"Italics: Dragon's speaking"

*Italics: telepathical speaking*

Italics: Thinking

Dragons and Guardians: Riders of Berk

Author's note: The dragon riders ride on their dragons while the guardians such as Aniu and Nava fly using their wings. All dragons with more than one head have a – between their names as each head has a name. For example: Barf-Belch, Lefa-Rila. This note is here just to avoid confusion.

Right now the Dragoniters group consists of: Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly, Snotlout, Hookfang, Fishlegs, Meatlug, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Barf-Belch, Aniu and Nava.

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Chapter 18: Gem of a Different Colour

"Vikings are strong, tough and courageous. But courage is a funny thing."

The Dragoniters were in the arena with Gobber having another combat lesson. Ruffnut and Tuffnut were circling each other with shields held in their hands. Ruffnut charged and used her shield to disarm her brother of his shield and knock him down. The whole fight was over in just a few minutes.

"Many are born with it. For some, it's a never-ending struggle and for others, well, they just don't know enough to be afraid."

"As I said a million times and as Ruffnut has demonstrated so splendidly, the shield can be your most important weapon. Who's next?" Gobber said. "Hold on. I don't get to hit her back?" Tuffnut asked in dismay. "On your own time. Hiccup, Astrid." Gobber said. While Astrid punched her fist into her open palm in excitement, Hiccup was a bit apprehensive at the thought of fighting his girlfriend, even if it was just a combat lesson.

"Well, I don't think it's really fair for me to be fighting Astrid..." Hiccup stammered before Astrid swung a fist at him. "Go, Hiccup." Nava hollered. "You can do it, buddy." Aniu cheered her surrogate brother on as Hiccup dodged the punch. The Night Fury rider managed to dodge a few more punches and even flipped Astrid over his shoulder but Astrid succeeded in pinning Hiccup down on his stomach and twisting his arm painfully behind his back. Astrid tried to do it gently but sometimes she forgot how strong she was.

"When you're in a situation like this, it is best to remain calm and take deep breaths." Gobber advised. Hiccup threw him a look that plainly said I can barely even breathe so how can I do that. "When that's not an option, I would advise playing dead." Gobber said. Hiccup feigned falling unconscious and Astrid got off him. "Just like that. Well done, Hiccup. Good form, Astrid." Gobber said.

"You okay?" Astrid asked her boyfriend in concern. "Never been better. Shoulder should pop back into in no time." Hiccup told her. Aniu came over and checked Hiccup's shoulder. "It's just a minor dislocation. This may hurt a little." She said before pushing Hiccup's shoulder back into place. Hiccup let out a grunt of pain and carefully flexed his shoulder.

"Thanks, Aniu. You're the best." Hiccup groaned, carefully rotating his shoulder. "Don't mention it, Hiccup. Just be careful with your shoulder until all the pain has gone away." Aniu advised. "Aniu, Nava, let's see what you've got, lovebirds." Gobber chuckled. "All right, then." Nava and Aniu said as they got into position.

The two guardians charged at each other and were equally matched for several minutes until Aniu managed to get the upper hand and grunted as she pinned Nava down on the ground. "Gotcha." Aniu smirked triumphantly. But Nava managed to flip her over, reversing the pin so that Aniu was the one pinned. "Nope, I got you." He smirked. "If they kiss, I'm going to puke." Tuffnut said, feeling uncomfortable at how affectionate Aniu and Nava were being with each other.

"Nava, Aniu, if you two are done we'll like to move this lesson along." Gobber said. "Sorry. Gob." Nava said, getting off Aniu and helping his girlfriend up. "Snotlout, Fishlegs, it's your turn." Gobber called. Snotlout grinned and got ready but Fishlegs wasn't there. He and Meatlug had been absent all throughout the lesson as a matter of fact. "Fishlegs, don't be shy. Vikings can't always rely on dragons to protect them. Thoughs on Fishlegs's whereabouts, anyone?" Gobber asked.

On an island away from Berk, Fishlegs, Meatlug, Clobbertail, Stonecruncher and Sweetiepie enjoyed the sunset on a sandy beach. "What a glorious day, your four. All of us on our own secret island, no dumb old hand to hand combat lessons and more importantly, not a Snotlout for miles." Fishlegs said, tossing stones for his Gronckles to eat before shivering as a cold wind blew.

Meatlug spat a lava blast at the ground, starting a campfire. Stonecruncher and Sweetiepie huddled up to their 'Uncle Fishlegs'. Clobbertail yawned and curled up for a nap beside his family and his mate's rider. To show how much he loved them, Fishlegs decided to start singing a song:

"There once were four Gronckles

Who were cuter and smarter than sea slugs.

When they met their pal Fish,

It fulfilled his greatest wish

To love them and give them big bear hugs."

Meatlug yawned and walked away from him. Clobbertail got up and followed his mate. "Hey, where are you two going?" Fishlegs asked. Stonecruncher and Sweetiepie were wondering the same thing when they saw their parents stop at a patch of sand and start digging. Once the two Gronckles had stopped digging, they and Fishlegs (who had come over to see what they were doing) stared at something glowing. "What is that?" Fishlegs gasped in awe.

Stonecruncher and Sweetiepie came over and asked the same thing. "We have no idea but it's very beautiful." Meatlug told her children. "We better take it to Berk and see what it is." Clobbertail said. "I have to show Hiccup, Aniu and the others." Fishlegs said, staring at his new discovery.

Night time had arrived on Berk and the Dragoniters were hanging out in the plaza. "I'm starting to get a little worried about Fishlegs. Do you think he's okay?" Astrid said. "I hope he didn't get captured by the Outcasts." Aniu said. "I don't think so. He looks okay to me and he's flying towards us right now." Ruffnut said.

Sure enough, Fishlegs and Meatlug were flying towards them with Clobbertail, Stonecruncher and Sweetiepie in tow. "Is Fishlegs glowing?" Tuffnut asked, noticing that Fishlegs's satchel was glowing ever-changing colours. "Actually, I think he is." Hiccup said. "His satchel is." Nava said. "Not for long." Snotlout grinned, cracking his knuckles.

The four Gronckles landed and Fishlegs hopped off Meatlug. "Uh, Fishlegs, where were you this afternoon?" Hiccup asked."You missed hand to face combat. My hand to your face." Snotlout said. "I prefer to use the part of my body above my neck." Fishlegs said, referring to his brain. "What neck?" Snotlout scoffed. Fishlegs was so chubby his neck wasn't even visible but he was planning to start losing some weight soon.

"Oh, amusing. But I refuse to encourage your violent tendencies, Snotlout." Fishlegs replied coolly, not in the mood to argue. "Don't knock it till you try it."Snotlout retorted. "He's glowing again." Ruffnut told her brother. "I know, it's spooky." Tuffnut replied. "It's not me that's glowing. It's this." Fishlegs said, taking a round, gem-like object that was glowing different colours which were constantly changing.

"Wow." Everyone gasped. "What is it?" Hiccup asked in wonder. They brought the object to the Great Hall for some answers because Fishlegs didn't know what it was. The dragons didn't know either when Aniu and Nava asked them. Fortunately for the Dragoniters, Gobber knew what it was.

"It's a Stone of Good Fortune. My great uncle's brother once told me of its powers." He explained to the amazed Dragoniters and a crowd. "I thought he was mute." Mulch piped up. "Until he found the stone then we couldn't shut him up." Gobber said. "This stone brings good luck to whomever touches it."

"'Stone of good fortune'? Huh." Snotlout said, an idea appearing in his mind. The crowd surgd forward in an attempt to touch the stone to get some of its legendary luck or worse, take it for themselves. Poor Fishlegs was overwhelmed and fell to the ground with the crowd still clamouring for the stone.

"That's enough, everyone, stand back!" Stoick's voice rang out loud and clear over the mayhem. The crowd backed away, leaving Fishlegs alone. "Who found this?" Stoick asked. "Uh, right here, chief."Fishlegs piped up as Gobber helped him up. "It's a Stone of Good Fortune." He told his long-time friend.

"We want to touch it!"/ "Let me have it!" Vikings began shouting. "Please, my baby. She needs good fortune." A young mother begged, holding a bundle covered in blankets close to her chest. Tuffnut took a look at the heavily swaddled bundle and grimaced. "That's a baby. I thought it was a bundle of sticks wrapped in bacon." He said. The mother glared at him and moved her baby out of his line of sight.

"Never mind, Tuffnut." Stoick said sternly. "Three yaks for the stone!"/ "Four chickens!" People began yelling out offers. "Twenty sheep and my first-born Gustav." A woman named Mrs Larson offered, holding up her eleven year old son who had black hair and green eyes. "Me, huh?" Gustav asked confused.

"Listen to me! This stone belongs to Fishlegs since he was the one who found it. And what he does with it is up to him." Stoick said. "I'll give you ten yaks."/ "Four chickens."/ "Three chickens." People began throwing offers again. "Maybe we should get you out of here." Hiccup said, leading his dragon-enthusiast friend out of the Great Hall. "Away from these people." Aniu said.

"20 sheep and Gustav Larson? You're turning that down? Come on, what do you want for it?" Snotlout asked in disbelief. "You can't have it, Snotlout, not for any price." Fishlegs said. "Oh, I think I can. You seem to forget that when Snotlout wants something, he just takes it." Snotlout smirked, making a grabbing motion with his hand. "No wonder you get into trouble all the time." Nava remarked.

"How badly do you want it, Snotlout?" Astrid asked harshly. "Bad enough to try and steal it?" Aniu asked, hands on her hips. "You're lucky I don't hit girls." Snotlout scoffed. "Yeah, so are you." Astrid and Aniu, glaring daggers and fireballs at the pompous Jorgenson brat. Snotlout watched his friends leave and made up his mind. "Okay, take it, it is." He said to himself.

The moon glowed silver in the dark sky as a Night Fury, a Deadly Nadder, a Gronckle and two guardians flew with Hiccup, Astrid and Fishlegs on the dragons backs to the island where Fishlegs and Meatlug had found the Stone of Good Fortune.

"You sure you want to do this, Fishlegs?" Hiccup asked. As the leader of the Dragoniters (Aniu was the co-leader), he made sure to listen to whatever his Dragoniters had to say or felt about something. Aniu told him that the best and most successful leaders often take their followers feelings, ideas and opinions into account. "There's too much stress. You saw that mob, they ran right over me." Fishlegs said.

"Like a sack of flour." Astrid remarked. "Maybe it is best if you return the stone to where you originally found it and everything will go back to normal." Aniu said, flapping her wings to speed up. "You won't have to worry about villagers trying to take the stone for themselves." Nava added. He and Aniu glanced at each other, shocked at just how in sync they were. Actually, they had been in sync for most of their lives.

"I just want to put this thing back where I found it and never think about it again. Stone of Good Fortune, yeah, right." Fishlegs said. "That stone seemed to bring us nothing but bad fortune." Meatlug said. "I agree with you, Meatlug. Those people were basically trying to rip it out of your rider's hands." Stormfly said. "I see an island up ahead." Toothless said. "I see it too." Meatlug said and shot forward.

"Whoa, girl. Where are you going?" Fishlegs asked his Gronckle. "I think the dragons found the place we're looking for." Aniu said. As they neared the island, an unsettling feeling began to well inside the dragons, causing them to growl and tense up. Aniu and Nava shared a quick glance and prepared themselves for any possible confrontation.

"They sense something." Hiccup said. "Something dangerous." Aniu added. "Hey, I thought you said you found it buried in the sand." Hiccup said. "I did." Fishlegs said. "Then what's that?" Nava asked, pointing up ahead. As the island came into view, they were greeted with an astonishing sight. Clusters of trees were spread along the island and some of them had glowing stones nestled in their branches.

"Are those..." Astrid asked. "Dragon nests." Fishlegs gasped. "Okay, then why would a dragon fill its nest with gems?" Astrid asked. "Because they're not gems." Hiccup realized. "They're dragon eggs." Aniu gasped. "Just like with egg-laying animals, dragons have different ways of making nests and caring for their eggs but their ways are much more unique." Nava said.

"Oh, how did I miss that? The eggs I dug up must have fallen out of its tree and gotten buried in the sand. I can't believe I almost kept this baby away from its parents." Fishlegs exclaimed. "But you didn't. Now, let's put this egg back and get out of here before its parents or some other dragons show up." Hiccup said.

Fishlegs found a tree with dragon eggs in it and gently placed the egg in a branch. Then Toothless sensed something and snarled. "Something's coming. It could be the parents of the egg." He growled. "I don't think they'll be willing to listen to us if they find us in their territory and near their eggs." Stormfly said, her tail spines flicking up.

"We should get out of here as quickly as possible." Meatlug said. "Guys, something's coming!" Aniu called out to her friends. "The parents must be close." Hiccup said. "Yeah, really close. Fishlegs, say goodbye and let's go." Astrid said. "Okay, okay. Goodbye little colour-changing, glowing dragon egg." Fishlegs said and steered Meatlug away from the tree. "Come on, guys." Nava called, flying through the trees with the other following him.

They hadn't gotten far when the sound of trees falling caught their attention. "We've got company." Toothless growled. "And I think it's not the friendly kind." Stormfly said. "I hope they don't hurt us." Meatlug said. "They're following us!" Hiccup alerted his friends. "Yeah, but what are they?" Astrid asked. "It must be the parents of the egg and some friends." Aniu said. "And they're not happy with us." Nava said. "I don't see anything back there." Fishlegs yelled.

The invisible dragons let out terrifying roars before one of them showed its face for a brief second and spat out a glob of bright green acid that struck a tree trunk and burned through the wood and bark. "Whatever it is, they shooting some kind of acid at us." Hiccup said. "Invisible, acid-shooting dragons? Great." Fishlegs said sarcastically.

"We have to get out of these trees." Aniu yelled. "They probably won't follow us beyond their island." Nava said, folding his wings in and shooting between two trees. Pretty soon, they had flown out of the trees and away from the island, leaving the angry, invisible, acid-shooting dragons behind.

They didn't notice a familiar Viking with an equally familiar Monstrous Nightmare watching them fly away on a sea stack. "Like I said, if I want it, I take it. Haha, suckers." Snotlout chortled. "I don't think this is good idea." Hookfang muttered as he and his rider flew to the island.

"Sprays hot, burning acid." Fishlegs read in the Book of Dragons the next morning. "Here it is. It's called the Changewing." Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava gathered around him to read the text. "Where are the drawings?" Hiccup asked, noticing the complete lack of any illustration.

"There are none." Fishlegs said. "I guess you can't draw it if you can't see it." Aniu remarked. "Listen to what it says: This remarkable dragon is able to change the colour of its skin and scales to blend in with its surroundings." Fishlegs read. "Does it say anything about eggs?" Astrid asked. "N-no. Those didn't look like dragon eggs, right? If I had see that I never would have gone and stolen..." Fishlegs stammered.

"Fishlegs, calm down. None of us knew." Nava said gently, placing a pale hand on the husky Ingerman's shoulder. "But I should have known." Fishlegs rambled. "All I know is it is a good thing we brought that egg back to its parents. Who knows what they would do if the eggs were on Berk?" Hiccup said before the Great Hall doors opened and the Thorston twins walked inside. Tuffnut was holding a Changewing egg in his hand with a grin on his face.

"Uh, what's that?" Hiccup asked nervously. If there was a stolen Changewing egg on Berk, they could expect an angry Changewing or two to be looking for it soon. "Uh, I don't know. Maybe a lifetime of good luck." Tuffnut said and head butted his sister, knocking Ruffnut over. "I'll take that." Astrid snapped, reaching for the egg. "Over my cold, dead body." Tuffnut said and ran outside. "Where did you get it?" Aniu asked. "We traded for it." Ruffnut yelled as she followed her brother. "Traded with who?" Hiccup asked. "I think I have a pretty good idea." Nava said.

In front of his house, Snotlout had organized an auction to sell of the what he thought were Stones of Good Fortune to the highest bidder. "All right, all right, all right. Everyone, settle down. I got six yaks and three chickens from the woman with the hook hand. Do I hear seven and four?" Snotlout said.

"Do I hear seven and four?" Gustav, who had volunteered to be Snotlout's personal assistant and was holding up a Changewing egg. "Seven and four, Gustav, from the guy with the bucket on his head. Oh and he's throwing in a matching set of battle axes, how cool." Snotlout said. "Cool!" Gustav exclaimed, eager to get a battle axe of his own.

"Seven and four, plus the axes. Come on, folks. Only one left. Good luck for the rest of your life. Going once, going twice...and sold. Gustav, give Bucket his Stone of Good Fortune." Snotlout said. Gustav ran up to Bucket and gave him the Changewing egg. Crying in delight, Bucket happily ran home with his purchase. "Well, that is it, folks. I only had three stones and I'm all sold out so it's time for me to pack up." Snotlout said. The crowd groaned in disappointment and dispersed.

Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu, Nava and Fishlegs ran up. "Snotlout, what are you doing?" Hiccup asked. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm getting rich." Snotlout said happily. "You getting rich by selling things you stole." Aniu said. "Trust me, you won't be happy with the consequences of your actions." Nava said."But you can't." Fishlegs told Snotlout.

"I already did. The gems are gone." Snotlout said proudly. "Gone." Gustav confirmed, leaning casually against a yak. "They're not gems. And they certainly don't bring good luck." Hiccup said. "Puh-lease. They're bringing me good luck. I'm up to my neck in weapons and livestock." Snotlout said.

"Snotlout, those are dragon eggs." Astrid said. "And their parents will most likely do anything to get them back." Nava added. "Changewings to be exact." Fishlegs said. "Changewings, shmangewings...I don't care what they are! All I know is that I'm rich and you're not." Snotlout said, leaning against a yak with a gloating smirk. "We're rich and you're not." Gustav grinned, leaning against a sheep.

"Snotlout, listen to me. We need to get those eggs off Berk before something really bad happens." Hiccup said desperately. "Like, for example, the parents of the eggs ripping Berk apart to find their eggs." Aniu said. "Uh, you do not want to separate dragon parents from their eggs especially ones that you can not see and shoots burning acid." Fishlegs chimed in.

"Really? You did." Snotlout pointed out. "That was an accident!" Fishlegs stammered. "Accident, on purpose, rich, poor, who cares? They're gone and I have a no-return policy. Tell them, Gustav." Snotlout said. "No returns." Gustav confirmed, pushing a barrel full of weapons. "Snotlout, you have to give them to us so we can give them back to their parents." Nava implored.

"If you want them, you'll have to take it up with my customers." Snotlout sneered, leading the yak harnessed to a cart full of his loot away. "Oh, it's all my fault." Fishlegs whimpered, stressed and full of guilt. "It's not your fault, Fishlegs." Hiccup consoled him. "You had no idea this was going to happen." Aniu said gently.

"Yes, it is. If I hadn't gone to that island and brought back that egg then Snotlout wouldn't have known where to find them and then we wouldn't be in danger of imminent attack by angry Changewing parents." Fishlegs rambled. Meatlug gave her rider a comforting purr. "When you put it that way, it really is his fault." Astrid said thoughtfully. Hiccup, Aniu and Nava threw her 'not helping' looks.

"Just saying." Astrid said. "Look, it doesn't matter whose fault it is. We just have to find those eggs." Hiccup said.

On a cliff above a pit filled with old, broken wooden objects and Fireworm dragons, Ruffnut and Tuffnut were eager to see just how much luck and good fortune their 'stone' would grant them. "Okay. When I count to three, shove me really hard into the pit." Tuffnut said, holding the Changewing egg in his hands.

"Uh, are you sure? You remember what one of those things did to you?" Ruffnut asked doubtfully. "Oh, please. I am holding a Stone of Good Fortune. Those skin melting Fireworms won't stand a chance against me." Tuffnut said confidently. "Okay. Thank you, Thor." Ruffnut said and shoved her brother off the cliff.

Tuffnut screamed as he fell and when he close to the Fireworms, something blue swooped out of nowhere and grabbed him. "Hey, what are you doing?" He asked Stormfly's rider. "Saving your skin, literally." Astrid told him. "If we hadn't caught you when we did, you would've been dead or badly burnt." Nava said, flying up beside them.

Stormfly dropped Tuffnut back onto the cliff edge and landed. Nava landed beside her and Astrid got off Stormfly. Hiccup, Aniu, Toothless, Meatlug and Fishlegs were waiting there with Ruffnut. "Guys, that is not a good luck stone. It's a dragon egg." Aniu said. "And its parents are dangerous dragons that can blend in with just about anything and spits hot, burning acid that can melt anything in sight." Hiccup said.

The Thorston twins glanced at each other. "Okay, so, like if a tree for example, was spitting acid and melting everything in sight." Tuffnut said. "You're saying that would be one of these dragons?" Ruffnut asked. "Wow, they got it on the first try." Astrid said in surprise. "Looks like the twins are actually smarter than they look." Nava said. "But they barely even show it." Stormfly added.

"We're not stupid." Ruffnut said, frowning at Astrid and Nava. "At least I'm not and besides, there's one right there." Tuffnut said. Hiccup and Aniu heard two trees fall down, paled and stared at the fallen trees. Toothless got into a battle ready stance and snarled. The outline of a dragon briefly appeared before becoming invisible again.

"Whoa, Changewing." They all gasped. "It's amazing. It really does blend in with its surroundings." Hiccup whispered in awe. "Hiccup, Aniu, quick. Train it so we can keep it and have it spit acid at Ruffnut." Tuffnut grinned. Ruffnut angrily shoved her brother and the Changewing attacked, spitting acid at a boulder which melted.

Hiccup, Aniu and Toothless leapt aside to avoid another acid shot which felled two trees. Then two more Changewings showed up and one of them had it sight set on Tuffnut who was still holding a Changewing egg. "Nice try but as you can see, I am holding the stone of..." Tuffnut managed to say before the Changewing grabbed him and shook him like a rag doll causing Tuffnut to lose his grip on the egg. The Changewing grabbed the egg and flew away with it but not before throwing Tuffnut into a tree.

Having managed to find one egg, the Changewings flew away. But just before they vanished from view, Nava heard one of them say "We've got one egg now let's get the other eggs." His sapphire blue eyes widened in realization."Did you see that?" Hiccup asked in shock. "At least they're gone." Ruffnut sighed in relief. "Um, they're not gone." Hiccup said uneasily. "Something tells me they'll be back." Aniu remarked. "And soon. Really soon." Nava added. "How do you know?" Astrid asked. "Because the Changewings worked together as a team to get that one egg." Fishlegs answered.

"And I heard one of them say they had one egg and they're going to get the other eggs." Nava added. "Wait, are you saying what I think you're saying?" Astrid asked anxiously. "Oh, that's what he's saying. Wait, what are you saying?" Tuffnut asked, a confused expression on his face. "None of the Changewings are going to leave until they have all their eggs." Fishlegs said. "And they are going to tear apart Berk until they find every last one." Hiccup concluded. "We have to do something and that something is gather all the eggs together and give them to the Changewings." Aniu said.

The three Changewings flew to a small sea stack and landed on it. Five more Changewings appeared. Four of them were males and the other four were females and mates to the males. "How many eggs did you find?" The leader Chameleon asked. "Just one." The Changewing who had grabbed the egg off Tuffnut sighed.

"That leaves three eggs still unaccounted for." Chameleon's mate sighed. "If those dirty Vikings have dared to even try and hurt the eggs, I will personally rip them apart and shove their helmets down their throats so they can choke on them." A Changewing snapped. "Calm yourself, Acidrage! Recklessly charging in and attacking the Vikings will make things a lot worse for us and our eggs." Chameleon ordered sternly. Acidrage bowed his head in apology.

"I have just been scouting around the human village and you won't believe this but there are dragons such as Nadders, Nightmares, Gronckles, Zipplebacks, Terrors roaming around the settlement and the humans are not even attacking them. Rather they were fed fish and playing with them. I even saw two Thunderdrums return from a swim, walk up to this giant of a man and let him pat them." Another Changewing exclaimed. "A Viking village that has made peace with dragons and treating them as friends, I thought such a thing was unlikely to happen." Chameleon exclaimed.

"But what about our eggs? Dragon friends or not, if they are stealing our eggs, I will not hesitate to attack them." Another Changewing said. "I know, Camowing. But I have a feeling those Vikings do not know what our eggs truly are. I trust my instincts on this." Chameleon said. "And why's that?" Camowing asked."I learned to trust my instincts ever since those hagsfiends attacked me. And my instincts have not failed me ever since then." Chameleon growled and shifted her wing, revealing three scars under it. She shuddered as she remembered the hagsfiend's talons cutting through her scales and flesh.

"Okay, so what's your plan?" Acidrage asked. Chameleon thought for a few minutes then told her fellow Changewings her plan.

That night in the Haddock house, the teens reported to Stoick, Fengo and Namara what they had learned and seen. "So, what you're telling me is that our village is about to be under siege by wild dragons that we can not see." Stoick said, realizing the severity of the situation. "That pretty much sums it up." Aniu remarked. "They'll most likely be here pretty soon." Nava added.

"Oh, don't forget the hot, burning acid." Tuffnut butted in. Everyone threw him deadpan looks. "What? It was awesome." Tuffnut said lightheartedly. "Well, grab your dragons, then. We'll fight them off." Stoick said. "But, Stoick. They told us that these dragons were just trying to get their eggs back. We can't fight them off for that reason." Namara argued. "I think you kids should find all the eggs and give to the Changewings so they'll fly away and leave us in peace." Fengo said.

"But, Dad. I believe Fengo and Namara are right. No matter what we do, they won't go away unless they have all their eggs." Hiccup said. "They just want their babies. Oh, it's all my fault." Fishlegs moaned miserably. "It wasn't your fault, lad. You didn't know this was going to happen." Fengo comforted him, rubbing Fishlegs's back reassuringly.

"Stoick, I just realized something. They're not Stones of Good Fortune. They're Changewing eggs. I always get those two confused, it's so easy to do so. So, what are you all up to?" Gobber yelled, throwing open the door and running into the house. Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, Aniu and Nava stared at him.

"Hiccup, Aniu, what do you suggest we do?" Stoick asked, deciding to give his son and the guardian some responsibility. "I think we should do an village wide evacuation and get the people off the island until we can get the eggs back with their parents and the Changewings have left." Hiccup said. "Hopefully, it's not too late." Aniu added.

"In all the years I've been chief, we have never turned in fear of anything and I'm not about to start now." Stoick said firmly. Then screams were heard from outside. "Care to start now?" Nava asked nervously. Stoick ran outside and saw a bunch of Changewings rampaging through the village. "They brought their mates!" Aniu exclaimed. There were now six Changewings instead of three.

"They're looking for their eggs!" Hiccup yelled, running up to his father. A Changewing melted down a door and chased the couple living inside the house out while its mate checked the contents of a barrel and threw it aside when it didn't find an egg. Stoick uprooted a wooden post from the ground and advanced on a Changewing but it camouflaged itself against a boulder.

"Where did it go?" Stoick asked quietly. "That would be the blending in, can't-see-it-all part." Hiccup said casually. "I see it. I got this, chief." Tuffnut said, walking towards the boulder. "Stay, dragon. I am now your master." He said, holding out his hand and pressing it against the rock. Thinking he had the Changewing, Tuffnut grinned and did a thumbs-up at his friends and chief.

"It's gone, isn't it?" Stoick asked. "Oh, long gone." Hiccup stated the obvious. The Changewings continued running amok through the village. "You and the others find those eggs. We'll handle the Changewings." Stoick told his son. "Make sure not to hurt them, Stoick!" Aniu called over her shoulder as she and the other teens ran off.

A man ran up to Stoick, Gobber, Fengo and Namara. "They're everywhere and they're nowhere. You have to do something, Stoick." He panted. Stoick saw a Changewing camouflage itself against a house and ran at it with his wooden post raised. Gobber grabbed his own wooden post and together, he and Stoick hammered the spot where the Changewing had disappeared while Fengo shot small fireballs at it and Namara used earth magic to try and ensnare the Changewing with vines.

Thinking they had the Changewing, the four adults stopped what they were doing and the house collapsed. The Changewing roared angrily at them and flew away. Stoick, Gobber, Fengo and Namara watched as villagers ran screaming all over the place as the Changewings continued to bring chaos, havoc and destruction throughout the place. The village dragons were trying to help the villagers but weren't having much luck.

"Hiccup and Aniu were right. It's hard to fight what we can't see." Gobber remarked. "To the docks! Everyone, board the ships! We're evacuating the island!" Stoick yelled at the top of his lungs.

Meanwhile, Bucket was completely obvious to what was happening and was taking a stroll throught the village, humming merrily to himself. Then, a Changewing saw the egg Bucket held in his hand and started chasing him through the village. "Somebody help me!" Bucket screamed in terror as he ran.

Astrid flew over him on Stormfly with Nava flying beside her. "Your egg, Bucket! It wants your egg!" Astrid yelled. "What egg?" Bucket screamed. "It wants the stone you're holding in your hand!" Nava yelled. Bucket still didn't understand and hid under a house but the Changewing found him, grabbed the egg and flew away. "I got an egg!" It yelled to its comrades.

At the Great Hall, Gustav's mother Mrs Larson was pushing a small cart that held her baby girl Hildegard and a Changewing egg in front of her and was about to walk down the stairs. "I need your stone, Mrs Larson." Fishlegs said, landing beside her on Meatlug. "But my boy, Gustav. Snotlout said no returns." Mrs Larson said, unwilling to give her 'stone' to Fishlegs until she got her son back.

"We'll get Gustav back. Where's the stone?" Fishlegs asked frantically. Meatlug growled at a Changewing that had appeared right behind them and Mrs Larson backed away in fright, accidently pushing the cart down the stairs. "Ah, my baby!" Mrs Larson screamed in terror as her baby wailed. "We got it!" Fishlegs yelled as Meatlug chased after the cart, intent on saving the baby. The Changewing followed, intent on grabbing the egg.

A second Changewing saw the egg in the cart and chased after it too. Arrow shot tail spines at one Changewing, scaring it away. The cart hit a bump and flung the egg and the baby up into the air. Fishlegs grabbed the baby and cradled her in his arms as the Changewing grabbed the egg and flew away. "Oh, Meatlug. Look at the baby." Fishlegs cooed, showing Hildegard to his Gronckle who grimaced. The baby wasn't exactly...cute. "Baby? Ugh. Maybe Tuffnut was right." Fishlegs mumbled.

At the docks, Vikings ran in a stampede to the ships. Gobber was trying to calm the panicking crowd down. "If you don't calm down, I'll grab you by the scruff of your necks and..." He yelled as the crowd rushed past him, carrying supplies and possessions. "Not helping, Gobber. There's no reason to panic, people." Stoick said, laying a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"Dad, stop the evacuation. We've got them all!" Hiccup yelled, flying over on Toothless. "Six Changewings, three eggs, one for each couple." Aniu said, flapping her wings to hover beside Toothless. "The Changewings are gone." Nava said as they landed on the docks. "Then how do you explain that?" Gobber asked, pointing at a platform where two more Changewings had joined the other six.

"There's another egg we have to find." Aniu said. "There are eight of them."Hiccup said. "But only three eggs." Fishlegs said. "They're going for the ship." Astrid realized, noticing the Changewings line of sight was set on a ship getting to leave. "What do they want with the ship?" Gobber asked. "It's not the ship, it's what's on it." Fishlegs said, seeing Snotlout and Gustav standing together on the ship, laughing about something. No doubt, Snotlout had a Changewing egg of his own."Another egg. Can you guys keep the Changewings at bay?"

"What are you going to do?" Hiccup asked. "Something I should have done a long time ago." Fishlegs growled, his normally shy and under-confident demeanor changing into something more braver and outspoken. "Show him no mercy, Fishlegs." Aniu grinned, wings twitching in excitement and anticipation. Hiccup noticed the Changewings getting ready to attack.

"Dad!" He called. "Got it!" Stoick said as he mounted Thornado. Followed by Sonica, Gobber, Fengo and Namara, the Thunderdrum charged at the Changewings, scattering them with a sonic blast. Snotlout and Gustav watched the chaos unfold and didn't notice Fishlegs step up behind them until he spoke.

"Going somewhere, Snotlout?" He asked fiercely. "Who's asking?" Snotlout and Gustav asked as they turned around and saw Fishlegs standing there. Fishlegs glared at Snotlout with an angry expression. "Go find your mother, Gustav." Fishlegs said simply. Gustav let out a sob and ran off to find his mother.

"I can't believe you. I was really starting to like that kid." Snotlout exclaimed. "Give it to me, Snotlout." Fishlegs hissed, holding out his hand. "ha, finally." Snotlout grinned, thinking Fishlegs was asking for a fight. "You know what I mean. Where's the egg?" Fishlegs growled, steadily getting angrier and angrier.

"None of your business. Oh, what are you going to do, Fishlegs?" Snotlout sneered. That made Fishlegs snap, let out a scream and begin clawing through Snotlout's possessions in an attempt to finds the last egg. Snotlout backed away in fear as Fishlegs advanced on him. "Now, you listen to me closely. You can do whatever you want to me, you can threaten me, make fun of me, mock my incredible dragon knowledge but what you will not is stand between a baby dragon and its parents. Do you understand me, Snotlout?" Fishlegs growled.

"It's always the quiet ones that snap the loudest." Bucket said wisely. "I'd give it to him, Snotlout. There's no telling what he's capable of." Mulch said. Meatlug rummaged through Snotlout's possessions, looking for the eggs. "That's it. Keep searching, girl." Fishlegs told her. Meatlug found the egg in a basket and gave it to her rider.

"Hmm, what do you know? There it is. I think I'll just take that. Any objections? Didn't think so. Now, if you'll will excuse me, I have to give this egg back to the Changewings." Fishlegs said, mounting Meatlug. The Gronckle flapped her wings and flew back to the village which looked like a ghost town as Fishlegs walked through it.

Meatlug stayed behind, knowing this was something her rider needed to do alone. "Okay, Changewings. I know you're out there. Come and get me!" Fishlegs called, holding the egg in his hands. He felt something pass by him and backed up to the safety of a house. A glob of acid landed at his feet and Fishlegs looked up to see a Changewing right above him.

The other Changewings surrounded him and one was right in front of him. "And we're all here. Hi, I'm Fishlegs. I've read a lot about you, clearly not enough. Okay, here's how this is going to work. I' going to give you this egg and you're going to take it. And you're going to leave Berk in peace. I promise you if you don't burn me with that hot acid, I will spend the rest of my life making sure no one ever takes your eggs again. Sound good?" Fishlegs asked nervously.

The Changewings considered this, grabbed the egg and left. Fishlegs waited until they had left before saying "well, I guess that's that." and fainting.

The next morning in the Academy, Hiccup drew a picture of a Changewing into the Book of Dragons and added more information. Aniu sat beside him to lend a helping hand. "I'm telling you, up close and face to face, it was much more ferocious. I'm just saying, one of us was there and two of us weren't. " Fishlegs said as Hiccup finished the drawing.

"You know, Fishlegs..." Aniu started to say. "I do, Aniu. We need to find one so we can studyit." Fishlegs said enthusiastically. "No, so we can train it." Hiccup said, closing the book. "Snotlout, Fishlegs, you're up." Gobber called. "Excuse me. There's something I've been meaning to take of." Fishlegs said. "Unleash the beast, Fish." Aniu cheered.

"Having courage isn't the same as having no fear."

Snotlout and Fishlegs were both holding shields and circling each other. Snotlout gulped and ducked behind his shield, fearing Fishlegs's wrath.

"It's being afraid but pushing forward anyway. Whether that means saving a baby dragon, protecting those you love or giving a special someone the butt-kicking they so richly deserve."

Gobber swung his hook-hand down and Snotlout and Fishlegs charged at each other with their shields raised. If you are wondering who won the match that day it was Fishlegs.

In a castle far from Berk a young girl of around 15 hummed as she skipped along a corridor and entered a room where a young man of around 19 years old was studying. "Hey, Charlie." The girl greeted her brother. "Hi, Claudria. Fantasying about dragons again are you?" Charlie asked knowingly. "Yeah. I always wondered what it's like to have one as a friend." Claudria sighed. Charlie smiled, knowing how much his sister liked dragons. "Who knows, dearest sister. Maybe, one day, you'll find a dragon who'll be your friend." He chuckled. Claudria smiled and left the room. "Hi, Aurora, Edurna." She greeted her two friends. "Hi, Claudria." Edurna chuckled, snowflakes around her hand. "Where's Charlie?" Aurora asked, her hand glowing with light. "In the library." Claudria said. "Typical." Aurora and Edurna chuckled.

School's back on so my updates for my stories will probably be longer. I have watched around forty episodes of Star Wars: the Clone Wars on Netflix and it is really cool. There is a lot of violence (mainly lightsabre fighting, gun battles and explosions). Characters such as Anakin, Ahsoka and Obi-wan are really cool.

I went to the cinemas to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens and it was awesome. There were several scenes that made me say 'holy sh**'. It was pretty loud too. Even though I knew what was going to happen (spoiler alert) the way Kylo Ren or Ben killed Han Solo was a complete shocker. I thought for a few seconds that Kylo Ren was going to join his father and then next seond, he stabbed Han through the chest with his lightsabre. Han caressed his face and then fell off the really high up bridge to his death.

Rey was really cool. The way she handled everything made her stand out to me and I felt sorry for all the hardships she went through. I also like her outfit. She was a really good fighter despite not having received any formal training. This makes me want to watch the entire Star Wars franchise now. There was a guy called General Hux in the Force Awakens who reminded me a lot about Adolf Hitler.

I love the Hicstrid pairing so my stories will contain quite a bit of it. There will also be steadily increasing amounts of Aniava (my name for AniuxNava) in my stories as well.

This chapter was thirteen pages long on Microsoft Office.

Updated: 7.02.2016 Australian Time