "They just started fighting all of a sudden."
"Lady Jenna, what's going on in there?" Gilthunder asked. "Why would those two—"
"How should I know?" Jenna snapped.
Fishlegs was controlling his club telepathically and kept on spinning towards Hiccup, who kept on deflecting it with skill and grace. He then spun the club with all his strength towards Hiccup, who quickly blocked it and then pushed it back.
"I want you to answer me," Fishlegs demanded.
"But you already know who I am," said Hiccup. "However, that's not the question you will truly asking, but rest assure that I am on your side. My duty is to protect Ruby and my teammates, that includes you, so I don't see where we have the problem."
"Stop dodging the question," Fishlegs roared. "I want to know what your goal is!"
He then sent the club flying straight down towards Hiccup, who merely deflected it. Fishlegs regained control and sent it flying straight back at incredible speed, but Hiccup was proving to be just as fast blocking each and every shot, but Fishlegs managed to graze him slightly. Hiccup then quickly spun around and grabbed his club with his free hand.
"So what do you intend to do now?" Hiccup asked. "We both know that when it comes to physical combat, you are the weakest amongst the Seven Deadly Sins."
Fishlegs landed on the ground and extended his hands. "Staters Promotion!"
Then suddenly the cut on Hiccup's shoulder immediately transformed to a massive wound and blood shot out causing him to wince.
Meanwhile Sullivan was still surprised to see that Snotlout was alive and well and much younger than he expected.
"Snotlout, I can't believe it's you," Sullivan stared.
"You certainly got old Sullivan," said Snotlout with a small smile.
"Who would have thought that the two of us reunited after all these years?"
"So why didn't you tell me you were beast man in the first place?" Snotlout asked.
"Because I was afraid… afraid that you would never look at me the same way again and I'm sorry."
Ase had been watching the entire conversation and burst out in tears. "I'm not really sure what's going on with you two, but I'm glad for you both."
"If you not sure what's going on why are you crying?" Snotlout asked raising an eyebrow.
Sullivan then looked at Snotlout curiously. "Hey, Snotlout. Don't tell me she's your girlfriend."
"Nah, she's not."
"Don't answer so fast!" Ase roared as she sat up with her face completely red. "If I'm not what am I to you anyway?"
Snotlout shrugged. "I don't know, my wallet? A little sister?"
"You've got to be kidding me! Do you even have a little sister?"
Snotlout chuckled slightly. "She was like you, always following me around every single day."
Before he his parents died, he had a little sister named Adelaide, who was just a few years younger than he was. No matter where he when she followed him like a stray lamb clutching her little teddy bear.
"Brother, slow down," she said trying to keep up with him. "Wait up, Snotlout!"
"But she died when she was four," said Snotlout regretfully.
Ase just stood there in silence, she never realised that Snotlout had had a rough childhood, there again he had a rough adult hood so it shouldn't have been a surprise.
Sullivan then looked up at the ceiling, asking the question he been meaning to ask since he realised his identity. "I'm sorry, Snotlout, but answer me this… you must be over 40 by now, right? To me you don't look a day over 20 years old, how could that be possible?"
"Because I did it," he said as he looked down at him. "I drank the water from that fountain you told me about when I was a kid."
Sullivan stared at him. "You what?"
"I won't grow older or die, I'll look as old as the day I drank it."
"No, you're kidding."
30 years ago when Snotlout had practically became his adopted son, he told him of a certain legend about a fountain and a Guardian.
"The Fountain of Youth?" Snotlout blinked.
"Yeah," Sullivan nodded. "There is this huge towering tree in the Fairy King's Forest way up north and from what I heard, at the top there's the Fountain of Youth, this treasure guarded by a Guardian. They say whoever drinks the water from it will be granted eternal life, you can bet a lot of people want to get their hands on it."
"Eternal life, huh?" Snotlout blinked. "That awesome! I'm going to go and steal it!"
"You dummy, you'll be going against the scary Guardian knowing to have wiped out entire armies. You wouldn't last a second."
"No way to know for sure unless I give it a shot."
"Look forget it. Just take my word for it."
"Then we'll do it together, Sullivan."
"Well, look at the big man with the big ideas," Sullivan teased. "It takes four days to get the Fairy King's Forest."
Back in the present Sullivan just laid back in the bed barely able to believe what he was hearing.
"Unbelievable, to think that such a thing actually exists," he said in disbelief. "When I told you about it, I thought that it was nothing more than a fairy tale." He then looked at him. "And the Guardian? Was there really a Guardian there sworn to protect it?"
Snotlout's face darkened and Ase knew that the subject was quite sore.
"She died," said Snotlout unable to look at Sullivan in the eyes. "I want to bring her back to life more than anything."
Snotlout wasn't the only one that was grieving in a nearby town another mother had just buried her husband with her son standing over her. She was utterly heartbroken with her hands covering her eyes.
"My love," she cried.
"Easy mum," said her son putting a gentle hand on her shoulder. "Come on, let's go. All this crying won't bring dad back."
With that he guided her back towards their house, unaware that a hand immediately launched himself out of the grave.
At the Fairy King's Forest, Adava was standing guard over the Great Tree, but then the birds in the forest began to act strangely and fairies being more attuned to nature than any of the other races knew that something was up.
"What's all the commotion?" Orist asked as he flew up to her.
"There's an indescribable ominous air that's beginning to gather in this area," she said. "It feels like everything is making sense in this world will soon be turned upside down. Something like this should never happen, it can't."
Meanwhile Snotlout had just finished telling his story to Sullivan, who still found it extremely hard to believe.
"It's one surprise after another for me tonight," he said with a small smile. "So you're one of the Seven Deadly Sins, I've heard so much about them through the years and on top of all that your girlfriend is a Guardian from the Fairy Race?" Ase puffed her cheeks in annoyance upon hearing those words. "You're something else."
"Come on, cut it out," said Snotlout dismissively. "The dead being brought back to life, huh? Well, I've heard rumours along those lines over the past few days, but sorry I don't know anything else about it."
"It's all right, I'll just keep looking," Snotlout assured.
Sullivan looked at him with sympathy. "Must be painful."
Snotlout raised an eyebrow. "Learning how to bring the dead back to life isn't easy to come by, but even if you wanted to follow your girlfriend to death you can't die any more can you?"
Snotlout just sat there. "Sure it's painful, but crying and moaning about how much it hurts me isn't going to bring her back to life."
"Well, I'm still glad."
"About what?"
"The fact that you found something in life you value more than yourself. From the time he would just boy you never opened to any other human that me."
Snotlout smiled down at him. "Well, the same thing still holds true. Because I don't think that I'll ever be able to get along with them." He then rose to his feet and looked down at Ase. "Hey, Ase."
Ase was laying down on the floor in a huff. "What do you want?"
"There's a cockroach," he pointed.
Ase immediately shot up and screamed and Snotlout laughed in her suspense. "I was just kidding."
Ase glared at him as he grabbed the helm of his shirt. "Don't mess with me dammit!"
Snotlout just smiled. "Honestly, you might be the first."
"First what?" Ase glared tightening her grip.
"The first human that I'm able to tolerate."
Ase was completely taken aback by this comment, her face turned bright pink and she immediately released his shirt. She then quickly turned around so that he wouldn't see that she was blushing.
"You mean I'm the first… that you don't mind? So, you like me?"
"I'll you," he said breaking the mood.
Snotlout then sat back down the bed.
Sullivan looked at him. "Snotlout, something else is on your mind isn't it?"
"What are you talking about?"
He then placed his claw on his arm affectionately. "Don't forget I'm your dad. I can tell when my son is holding something back."
"It boils down to this," said Snotlout. "I found a lover and someone I consider a friend to care about, but it couldn't last. I had to decide between the two of them and I chose to kill my friend."
"So did you do it?"
Snotlout shook his head. "We're not particularly close, at first I thought that I could do a better job as captain. However, through the years we work together I realise that I was wrong and he helped me more times than I can count, no matter how much pain I am he always finds a way to forgive me. Now that kindness is something I've come to depend on."
"I know that feeling well. That day I had to choose between you and Zeke and I abandoned you," said Sullivan as he rose from out of the bed. "And even so you somehow managed to forgive me."
"It's not the same!" Snotlout roared. "I tried to kill him! And then afterward, instead of being angry even forgave me. He wasn't even phased that I had to bring him down, he's really unbelievable."
Ase just looked at him. "Snotlout."
"I see now," Sullivan nodded. "The thought on having to depend on him makes you sick doesn't it?"
"Yeah, because I'm a piece of crap that can never be saved!"
He then felt Sullivan placing his claw on his shoulder. "He sounds like a great friend. Listen to me, no matter how much you regret for what you have done deep down, it's meaningless if you can't get through to your friend. Just like with me you know, don't hold it in, let it all out then beg with forgiveness with all your heart. And with that, those few words, given from father to son, my soul can rest knowing we can be forgiven."
Snotlout then felt his hand go limp and turned and found but his weak heart had finally given out. His father had passed away right next to him, he had used the last of his strength to give him that last piece of advice.
Meanwhile at Easta, Ruby was still doing her trial, she was channelling her magic into the goblet she was holding in order to make the seed inside sprout. While she was busy doing this, Zaneri wondered out of the cave and her eyes turned towards the Cave of Training.
'Hiccup,' she said to herself knowing that something was wrong.
Hiccup was still recovering from Fishlegs little move, he had lost a lot of blood and Fishlegs was still demanding answers.
"Answer me, tell me what you really want," he demanded. "To bravely protect the people of this kingdom as the captain of our order? No, that's not it. Maybe to spend your life is a wonder, going from kingdom to kingdom running a small tavern." Fishlegs shook his head. "That is not it either."
Hiccup rose to his feet when seen slightly.
"If you were once a king, why did you abandon your kingdom? And a related question is how you were able to stay so young, I mean dragonborn might have a longer lifespan than human, but it's nothing compared to a fairy or a giant. On top of that you know those Demon monsters quite well, who were gone for 3000 years."
Hiccup just remain completely silent as he rose to his feet.
"There can only be one conclusion, only one reasonable explanation to all this," said Fishlegs narrowing his eyes at him. "You were born 3000 years ago, you took part in the Holy War, but the question is which side? Tell me, are you really are ally or are you a traitor?"
Outside Jenna was starting to get concerned, especially after she witnessed Fishlegs open the wound on Hiccup's shoulder.
"Ragnar what's going on?" she said as she looked at Ragnar. "What did Fishlegs do to him? I thought that he only inflicted a small scratch, but things are quickly getting worse."
"He can take something moderate and transform it into something deadly," Ragnar explained as he folded his arms. "This is Fishlegs' true magical power… Disaster. On one hand, allowing trees and plants to flourish, while on the other culling them in order to maintain balance and rule the forest. A very fitting power for the Fairy King."
Fishlegs was still demanding answers, ones that Hiccup refused to give.
"Remaining quiet is not an option," he said. "Nor is it suited for the Captain of the Sins. Let's try this again…" He then raised his hand forwards, "Staters Promotion!"
The shockwave headed straight towards Hiccup, but then his eyes became slits and immediately his wound began to heal just before Fishlegs' attack struck him.
Fishlegs smiled slightly. "Impressive, you use your natural healing abilities to close that wound of yours making my power utterly useless as that was the only thing I've been focusing on. However, that cannot be the best you can do I was expecting a lot more from you."
"Since you have asked me a question allow me the courtesy of asking one back," said Hiccup with a small smile. "Tell me are you really the Fairy King?"
Fishlegs eyes lit up. "What?"
"Not that I'm questioning your word, but the previous Fairy King named Dahlia and the first one, both had pretty impressive sets of wings out of their backs. If you're truly the Fairy King where are yours?"
"Shut up," Fishlegs snapped. "I'm the one asking the questions! Condense Power!"
Then suddenly water droplets immediately exited out of the clubs that Hiccup was holding and then formed a single water droplet.
"A droplet?" Hiccup blinked. "Wait, this is no ordinary droplet of water."
Fishlegs then flicked his finger in the water droplet immediately scratched Hiccup's face. Fishlegs then continue to control the droplet making it fast and the eye could see, it took everything Hiccup had to avoid getting hit again something so small and fast. Hiccup then tried to smash the water droplet with his clubs, but they ended up being smashed to pieces.
Fishlegs clenched his fist in the water droplet flew back towards him. "I took the moisture inside of those wooden clubs and then condensed it down to a point to create this tiny water droplet."
"More like a tiny iron droplet," said Hiccup as he looked at the broken clubs. "Impressive, condensing such a material down makes it as hard as iron. However, what will you do when you facing against someone whose skin is harder than iron?"
Fishlegs blinked.
Hiccup then began to transform into his dragonborn form. "You'll find that dragon scales are harder than any kind of metal in known existence."
"All right enough of this!" Jenna's voice roared from out of nowhere. "Both of you come out of there!"
Hiccup reverted back to his human form. "Looks like we're both in trouble."
Fishlegs looked at him. "Look, everyone else trusts you with all their hearts, if you ever do anything to betray that trust I'll never forgive you."
He then floated away and headed straight towards the opening that was letting out sunlight.
"I'm sorry that I can't tell you the whole story right now," said Hiccup apologetically. "And even if I did I'm not sure you would believe me anyway. However, I will throw you a bone, I am indeed older than I look, but that is all I can tell you."
Fishlegs didn't even look at him. "If that is all you have to say for now I'll have to keep an eye on you for now on, until the moment that I am sure you are worthy of someone with my trust."
"Fair enough."
"Hey, do you remember what you said to me? The first day we ever met?" Fishlegs asked, but he shook his head. "Never mind, it's nothing."
Eventually they made their way outside where everyone was waiting and Jenna was quite furious with the two of them.
"Looks like their back out," said Ake.
Jenna marched up towards them. "You idiots! Why were you to fighting each other?"
"You could say that we had a disagreement," said Hiccup rubbing the back of his head.
Fishlegs just remained quiet, but then suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his back. 'What was that pain just now?'
Hiccup then looked at Jenna. "Now then back to business. I think it's high time that you restored my power."
Jenna groaned. "To be honest I want to seriously tell you no way." However, she immediately summoned her staff and then raised into the air. "But I have no choice."
She then began to chant in an ancient language and then suddenly appearing above their heads was a massive amber containing what looked like fire frozen in time.
"Whoa, is that an Angel Amber too?" Ake stared.
"It's huge," Gilthunder gasped.
"Sir Hiccup's power is in there?" Alvin stared.
"My ancestors have had a hard time containing this power," Jenna admitted and then waved a hand to push them away. "All right everyone stand back."
No one questioned hers the slowly backed away from Hiccup.
Jenna then looked at Hiccup. "Now are you ready Hiccup?"
"I am," Hiccup nodded.
Jenna then looked up back at the Amber and began to charge the same ancient language. A bright light then immediately emerge from her staff and the Amber shattered and then suddenly the flames inside of it consumed the very sky.
"W-what happened?" Ake stared at the flames. "If the sky on fire?"
"Not exactly," said Jenna. "These flames are Hiccup's power released from the Amber. If it wasn't for our protective enchantments we would have been burnt to a crisp already."
Then her entire body began to glow as she began chanting in the same ancient tongue. The flames then immediately came crashing down on top of Hiccup as he began to absorb his power. The heat coming from the flames as they rained down from the heavens was intense and the shockwave blew everyone away towards the edge of the island.
Within 30 seconds the flames had disappeared completely with in Hiccup and everyone just stared at him wondering if there had been any kind of change in either body or soul. However, Hiccup looked exactly the same, but this sudden surge of power had been like a beacon towards the Ten Commandments.
The blackhead boy looked into the distance. "No doubt about it, it's him."
Hiccup laughed as he felt this newfound surge of strength in his body. "This is it, after all this time my power has finally been returned."
Everyone was immediately concerned whether he had lost it.
"Sir Hiccup?" Gilthunder stared.
"I'm getting a bad feeling about this," said Ake.
Hiccup chuckled. "Gotta."
"Thank goodness," said Gilthunder relieved.
"You know he doesn't seem all that different to me," said Ake.
"Is he really the same as he was before?" Fishlegs stared.
Hiccup began putting his close back on and then he turned to Ragnar. "Ragnar, you think you can send me over to the Ten Commandments?"
Ragnar floated down. "It's not that I can't, but…"
Gilthunder stared at him. "Are you serious? You can't just waltz into enemy territory, it's suicidal."
Hiccup ignored him. "You can do it though, right?"
"Indeed, but keep in mind that once I teleport you there will be a slight delay before you can be teleported back here," Ragnar informed him. "In other words old friend, you must survive more than 10 seconds on your own. If an attempt is made any sooner you will be reduced to a lump of meat, still want to go?"
"Do it," Hiccup ordered.
"Very well," said Ragnar.
Gilthunder looked down at Hiccup. "Hey, hold on. Why don't you take a little more time before…"
"I'm only going over there to say hello," Hiccup assured.
Then suddenly he vanished as Ragnar teleported him.
Hiccup soon appeared in the front of the ruins of Edinburg Castle and there came face-to-face with the Ten Commandments.
"Been a long time," he said casually.
"Hiccup!" the blackhead boy growled.
"Wait!" Galand roared as he made a move before anyone else and landed right in front of Hiccup. "Nobody here lifts a finger, that is the pray that I failed to kill." He then leaned down towards Hiccup. "I'll make sure he'll die this time."
Hiccup responded by punching him hard in the face, so hard in fact that he created a massive dent in his faceplate. He then jumped into the air as Galand lost balance, grabbed his head and then slammed it into the ground creating a massive crater.
"Seems like you are little different from our last fight," said Galand as he rose to his feet.
Hiccup then quickly jumped back to avoid his spear as he began spinning around like a madman. "Chaotic Judgement!"
Hiccup dodged each and every single swing which created a massive cloud of dust hiding them from view. Hiccup was now standing on the tip of Galand's spear with his arms folded.
"I just got a little more power, that's all," he said.
Galand then tried to make a move, but as quick as lightning Hiccup kneed him in the face knocking him to the ground. Hiccup then landed hard on his chest and performed a powerful spin kick across his face before landing next to him. Galand was still a little shaken and as he rose to his feet, but then hiccup punched him hard across the face and he skidded across the ground.
Back at Easta, Jenna was still a little concerned about Hiccup.
"I'm still concerned was Hiccup really able to overcome and abandon his emotions?" she pondered herself. "Because he really didn't seem all that different. How perplexing."
"No, he hasn't abandoned them," said Zaneri as she approached them.
Jenna frowned. "Zaneri? What do you mean, I thought he passed the test? Are you saying there's a chance he might be overwhelmed by his emotions yet again and go berserk?"
"Hiccup has gone through a massive change," she said simply. "Hiccup has found a way to master his emotions, he no longer goes on a rampage and destroy everything in sight. Those painful memories still causing pain, he has learned to live with them."
Galand was now in his hands and knees completely winded by Hiccup's sheer power, but he was revelling with it.
He rose to his feet and looked down at Hiccup. "Now that's more like it, this is how it should be or else things would get dull."
Hiccup then reached for his sword and unsheathed it slightly, but then while partially exposing the blade he sheathed it once again. Suddenly cuts appeared across Galand's arm and purple blood spewed out like a geyser.
The young man in the vines looked at the silver haired girl. "Did you see that?"
"He's a handful," she said.
Hiccup then turned and faced the other Commandments. "It is certainly been a long time and I see you've managed to find a way to get back to full power. Now I was hoping that we could talk this out before the entire continent becomes a bloodied battlefield."
"There's nothing to talk about," said the blackhead boy as he glared down at him. "Just know that you're hated, we will take vengeance on you and the Four Races who wronged us."
"I see you haven't changed much, Zeldris," said Hiccup folding his arms.
'15 seconds before you can come back, Hiccup,' said Ragnar telepathically.
"If the Ten of you plan continuing where you left off 3000 years ago, the Seven Deadly Sins will stop you," Hiccup warned.
"I told you there's nothing to talk about," said Zeldris.
"This isn't talk, it's a warning."
Zeldris glared at him and then he and Fraudrin charge down towards him at full speed. Hiccup merely smiled any teleported just before the two of them struck him, much to Zeldris annoyance.
Galand then collapsed and everyone looked down at him. "So, that is the power of the Bane of the Demon Race. "Oh, it's so very delightful." He then clenched his fist in frustration. "To the Hell it is!"
