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Astrid's POV

"No...please Thor no" I said, holding my head in my hands.

Everyone remained silent as I felt Toothless then nudge my side. I looked up to see his wide green eyes. He nudged me one more time, a look of sadness on his face as he looked like he was trying to comfort me.

"Toothless? Wait...then Dagur must have captured only Hiccup...but..why weren't you with him?" I asked.

His eyes went wide as he turned to look around the group and sniffed the air. A low growl escaped his throat as he looked back down at the ground and shook his head.

I gasped "You..you didn't know?" I said, my hand covering my mouth.

"We need to get him back right now" I said, the fury inside me rising.

"Astrid..." I heard Helga say, her arms has cuts and burns across them and a small burn on the side of her face marred her cheek.

"No. We have to get him back now" I said standing up, my hands clenching.

"We can't go blindly charging into battle" Helga said "As much as I want Ironclad and Hiccup back we can't do this!"

"Oh yes we can! What do you think they would be doing if one of us was captured!" I yelled.

"They would want to go after us" Heith said, glaring at the ground, nursing a wound on his shoulder.

"Then we should do the same!" I yelled, throwing my down in frustration.

"We can't just go in their blindly!" Helga said, frustrated "We don't even have a plan for Thor's sake!"

"I have a plan for you!" Ari growled "Chase after that punk Dagur, beat him so hard that his ancestors will feel it, and get Hiccup and Ironclad out of there."

"I like that plan!" Ruff and Tuff said together while me, Ari, Helga, Klint, Kol, and Heith all glared at the twins.

"You all stay out of this!" I yelled and the twins shut their mouths. Snotlout looked lost, sitting on the ground with Hookfang laying beside him. Fishlegs was looking over Meatlug's injuries.

"That's not a plan! That's suicide." Helga snapped "We're all injured and charging into battle again will only get us all killed or captured. Just look at the shape we are all in!"

"We've fought in worse shape" Klint said.

"But we had Hiccup with us!" Helga yelled "He was the reason the tide of the battle was turned."

"We need to get them back now! What do you think they would do if one of us was captured!" I yelled.

"They would be doing everything at that moment to get us back" Heith mumbled "Hiccup would never abandon us."

"I'm not saying we just abandon them!" Helga said.

"Then what?!" Ari yelled "Just leave them with Dagur?"

"I'm not saying that" Helga said.

Ari only screamed in frustration, gripping the sides of her head "We don't have time for this! We need to get them back now. Not tomorrow, not next week, but right this instant! Who knows what Dagur might be doing to them as we speak!"

I gasped as the memories of my capture came rushing back to me.

"Lets see if Hiccup still wants you after your pretty face, isn't so pretty" Corey said. He then brought the blade up to me cheek and swiped.
I cursed as the blade broke my skin. I felt my blood running down my cheek.

"Astrid, oh Astrid" Corey said pacing around "This would all end if you gave into my demands."
"Never" I sneered.
I then felt the hot painful slap across my cheek.

Corey then gave me a sadistic smile and stuck. He placed the poker on my arm and I cried out in pain. He then switched, marking both of my forearms.
Finally, Corey took the knife in his other hand and cut part of my shirt, exposing my stomach. He then placed the burning iron on my skin and I screamed louder.

My body was shaking as the horrid images were assaulting me. If Corey had done all that to me what was Dagur doing to Hiccup.

I touched the slight scar on my cheek, given to me by Corey's blade.

"We can't let them spend one more second with Dagur. I won't let Hiccup go through that" I said, fighting to keep my voice steady, not from fear but from anger.

"Hiccup and Ironclad are strong. We need to regroup. We need to plan." Helga said.

"No." I said, the fire inside me burning brighter than ever.

"We need to keep our heads! Letting our anger or our fear govern our actions will only mean that we are sure to loose" Helga said "Then how does that help them?

Before any of us could retort Black Ice flew down and landed near us.

"Do you think he knows?" I heard Helga whisper to Heith who shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.

Black Ice tiltled his head curiously at us, and then focused on me and Toothless.

"Black Ice...I...I need to tell you this..I have no idea if you know but you deserve to." I said.

His eyes were piercing, keeping me in my place.

"Ironclad...and Hiccup...they were both...taken by Dagur...They're gone. I-I'm so sorry" I said, the tears brimming.

An aggressive growl escaped his throat as he clawed at the grown and his pupils became small slits, surrounded in a sea of green.

Toothless returned the growl and he moves closer to me, his tail wrapping the space around me as he took a protective stance.

Toothless's POV

"He's gone!?" Black Ice yelled.

"So is my rider! Don't think I am not feeling the same things you are" I growled back, my claws digging into the ground as my tail closed in closer to Astrid.

"But why didn't they stop Dagur! Why are we not charging after them! Does your rider's mate not care about him or my rider!" he roared, his tail swishing on the ground aggressively.

"Don't doubt her! She was screaming at the others to take flight and rescue them!" I growled.

"Then why are we not flying now!?" he exclaimed, a feint green light filling his jaw.

"You act against her and you face my wrath." I growled, sinking lower into my protective stance.

"I will do whatever it takes to get him back!" he thundered.

"Is attacking another's mate necessary then?" I growled "Then you are really no better than the Evil One and Bladerunner."

Black Ice froze, his eyes going wide with shock and his pupils turning into large saucers.

He then took off, flying off to the forest.

I looked to Astrid to see her shocked face but then took off after him.

Astrid's POV

"What in Hel's name was that?" Ari said, looking at the spot Black Ice and Toothless once were.

"I-I have no idea" Kol said.

"It looked like Black Ice wanted to...um...hurt you Astrid" Heith said.

"I would want to hurt anyone that gave me this news" Kol said.

"But Toothless didn't act like that" Klint said.

"Because he knows loosing his head won't help Hiccup" Ari said, sighing "And...Toothless knows that Hiccup would want him to protect you..even...even if he was gone." she said looking at me.

"Are you saying?" Helga questioned looking at Ari.

"I'm not saying I fully agree with you, but...I think we do need to regroup now. Black Ice showed me what the blind anger and fear can do..." Ari said

"Black Ice?" Helga said, looking back to the skies.

"Don't you see?" Ari said, gripping her own arms "He almost attack another's fiancee"

Everyone gasped as we all realized what she was saying.

"Everyone get to the Healer's. Get your wounds treated and meet back at the Cove at sunset" Ari said, turning away from us and many of the other leaving to go to the Hall. After a raid or invasion, as this was the case, the Hall was used to treat the injured and regroup from the battle and assess the damages.

I stood, my feet not moving an inch. Helga and Heith, who were not as injured as the others decided to take the other's dragons and tend to their injuries as well.

Ari stood, looking out to the sea, gripping her own arms tightly. I sighed as I walked over and stood beside her.

"He saved my village, you know that" Ari said, breaking the silence.

"Yes" I said.

"But he probably never told you that he saved me and my family during the last raid." Ari said.

"He what?" I said, looking at her in shock.

"I told him not to tell anyone else." Ari said,shaking her head "But it was when Sparks was..wild...she was attacking the village and hit my house with one of her lightning blasts. The house caught fire with my little brother and mother inside. I raced to my house as soon as I saw it happen. They were trapped and I tried to run in but Hiccup held me back. Toothless however was able to pull them out in time. Looking back, I realized I would have died along with my mother and brother if I had ran inside. Hiccup saved me and my family that night. Once my family was safe I charged to try and take down Sparks. I was able to wrap a net around her and pin her to the ground as I raised my sword...but as I did I saw something in her eyes...I-I couldn't kill her even though she had almost killed my family...I just couldn't. I looked into her eyes...and I saw myself. I saw her fighting spirit and undying loyalty. Hiccup saw the entire thing and I swore him to secrecy. He quickly calmed Sparks and was able to train her to where we were able to make a bond. He kept quiet because I was embarrassed of my actions that night. Though the reasons have changed, I am still a little ashamed about that night." Ari said.

"Ari..." I said, unsure how to respond.

"He saved me, my family, my village, and in a way...Sparks that night. I promised myself I would follow him to Hell and back. That's why I left my island with him. That's why I wanted him to practice with the swords. And that's why I wanted to chase after Dagur and beat him into a pulp." Ari said.

I couldn't find the words to reply to that.

"You're injuries are not that bad. But get those treated anyways. I'll see you at the Cove" Ari said, then turning and walking away while I stood overlooking the sea.

Toothless's POV

Black Ice dove into the forest and I landed beside him. Well it would be more accurate to say that I landed a safe distance away from him. He was blasting every tree in sight. His powerful jaws latched onto a tree and ripped the fifteen foot tree straight from the group, throwing it about thirty feet away.

Black Ice released a mighty roar that sent every bird and animal in the surrounding forest running and flying for their lives.

He released six consecutive plasma blasts at a large boulder, destroying it completely and leaving a smoking crater in the ground.

Black Ice continued on his rampaged, clearing out the surrounding forest, leaving a smoking trail of destruction in his wake.

Astrid's POV

"Astrid!" Ora called to me. I turned to see her running towards me. Her cheek had a deep gash, her side was bandaged and her hair was a tangled mess as some of it stuck to her face due to some blood and sweat.

What is going on?" Ora yelled.

"I-I" I stuttered, unsure how to answer.

"Where is my brother?" she said, looking around "and Hiccup?"

I gasped as I realized no one had told her. Ora noticed this and narrowed her eyes.

"Tell me where he is. What is going on?" she said in a low and menacing tone.

"He-He and Hiccup...they..they were captured" I said, hanging my head and allowing a tear to fall down my cheek.

"I-I'm so sorry. I should have stayed with Hiccup and I saw Ironclad fighting...I should have stopped Dagur. I should have known the retreat was unusual." I said, not lifting my head to face Ora.

"He's gone?" she said, her voice cracking at the end.

"Yes! He and Hiccup are now Dagur's prisoners!" I said, wiping away the tears from my cheeks as the weight of the situation started collapsing on me. That's when I felt her strong arms wrap around me and hold me close to her chest.

"I understand how you feel" Ora said as she then released me when we heard a large noise coming from somewhere in the forest.

"What in Thor's name was that?!" Ora exclaimed.

"Black Ice" I whispered seeing the smoke.

Ora narrowed her eyes and charged towards the forest as I called after her.

"Darn it" I said under my breath and chased after her.

She ran through the forest, jumping over fallen logs and rocks. She moved agilely through the forest and was much faster than me, even though I was one of the fastest runners on Berk.

I saw Toothless sitting on the ground, looking down. As I looked up I saw Ora stopped in her tracks as we both saw Black Ice ripping up every tree and destroying everything in his sights.

Toothless noticed I was there and walked towards me. His big green eyes showing a sorrow as he nuzzled my limp hand. I scratched his head, trying to comfort him.

"What...what is he doing?" Ora whispered as she saw Black Ice blast apart a boulder.

"He is mourning the loss of your brother...and...he wanted to attack me after I gave him the news" I said.

"He almost attack another's beloved" Ora said to herself, realizing the situation.

"He really cares for my brother" Ora said looking up, back at Black Ice "I...I never realized the depth their bond went. I spent my life hating dragons, thinking they had killed him, thinking they were the reason I didn't have my parents or a brother anymore. So when I found out Ironclad was alive...and he had a dragon? Part of me didn't believe a deep bond between the two was really possible. But seeing him now...the pain he is going through...its what I felt after the raid on my village."

"DRA-" Ora said in a harsh tone but then changed to a softer one "I mean-Black Ice"

Black Ice turned to us, the rage he was emitting was sending shivers down my spine as my hand subconsciously moved to my ax.

"I know how you feel...I see that he is as much as your brother as he is mine...so please...take this rage and fuel it into getting him back" Ora said.

Black Ice was panting hard from his outburst and Toothless then left my side and walked towards him.

Toothless's POV

Only when he was panting, a small vapor of smoke coming out of his jaw that I approached him.

"Black Ice..." I said.

"I knew something was wrong when I couldn't...but I assumed he was fine...that was foolish of me." he said, avoiding my gaze.

"You couldn't have known. He has always been strong enough to hold his own in battle" I said.

"He went to save a child. While we held off Dahlia and her Moon Hunter dragon." he said "I should have stayed with him."

"How could we have known?" I questioned.

"We should have known better. Both of our Riders are too noble for their own good sometimes" Black Ice said.

"They are" I said nodding slightly.

"Where was Hiccup?" Black Ice asked.

I turned away "Fighting Dagur...he told me to fly and help the others. Especially when Dahlia showed herself and entered the battle"

"Always thinking of others..." Black Ice said shaking his head.

"We should go with your Rider's sister and mine's mate. We need a plan of attack" I said.

Astrid's POV

Black Ice had calmed down considerably as Toothless approached him.

"We are meeting at the cove" I told Ora "To form a plan to rescue Hiccup and Ironclad"

"When is it?" Ora asked, not taking her eyes off the interaction between the two dragons.

"At sunset. I can show you the way" I said.

"Fine. I then we should leave now." Ora said.

Toothless then turned back to us and walked towards me, while Black Ice followed him, but at a distance.

"Talked some sense into him?" I said, scratching his head as Toothless nodded.

"Good." I said "Now let's head to the cove. We need to plan out how to beat Dagur into the next century"

Ora nodded, while crossing her arms "That deranged man has taken my brother. Now he will truly face my wrath." she said while Black Ice gave a small huff in approval.

Ora gave a slight smirk at the action but her harded expression soon replaced that.

"Now let's head to the cove. I want to see if the others have any good torture ideas" she said, walking with Black Ice as I turned to walk to the cove with Toothless right by my side.

Hiccup's POV

My head was throbbing.

Come to think of it, my whole body hurt.

I groaned as I tried to open my eyes. The utter blackness was the only thing I saw though. But as my eyes adjusted shapes started to take form. I saw someone beside me, but it was too dark to make out anything other than the shape.

I moved to clutch my side as a blaring pain surged through me, but when I tried to my hands were stopped by some unknown force. I tugged and heard the rattling of chains as I did.

I, felt the cold hard ground below me and pushed myself up, much to the protest of my muscles. As I did, I groaned in pain but the room came more into focus as I did.

The wooden walls surrounded us and I saw some light at the end of the room. I blinked a few times to try and adjust to the light and see who was beside me.

I saw the leathery armor and gasped as I recognized Ironclad, who was unconscious, soot covering parts of his armor.

"Ironclad!" I said, my voice cracking as I realized how dry my throat was.

I tugged on the chains once more to see my hands and feet handcuffed and bound by a chain to the floorboards.

"This...is not good" I said to myself as I realized we had both been captured.

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