Meanwhile, Hiccup was soaring on Toothless's back and they were riding over the ocean together, they weren't alone though. Atticus and Spyro soon decided to join and soar along with them.

"Okay, Spyro, just think of the Dragon Games, but this is just for fun and not for points." Atticus said.

"Right... Just for fun." Spyro nodded.

"Okay there, bud, we're gonna take this nice and slow," Hiccup coached Toothless. "Here we go. Here we go... Position three, no, four. Alright, it's go time. It's go time. Come on, buddy, come on, buddy!"

Toothless looked to him and then did his best which worked out as his tail changed position.

"Yes, it worked!" Hiccup cheered.

"Wahoo!" Atticus and Spyro smiled.

Hiccup then yelped.

"Watch out for that-!" Atticus cried out.

Hiccup then crashed with Toothless into one of the sea stacks.

"Ooh... Well, I guess that could've been worse...?" Atticus shrugged.

"True that." Spyro said.

However, it seemed to happen more than once. Atticus and Spryo couldn't help but face-palm Hiccup's attempts.

"Uh, you got any tips?" Hiccup asked Atticus.

"I might have something." Atticus shrugged.

"Good, because I might need help." Hiccup said.

Atticus brought out some notes he took when he flew on Spyro's back for the first time, then took some notes for Hiccup so he could fly Toothless properly, and where Hiccup found the notes inspiring.

"Okay, try that," Atticus suggested. "Believe me, it takes a lot of practice."

Hiccup took the notes while riding Toothless, and did somewhat better.

"Well, it's an improvement." Spyro commented.

"Sure is." Atticus smiled.

Later on, they soon decided to eat.

"Eat up, Spyro." Atticus smiled as he gave fish to his dragon.

Spyro soon started to eat the fish. Toothless soon regurgitated some fish for Hiccup.

"Uh... No, thanks, I'm good." Hiccup told his dragon.

Some dragons soon flew in.

"We have company..." Atticus said before seeing what they were. "Terrible Terrors!"

The dragons soon came to steal the fish away for themselves, and where Toothless didn't allow any of them to steal the fish. One of them fights Toothless over a fish and loses. It tries to attack, only to be blasted in the mouth by Toothless, causing it to briefly inflate.

"Not so fireproof on the inside, are you?" Hiccup asked as he then tossed the Terror a fish, which it swallows whole. "There you go. Everything we know about you guys is wrong..."

The dragon soon came up to Hiccup and curled up beside him like a kitten and even purred.

"These dragons seem kind of like cats." Atticus said.

Eventually, we are shown with Atticus and Hiccup at Hiccup's home as he sketched Toothless, but gasped in surprise.

"Dad! You're back!" Hiccup gasped, but smiled, hiding the sketch. "Gobber's not here, so-"

"I know," Stoick told him. "I came looking for you."

'You did?" Atticus asked.

"You've been keeping secrets." Stoick said.

"I... Have...?" Hiccup gulped.

"Just how long did you think you could hide it from me?" Stoick sounded stern at first.

"Oh, boy, this is bad." Atticus sighed.

"Nothing happens on this island without me hearing about it." Stoick told Hiccup and Atticus.

"Stoick, settle down a little, you're frightening them." Patrick told the viking.

"Listen, we're sorry for keeping this a secret, we were going to tell you-" Atticus started.

Stoick soon came over to see the dragon, looking quite amazed while Hiccup was nervous until he saw his father's reaction.

"You're not... Upset?" Hiccup asked.

"What?!" Stoick replied. "I was hoping for this!"

"You were hoping for this?" Atticus asked.

"And believe me, it only gets better!" Stoick cheered as he looked very thrilled and excited. "Just wait 'til you spill a Nadder's guts for the first time! And mount your first Gronckle head on a spear! WHAT A FEELING! You really had me going there, son! All those years of the worst Viking Berk has ever seen! Odin, it was rough! I almost gave up on you! And all the while, you were holding out on me! OH, THOR ALMIGHTY! Ah. With you doing so well in the ring, we finally have something to talk about."

"I'm sorry..." Patrick nervously told Atticus.

Atticus simply gulped before smiling nervously.

"Oh, I... brought you something," Stoick told his son before giving him his own helmet. "To keep you safe in the ring."

"Wow... Thanks." Hiccup smiled.

"Your mother would've wanted you to have it," Stoick smiled back. "It's half of her breast plate."

"That's disturbing." Atticus said.

"Matching set. Keeps her close, y'know?" Stoick smiled to Hiccup. "Wear it proudly. You deserve it. You've held up your end of the deal."

"I'm really sorry." Patrick smiled nervously to his own son.

"No, no, it's okay." Atticus said.

"How's it going with Sypro?" Patrick then whispered.

"Just great." Atticus whispered back.

"Good..." Patrick smiled quietly. "I really love to see you two bonding."

"Me too." Atticus smiled back.

"It's gonna be hard when you have to let him go." Patrick said, softly and distantly.

"I know." Atticus frowned.

"I'm proud of you though, son, especially with being such a good friend to Hiccup." Patrick said.

"Thanks, Dad." Atticus smiled sadly.

"Anyway, it's kind of late." Patrick said.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, it is..." Atticus said, looking out the window.

"Get some rest..." Patrick told him.

"Okay." Atticus said.

Eventually, Hiccup and Atticus went to sleep after their fathers left.

The next day was going to start out normally like any other day at dragon training.

"Stay out of my way! I'm winning this thing." Astrid declared.

"Okay, if that's what you want." Atticus shrugged.

"You got it Astrid!" One of the vikings cheered.

"This time! This time, for sure!" Astrid called out before seeing the dragon on the ground with Hiccup standing beside it. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGGGGGHHHHHHHH! NO! NO! SON OF A HALF-TROLL, RAT-EATING MUNGE BUCKET!"

"Way to go, Hiccup!" Atticus cheered.

"So... Later!" Hiccup said as he suddenly had to leave.

"Not so fast!" Gobber told him.

"I'm kinda late for-" Hiccup said nervously.

"What?!" Astrid glared. "Late for what, exactly?!"

"Nothing important." Atticus smiled nervously.

"You've done it!" Gobber praised. "You've done it, Hiccup! You get to kill the dragon!"

"Ha, ha! That's my boy!" Stoick added with a laugh.

Patrick looked concerned while everyone else celebrated.

"Oh, yeah! Yes! I can't wait." Hiccup smiled nervously.

"Yeah, this is going to be great." Atticus also smiled nervously while his left eye twitched.

"LEAVING! We're leaving," Hiccup said as he and Atticus rushed back to the cove. "Let's pack up. Looks like you and me are taking a little vacation, forever. Ah, man..."

Suddenly, Astrid showed up which startled Hiccup.

"Augh! What are you doing here?" Hiccup asked her.

"I want to know what's going on," Astrid demanded. "No one just gets as good as you do. Especially you. Start talking!"

"We're just fast learners." Atticus smiled nervously.

Hiccup looked like he couldn't hold it in much longer.

"Does it involve these?!" Astrid asked about the sketchpad that Hiccup had.

"I know this looks really bad, but you see... This is, uh..." Hiccup stammered to the blonde girl, but he soon cracked, but for a different reason. "You're right! You're right! You're right. I'm through with the lies. I've been making... Outfits. So, you got us. It's time everyone knew. Drag us back. Go ahead. Here we go."

Astrid bends his arm backward, making an audible cracking noise, forcing him to the ground..

" OW! Why would you DO that?!" Hiccup cried out.

"That's for the lies," Astrid said, and then dropped her ax handle on his gut. "And THAT'S for everything else."

"Okay, we understand." Atticus replied.

"That's easy for you to say!" Hiccup cried out as he was in pain.

Toothless came out and saw Hiccup in danger and soon growled towards Astrid. Spyro soon came out and knew exactly why Toothless was growling at Astrid.

"Get down!" Astrid panicked. "RUN! RUN!"

"NO! No. It's okay! It's okay..." Hiccup told Toothless who then settled down. "She's a friend. It's okay. You just scared him."

"I scared him?!" Astrid asked. "Who is 'him', and what is that purple thing?!"

"That purple thing is a purple dragon and he's my son." Atticus told him.

"A... A dragon is your son?" Astrid asked out of confusion.

"Astrid, meet Spyro and Toothless, Spyro and Toothless, this is Astrid." Atticus introduced.

"Hi." Spyro greeted.

Astrid yelled out and screamed as Spyro spoke English.

"What? Is it my breath?" Spyro pouted. "Look, I know I eat a lot of fish, but come on!"

"H-He's talking!" Astrid panicked.

"Well, I raised him from an egg, and I taught him how to talk among other things." Atticus told Astrid.

Toothless simply growled at Astrid. Astrid then ran away suddenly.

"We're dead..." Hiccup groaned.

Toothless then suddenly left away.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Hiccup called out to his dragon. "Where do you think you're going?!"

"Toothless, we have to go and get Astrid to like us." Spyro told the black dragon.

"Hmm..." Toothless hummed about that as he flew after Astrid.

Spyro soon joined him. Astrid's running through the forest, Toothless suddenly swoops down and picks her up.

"AH! Oh, Great Odin's ghost! Oh, this is it!" Astrid cried out as Toothless picked her up.

"Calm down!" Spyro told her.

Toothless soon put Astrid in a pine tree as Atticus and Hiccup came over.

"Hiccup, Atticus, get me down from here!" Astrid demanded.

"You have to give us a chance to explain." Hiccup replied.

"I am not listening to ANYTHING you have to say!" Astrid glared.

"Alright, don't listen, just let him show." Atticus said.

Astrid waited, but she really wanted to be let down from the tree.

"You can trust us." Atticus said.

"Toothless, down... Gently." Hiccup said.

Toothless then gently and carefully brought Astrid down and Sypro helped out just in case.

"See? Nothing to be afraid of." Hiccup told Astrid.

Spyro soon saw the look in Toothless's eyes. "Toothless...? No..." He tried to stop his new dragon friend.

Toothless blasts off the tree, Astrid sliding off his back.

"WHOA! TOOTHLESS!" Hiccup scolded before he would apologize to Astrid. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! BAD DRAGON! He's not usually like this."

"Toothless, what is with you?!" Spyro glared.

"Toothless, what are you doing?!" Hiccup scolded as Toothless seemed to ignore him. "We need her to like us. And now the spinning. Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile."

"Okay! I am sorry! I'm sorry! Just get me off of this thing!" Astrid begged.

Toothless soon stopped spinning around.

"Alright, I admit it. This is pretty cool. It's... Amazing," Astrid said once she came back. "He's amazing. So what now? Hiccup, Atticus, your final exams are tomorrow," she then whispered so that Spyro and Toothless wouldn't hear. "You know you're going to have to kill a... Kill a dragon."

"Don't remind us." Hiccup groaned.

"Yeah, that's one thing I'd rather not participate in." Atticus said.

"It's not like you have a choice though." Astrid reminded him.

"I know." Atticus sighed.

Toothless and Spyro both suddenly dodged.

"Guys, what's happening?" Hiccup asked the dragons. "Whoa, what is it?"

They find themselves in a middle of a flock of dragons. They are carrying food in masses toward the island.

"Whoa." Atticus said.

"Get down!" Hiccup warned.

"What's going on?" Astrid asked.

"I don't know," Hiccup said. "Toothless, you've got to get us out of here, bud."

Toothless seemed to ignore him.

"Spyro, what's going on?" Atticus whispered to his dragon.

"It looks like they're hauling in their kill." Spyro muttered as he took a look for himself.

"Then we better keep following them." Atticus whispered.

"Come on then." Spyro said as he laid down so that Atticus could ride him.

Atticus soon got on his back.

"Come on, guys!" Spyro told Astrid and Hiccup.

"U-Uh, should we?" Astrid stuttered.

"It will give us an understanding of why the dragons have been snatching up sheep and fish." Atticus said.

Astrid and Hiccup soon joined Atticus and once they were settled, Spyro soon flew with them since Toothless wasn't listening to reason.

Soon enough, they made it to an island that seemed unreachable for ships.

"It's satisfying to know that all of our food has been dumped down a hole." Hiccup deadpanned.

"They're not eating any of it." Astrid commented.

"Something bigger than them must be down there." Atticus guessed.

A Gronckle delivers only a single tiny fish. A roar is heard from below and the Gronckle squeals in terror as something big seizes it.

"There it is..." Atticus said.

"W-What is it?!" Astrid gasped.

A colossal dragon emerges from the lava pit and eats the Gronckle alive. All the other dragons cower in terror before the giant creature. Atticus's eyes widened out of fear and dismay as it was the same dragon from his nightmare: The Red Death.

"T-T-The Red Death." Atticus gulped.

"Alright, buddy, we gotta get out of here," Hiccup told Spyro. "Now!"

"He's right, Spyro, get us out of here." Atticus added.

Spyro then began to fly them out only for The Red Death to lunge out at him. The young purple dragon soon used his lightning breath. The Red Death snarled towards Spyro and began to fight back to knock off Atticus, Astrid, and Hiccup. Spyro roared back as he fought with all of his might, and where he head butted the Red Death in the eye with his horns.

"Ooh, that has to hurt." Atticus grimaced.

The Red Death growled and let out a very loud roar, nearly shaking the earth with it. Toothless and Spyro soon flew off with Atticus, Hiccup, and Astrid on their backs. Spyro smiled to Toothless as they avoided the Red Death before soon landing.

"No, it totally makes sense. It's like a giant beehive," Astrid said to Hiccup. "They're the workers, and that's their queen. It controls them. Let's find your dad."

"Are you crazy?!" Atticus yelped.

"Astrid, we have to think this through carefully." Hiccup said because that would mean Toothless and Spyro would get killed.

"Guys, we just discovered the Dragons' Nest," Astrid reminded them. "The thing we've been after since Vikings first sailed here. And you want to keep it a secret?! To protect your pet dragon?! Are you serious?!"

"Astrid, my family, my friends, and I are the only family Spyro has ever known," Atticus said. "So, to answer your question... Yes."

"Okay, then what do we do?" Astrid asked.

"Just give us until tomorrow," Hiccup said. "We'll figure something out.

"Okay," Astrid said before punching them both. "That's for kidnapping me. OW!" she then winced after punching Atticus.

"Yeah, my body is more strong than most human bodies." Atticus defended.

"Warn me next time." Astrid said.

"How could I warn you when you were gonna punch me suddenly?" Atticus smirked.

"Hmph..." Astrid pouted, but she then soon kissed Hiccup, surprising them all. "And that's for everything else." She soon left them alone and where Atticus smirked playfully at Hiccup.

"What are you looking at?" Hiccup glanced at him.

"Oh, nothing." Atticus still smirked.

"Hmph," Hiccup pouted and Toothless seemed to nearly look at him the same way. "Seriously, you too?"

Atticus chuckled while Toothless tried to look innocent and Spyro snickered.

"Congratulations, you're all 12-years-old." Hiccup complained about their reactions.

"Whatever, Romeo." Atticus teased.