Author's Note: As promised here's the next chapter. Only two more chapters left for Riders of Berk before the Defenders of Berk. Enjoy and please be sure to review.
I don't own How to Train Your Dragon, only Hicca (female Hiccup), Asher (male Astrid), Bones (Boneknapper), Serpentina (Grapple Grounder), Mist (Scauldron), Blazer (Monstrous Nightmare), Etch (Whispering Death), and Grabble (Smothering Smokebreath).
"..." Human p.o.v.
"..." Dragon p.o.v.
'...' Human thought.
'...' Dragon thought.
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Chapter 18: Gem of a Different Color
'Vikings are strong, tough, and courageous. But courage is a funny thing, 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.'
At the Academy, Ruffnut and Tuffnut are facing off against each other using shields. Ruffnut relentlessly attacks Tuffnut as he blocks with his shield but after awhile he can no longer block and falls to the ground in defeat.
"As I've said a million times and as Ruffnut has demonstrated so splendidly, the shield can be your most important weapon.
Who's next?" Gobber says walking up next to Ruffnut as she cheers for herself and shows the shield to the other riders.
Gobber is teaching the riders to defend themselves on their own without the help of their dragons, Gobber pairs up each of the riders to battle each other.
"Hold on. I don't get to hit her back?" Tuffnut asks as he gets up.
"On your own time. Hicca, Asher." Gobber says turning to leaders of the dragon riders with Hicca's flute now in a slot poach attached to her belt.
"Well, I-I don't think it's really fair for me to be fighting a-" Hicca begins to says but quickly ducks under Asher's kick and then pushes his thrown punch away and gets under Asher throwing him over her shoulder.
Asher does a handstand and pushes himself back onto his feet. Hicca smirks thinking she threw Asher off his balance but he quickly tackled her to the ground pinning her face first into the ground with her arm around her back.
"When you're in a situation like this, it's best to remain calm and take deep breaths. When that's not an option, I would advise playing dead…" Gobber says to the pinned girl.
"Or you could do this." Hicca says and uses her right foot to kick Asher in the head, disorienting him and she quickly grabs his arm and pins him to the ground on his back while straddling his chest pinning his arms out.
"Or you could do that. Well done, Hicca. Good form, Asher." Gobber says to them as Hicca gets off of Asher.
"You okay?" Hicca asks helping Asher up.
"Never been better. Shoulder should pop back into place in no time. And the headache should stop soon.
"Snotlout, Fishlegs, let's see what you've got." Gobber says.
"Whoo! I think we all know what I've got. Snotlout, Snotlout, oy, oy, oy!" Snotlout yells cheering for herself.
"Fishlegs, don't be shy. Vikings can't rely on dragons alone to protect them." Gobber says as he and the riders look around but don't see Fishlegs anywhere. "Eh, thoughts on Fishlegs' whereabouts? Anyone?" He asks the teenagers.
On a small rocky island, Meatlug and Fishlegs are relaxing out in the shore.
"What a glorious day, Meatlug. You and me on our own secret island." Fishlegs says throwing a rock to Meatlug as she happily eats it. "No dumb old hand-to-hand combat, and, more importantly, not a Snotlout for miles." She says but then the wind gusting causing the girl to shiver and wrap her arms around herself.
"Here, allow me." Meatlug says as she blasts the ground with a fireball, warming her rider right up.
"There once was a dragon named Meatlug she was cuter and smarter than a sea slug when she met her pal Fish it fulfilled her greatest wish to love her and give her a big bear hug." Fishlegs sings and was about to hug her Gronckle but she walked away spotting something. "Okay. That was bad, even for me." She says but then sees Meatlug starting to dig in the sand. "Really? That bad?" She asks.
"No. It was bad but look at this." Meatlug says.
"What is that?" Fishlegs asks seeing a glow coming from the hole Meatlug dug.
Hours later and it was now night on Berk and the riders were still looking for Fishlegs and Meatlug.
"I'm starting to get a little worried about Fishlegs. Do you think she's okay?" Asher asks.
"She looks okay to me." Ruffnut says gesturing to Fishlegs flying in on Meatlug with her satchel glowing.
"Is Fishlegs glowing?" Tuffnut asks.
"Actually, I think she is." Hicca says.
"Not for long." Snotlout says.
"Uh, Fishlegs, where were you this afternoon?" Hicca asks.
"You missed hand-to-face combat. My hand to your face." Snotlout says punching her fist into her palm.
"I prefer to use the part of my body above the neck." Fishlegs says getting off her dragon.
"What neck?" Snotlout asks in a teasing manner.
"Oh, amusing. But I refuse to encourage your violent tendencies, Snotlout." Fishlegs says as her satchel starts glowing again.
"Don't knock it till you try it." Snotlout say to the girl.
She's glowing again." Ruffnut whispers to her brother.
"I know. Spooky." Tuffnut whispers back.
"It's not me that's glowing. It's this." Fishlegs says reaching into her satchel and pulls out a rock like object, glowing in different colors.
"Wow." All the riders say as they stare at the rock.
"What is it?" Hicca asks.
Fishlegs eventually releases the glowing object to the general public at the Great Hall.
"It's a stone of good fortune." Gobber says as he stares at the glowing rock in Fishlegs' hands.
"Ooh." Everyone says in awe.
"My great uncle's wife's brother once told me of its powers." Gobber explains.
"I thought he was mute." Mulch says.
"Until he found the stone. Then we couldn't shut him up. This stone brings good luck to whomever comes in contact with it." Gobber says.
""Stone of Good Fortune"- huh." Snotlout says smiling wickedly.
Suddenly all of the public in the Great Hall start clamoring making their way towards Fishlegs.
"That's enough. Everyone, stand back." Stoick says entering the Great Hall.
"Ooh." Everyone says seeing the chief, Stoick, enter.
"Who found this?" Stoick asks.
"Uh, right here, chief." Fishlegs says laying on the ground as Gobber helps her up.
"It's a stone of good fortune." Gobber says to Stoick.
"We want to rub the stone." A female Viking says.
"Let me have it." A male Viking says.
"Come on, now." Another male Viking says as they push their way towards Fishlegs but Stoick blocks their path.
"Please, my baby-she needs good fortune." Mrs. Larsen says holding her baby as Tuffnut walks up and looks at the baby girl.
"Aah! That's a baby? I thought it was a bundle of sticks wrapped in bacon." Tuffnut says after getting a look at Mrs. Larson's daughter.
"Never mind, Tuffnut." Stoick says.
"Three yaks for the stone." A male Viking offers.
"Four chickens." Another male Viking offers.
"20 sheep, and my firstborn, Gustav." Mrs. Larsen offers holding up her son.
"Me? Huh?" Gustav asks in confusion as he is held up but his mother.
"Listen to me. This belongs to Fishlegs, and what she does with it is up to her." Stoick says.
"I'll give you ten yaks." A male Viking continues to offer.
"Four chickens." Another male Viking offers.
"Three chickens." Another male Viking offers.
"Maybe we should get you out of here." Hicca says as she guides the girl out of the Great Hall.
"20 sheep and Gustav Larsen? You're turning that down? Come on, what do you want for it?" Snotlout asks as the riders walk down the stairs.
"You can't have it, Snotlout, not for any price." Snotlout says guarding the stone protectively.
"Oh, I think I can. You seem to forget-when Snotlout wants something, she just takes it." Snotlout says making a snatching gesture with her hand.
"How badly do you really want it, Snotlout?" Asher asks in an angry tone guarding Fishlegs from the greedy girl.
"You're lucky you're cute." Snotlout says with a scoff.
"Yeah, you're lucky you're a girl." Asher says as they all walk away.
"Okay. Take it, it is." Snotlout says quietly.
Moments later, the riders (minus the twins and Snotlout) accompany Fishlegs' on her decision to instead return the stone to where she first found it.
"You sure you want to do this, Fishlegs?" Hicca asks riding on Mist as they following Fishlegs towards the island.
"There's too much stress. You saw that mob. They ran right over me." Fishlegs says.
"Like a sack of flour." Asher says.
"I just want to put this thing back where I found it and never think about it again." Fishlegs tells them. "Stone of good fortune-yeah, right." She mutters quietly to herself. "Whoa, girl. Where are you going?" She asks as Meatlug suddenly does a dive while Mist and Stormfly dragon roar.
"They sense something." Hicca says.
"Hicca look. Straight ahead." Mist says to her rider.
"Hey, I thought you said you found it buried in the sand." Hicca says to Fishlegs.
"I did." Fishlegs replies.
"Then what's that?" Hicca says pointing ahead to a forest of trees with the same glowing stones in them.
"Are those-" Asher begins to ask.
"Dragon nests." Fishlegs finishes for him.
"Okay, why would a dragon fill its nest with gems?" Asher asks.
"Because they're not gems." Hicca says now knowing what the glowing stones really are.
"They're dragon eggs. How did I miss that? The egg I dug up must have fallen out and gotten buried. I can't believe I almost kept this baby away from its mother." Fishlegs says clutching her satchel.
"But you didn't. Now let's put this egg back and get out of here." Hicca says.
The group the comes to an empty nest in a tree and but then Mist starts snarling.
"We're not alone." Mist says.
"You're right, girl." Hicca says clutching her head slightly. "The mothers have got to be close." She says.
"Oh, they're close alright." Stormfly says opening her tail spines.
"Yeah, really close. Fishlegs, say good-bye, and let's go!" Asher shouts.
"Okay, okay, okay. Good-bye, little color-changing dragon egg." Fishlegs says placing the egg in the nest.
As they start leaving, Hicca clutches her head and turns around to see trees being knocked down but there wasn't anything there.
"They're following us." Hicca says.
"Yeah, but what are they?" Asher asks.
"I don't see anything back there." Fishlegs says.
"I have a feeling I know what they are." Mist says.
"So do I." Meatlug says.
"Me too, but I can be completely sure." Stormfly says.
Suddenly a head appears out of nowhere and blast some green stuff at Hicca and Mist but they manage to dodge it.
"Whoa!" Hicca says as she watches the green stuff collide with a tree and burn through its bark causing the tree to fall. "Whatever it is, it's shooting some kind of acid at us." She says.
The head appears again and blasts another few rounds of acid at the three riders and their dragons but they continue to dodge.
"Invisible, acid-shooting dragons? Great." Fishlegs says sarcastically as Meatlug dives under a falling tree.
"We have to get out of these trees." Hicca says as they swerve through the trees, avoiding the acid blast and falling trees until they make it to the open sky and head back to Berk.
Meanwhile, Snotlout watches from a distance as the riders leave and turn towards the forest full of glowing dragon eggs.
"Like I said, if I want it, I take it." Snotlout says chuckling. "Suckers." She says as Hookfang flies towards the trees.
The next day at the Great Hall, Hicca (with Grabble on her shoulder), Asher, and Fishlegs are searching through the Book of Dragons trying to learn what kind of dragons perused them last night.
""Sprays hot, burning acid"…here it is. It's called the Changewing, According to the Book of Dragons." Fishlegs says as Hicca, Toothless, Grabble, and Asher look over her shoulders.
"Where are the drawings?" Hicca asks scratching Grabble's chin making him purr.
"There are none. All we know is that their main color is red with horns on the side of their heads and there have been sightings of a titan wing one that's green with similar horns on the side of their head." Fishlegs says.
"I guess you can't really draw it if you can't see it but you can remember its color and standing out characteristics." Hicca says.
"Listen to what it says. "This remarkable dragon is able to change the color of its skin to blend in with its surroundings."" Fishlegs reads from the book.
"Does it say anything about eggs?" Asher asks.
"N-no. Those didn't look like dragon eggs, right?" Fishlegs asks. "If I had seen that, You know I would never have gone and stolen-" Fishlegs begins to say.
"Fishlegs, calm down. None of us knew." Hicca says.
"But I should have. I should have known." Fishlegs says getting up from her seat.
"All I know is, it's a good thing we brought that egg back to its mother. Who knows what they'd do if the eggs were still on Berk?" Hicca asks but then looks to see the twins entering and carrying a familiar object. "Uh, what's that?" She asks.
"Uh, I don't know-maybe a lifetime of good luck." Tuffnut says tossing the Changewing egg around and bangs his helmet against Ruffnut's causing her to fall to the ground while he hums in victory.
"I'll take that." Asher says trying to grab the egg.
"Over my cold, dead body." Tuffnut says and runs away with his sister following.
"Where did you get it?" Asher asks the retreating twins.
"We traded for it." Ruffnut says before she and her brother exit the Great Hall.
"Traded with who?" Hicca asks.
Outside, Snotlout has revealed to have stolen three of the eggs, having already sold two and is quickly try to sell the remaining one to the gathered Vikings.
"All right, all right, all right, all right, all right. Everybody settle down. Settle down. I got six yaks and three chickens From the woman with the hook arm." Snotlout says pointing to a female Viking with a hook for a hand. "Do I hear seven and four?" She asks.
"I hear seven and four!" Gustav repeats holding the last Changewing egg.
"Seven and four, Gustav, from the guy with the bucket on his head." Snotlout says gesturing to Bucket who quickly holds up a barrel full of axes. "Oh, and he's throwing in a matching set of battle axes. How cool." She says.
"Cool." Gustav repeats.
"Seven and four, plus the axes. Come on, folks, only one left. Good luck for the rest of your life. Going once, twice…" Snotlout says pausing for a second only for no one else to raise the bid. "And sold. Gustav, give Bucket his stone of good fortune." She says as Gustav walks over to Bucket who is squeaking happily as he accepts his prizes and runs off.
"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 says but everyone was still gathered in front of her. "Hello? Go away. It's over!" She says as the crowd walks away chattering dejectedly.
"Snotlout, what are you doing?" Hicca asks as she, Asher, and Fishlegs come running up to her.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm getting rich." Snotlout says.
"But you can't." Fishlegs says.
"I already did. The gems are gone." Snotlout says.
"Gone." Gustav repeats as the riders look at the boy.
"They're not gems. And they certainly don't bring good luck." Hicca says turning back to Snotlout.
"Puh-lease. They're bringing me good luck. I'm up to my neck in weapons and livestock." Snotlout says jumping from the porch to her traded weapons and animals.
"Snotlout, those are dragon eggs." Asher says to the girl.
"Uh, Changewings, to be exact." Fishlegs adds to Asher's statement.
"Changewings, schmange-I don't care what they are!" Snotlout shouts and leans against her yak. "All I know is I'm rich, and you're not." She says with her arms crossed.
"We're rich, and you're not." Gustav says leaning against a sheep with his arms crossed.
"Snotlout, listen to me. We need to get those eggs off of Berk before something really bad happens." Hicca says trying to reason with the girl.
"Uh, you do not want to separate a dragon mother from her egg, especially one you can't see that shoots burning acid." Fishlegs says.
"Really? You did." Snotlout says pointing at her.
"So? That was an accident." Fishlegs says defending herself.
"Accident, on purpose, rich, poor-who cares? They're gone, and I have a no-return policy. Tell 'em, Gustav." Snotlout says.
"No returns." Gustav says pushing the barrel of axes into the pile.
"If you want them, you'll have to take it up with my customers." Snotlout says with a scoff as she leaves with Gustav and her traded stuff.
"Oh, it's all my fault." Fishlegs says.
"It's not your fault, Fishlegs." Hicca assures her.
"Yes, it is. If I hadn't gone to that island and brought that egg back, then Snotlout wouldn't have known where to go get them, and we wouldn't be in danger of imminent attack by angry mother Changewings." Fishlegs says
"When you put it that way, it really is her fault." Asher says but Hicca glares at him. "Just saying." He says shrugging his shoulders with a smile.
"Look, it doesn't matter whose fault it is. We just have to find those eggs." Hicca says comforting Fishlegs.
They then leave in search of those who traded for them but unknown to them a Changewing makes itself visible from being blended into the building and watches the group leave and quickly follows them.
Meanwhile, the Twins are attempting to see the powers of the stone by putting it to the ultimate test. As Tuffnut stands into position in a cliff, where down below is a pit of Fireworms.
"Okay, when I count to three, shove me really hard into the pit." Tuffnut says to his sister.
"Uh, are you sure? You remember what one of those things did to you?" Ruffnut asks trying to remind her brother of what happened during their hunt for the Hamish's treasure.
"Oh, please. I'm holding the stone of good fortune. Those skin-melting Fireworms won't stand a chance against me." Tuffnut says.
"Okay. Thank you, Thor." Ruffnut says as she backs up a little before running at her brother and pushes him off the cliff.
"Aah!" Tuffnut screams as he heads to the pit but at the last second Stormfly swoops in and grabs Tuffnut's leg. "Hey, what are you doing?" He asks.
"Saving your skin…literally." Asher says as Stormfly flies back up to the top of the cliff, where Hicca, Toothless, Fishlegs, and Meatlug are, before releasing Tuffnut on the ground.
"Guys, that's not a good-luck stone. It's a dragon egg. And its mother is a dangerous dragon that blends in with just about anything and spits hot, burning acid and destroys whatever is in its path." Hicca explains to them.
"Okay, so, like, are these dragons green with horns on the side of their heads-" Tuffnut begins to ask.
"You're saying that would be one of these dragons?" Ruffnut asks finishing her brother's sentence.
"Wow, they got it on the first try." Asher says impressed.
"We're not stupid." Ruffnut says.
"At least I'm not. And besides, there's one right behind Hicca." Tuffnut says making everyone turn around to see a green dragon sitting on its hind legs behind Hicca.
"Whoa. A Changewing." Asher says.
The dragon was dark green and its wings have red edges and splotches of black. It has red spines that run down its neck to its tail. On the side of its head was dark green horn as well as green antennae with small leaf-like spines. It has teeth protruding out of it lip from its lower jaw and yellow eyes.
"A titan with to be exact." Fishlegs adds also in awe as the dragon starts roaring at Hicca like he's trying to tell her something.
"What's it saying?" Asher asks.
"I don't know." Hicca says and holds her right hand out to the dragon as it sniffs the hand and touches it's snout to it. "Now what are you saying?" She asks after removing her hand from its snout.
"You're in danger. I've heard rumors that a human girl can understand us when she touches any dragon so I came here to warn you." The Changewing says in a male voice.
"Hicca look!" Asher shouts pointing to a red Changewing blending into the trees and watches it jump to a large boulder and blends into it. "It's amazing. It really does blend in." He says in amazement.
"Now that's got to be one of the mothers." Hicca says but then the mother Changewing blasts acid at her.
"Look out." The male titan wing Changewing says pushes Hicca out of the way of the female Changewing's acid blast and stand protectively in front of her with him and Toothless growling at the female Changewing.
"Hicca, quick-train that one too, so we can keep it and have it spit acid at Ruffnut." Tuffnut says but Ruffnut snarls and pushes her brother while he's still holding the egg causing the mother to dragon roar in anger as she blasts acid at them.
"Ah!" Ruffnut yells as she dodges the blast.
Meanwhile the acid caused several trees to fall over as Hicca looks around only to see two more red female Changewings.
"Nice try, but as you can see, I am holding the stone-ow! Ah!" Tuffnut yells as a Changewing grabs him and shakes him until he release their egg before throwing him over her shoulder. "Aah!" He screams as he collides with a tree while the Changewing grabs the egg and the three fly off.
"Did you see that?" Hicca asks.
"At least they're gone." Ruffnut says walking over to her best friend.
"Uh, they're not gone." Hicca says.
"How do you know?" Asher asks his crush.
"Because the Changewings worked as a team to save that one egg." Fishlegs says.
"The girl is right. They'll do whatever it takes to get those eggs back." The titan wing Changewing informs Hicca.
"Wait. Are you saying what I think you're saying?" Asher asks Fishlegs starting to understand what she means.
"Oh, that's what she's saying. Wait. What are you saying?" Tuffnut asks not getting it.
"None of the Changewings are going to leave until all their eggs are safe." Fishlegs says to everyone.
"And they are going to tear apart Berk until they find every last one." Hicca says with a grim look on her face.
Later that night at Hicca's homestead, she informs her father of the impending siege of the Changewings with the rest of the riders and the titan wing Changewing in the house.
"So what you're telling me is that our village is about to be under siege by wild dragons we can't see but look just like this one." Stoick says gesturing to the titan wing Changewing standing beside Hicca.
"Yes except this big guy here is a titan wing Changewing and the others are red ones so that should help." Hicca says.
"Oh, don't forget the hot, burning acid." Tuffnut says as everyone glares at him. "What? It was awesome." He says.
"Is he right in the head?" The titan wing Changewing asks Hicca.
"Not really." Hicca whispers to him.
"Well, grab your dragons, then. We'll fight them off." Stoick says.
"Daddy, I wish it were that easy. No matter what we do, they won't go away until they get what they want." Hicca says to her father.
"They just want their babies. Oh, it's all my fault." Fishlegs says but then Gobber comes bursting through the front door.
"Stoick, I just realized something. It's not a stone of good fortune. It's a Changewing egg. I always get those two confused. So, what are you all up to?" Gobber asks as they all stare at the blacksmith.
"Hicca, what are you suggesting we do?" Stoick asks his daughter.
"I think we should get everyone off the island until we can get the eggs back with their mothers and the Changewings are gone.
Hopefully, it's not too late." Hicca says.
"In all the years I've been chief, we've never turned in fear of anything. I'm not about to start." Stoick says but then hears screaming coming from a crowd outside.
They run outside to see a Viking couple come running out of their house as a Changewing burst through the entrance. The Changewing uses her snout to toss the female Viking away while the male Viking runs and the Changewing smashes a barrel with her foot.
"They're looking for their eggs." Hicca says as they watch the mother Changewing blast acid at a door and melt it to reveal a scared Viking holding a chest.
"Aah!" The male Viking screams as he runs away dropping the chest while the Changewing sniffs it and then tosses it away.
Stoick then remove a wooden pillar beam from the ground and tries to hit the Changewing only for it to blend it to the house and then into the rocks.
"Where did it go?" Stoick says still holding the beam.
"That would be the "blending in, can't see it at all" part." Hicca says walking up to her father with the titan wing Changewing beside her as they look around.
"I see it. Hey, I got this, chief." Tuffnut says as he walks up to the rock. "Stay, dragon. I am now your master." He says placing his hand on the rock and gives the thumbs up to Hicca and Stoick.
"It's gone, isn't it?" Stoick asks.
"Oh, long gone." Hicca says rubbing her forehead but then she and her father her a man screaming in the distance as they turn to see another Changewing in town.
"You and the others find those eggs. We'll handle the Changewings." Stoick says to his daughter.
"Come on." Hicca says as she and the riders run off with the titan wing Changewing following.
"They're everywhere, and they're nowhere! You have to do something, Stoick." A male Viking says as he runs up to his chief.
Stoick looks to see a Changewing blend into a house as he and Gobber, who grabs a wooden beam of his own, charge at the building and smash at what they believe it the Changewing but once they were done the house crumbled only to reveal a perfectly unharmed Changewing who roars at them and flies away at the two Viking listen to the crowd continue to yell in fear.
"Hicca was right. It's hard to fight what we can't see, Stoick." Gobber says.
"To the docks! Everyone aboard the ships! We're evacuating the island!" Stoick shouts finally accepting the reality of the situation.
Meanwhile Bucket was walking through the plaza carrying the Changewing egg while humming to himself but then hears a man shouting and sees a Changewing. Then Changewing looks a Bucket and sees the egg in his hand and starts roaring as she gives chase to him.
"Somebody help me! Aah!" Bucket screams running away from the dragon.
"Your egg, Bucket! It wants your egg!" Asher shouts to him while riding Stormfly.
"What egg? Aah! Aah!" Bucket yells as he dodges an acid blast and then dives under a porch only to find another Changewing beside him knocking the egg out of his hook while another Changewing grabs it and the three fly off.
Meanwhile at the Great Hall, Mrs. Larsen was exiting the building pushing a wheelbarrow with her baby and Changewing egg inside.
"I need your stone, Mrs. Larsen." Fishlegs says as Meatlug sets down beside the woman.
"But my boy-Gustav. Snotlout said no returns." Mrs. Larsen says.
"We'll get Gustav back. Where it is?" Fishlegs asks but then Meatlug growls as a Changewing appears behind Mrs. Larsen surprising her causing the wheelbarrow to be pushed down the stairs as her baby starts crying.
"Aah! My baby!" Mrs. Larsen shouts chasing after her.
"We got it. We got it." Fishlegs says as they chase after the wheelbarrow while the Changewing roars while following.
Two Changewings chase after Fishlegs but a plasma blast from Toothless stops one while a spine shot from Stormfly stops the other. The wheelbarrow collides with another wheelbarrow sending the baby and the egg into the air as Fishlegs goes after Mrs. Larsen's baby and the third Changewing goes after her egg.
"Aw, Meatlug. Look at the baby." Fishlegs says showing her dragon the baby but once they get a better look at her Meatlug and barfs up lava. "Baby? Ugh. Wow. Maybe Tuffnut was right." She says returning to Mrs. Larsen.
Meanwhile everyone was clamoring as they make their way to the docks and boats.
"If you don't calm down, I'll take you by the scruffs of your necks and-" Gobber begins to say in anger.
"Not helping, Gobber. There's no reason to panic, people." Stoick says.
"Daddy, stop the evacuation. We got them all. The Changewings are gone." Hicca says as she, her dragons, and the other riders land near Stoick and Gobber.
"Then how do you explain that?" Gobber asks pointing at the Changewings revealing a fourth one.
"There are four of them." Hicca.
"That the leader is one of the meanest mother Changewings there is." The titan wing Changewing says to Hicca making her gulp.
"But there were only three eggs." Fishlegs says.
"They're going for the ship." Asher says seeing where the mother Changewings were looking.
"What do they want with-" Gobber begins to ask.
"It's not the ship. It's what's on it Another egg." Fishlegs says angrily. "Can you guys keep the Changewings at bay?" She asks.
"What are you going to do?" Asher asks.
"Something I should have done a long time ago." Fishlegs says.
"No I'll handle it. It's time Snotlout knows just who's in charge and that she can't do anything she wants to anymore." Hicca says.
"Got it." Asher says for everyone.
"Bones! Mist!" Hicca says pointing at the boat that held Snotlout, Gustav, Bucket, and Mulch.
"Understood." Bones and Mist say as they fly down and grab the boat and lift it into the air.
The Boneknapper and Scauldron then carry the boat through the air and set it down in front of Hicca's dragon stable. Hicca was sitting on the roof top edge with her right leg over her left leg along Toothless beside her, Grabble on her shoulder, Etch on the ground to Hicca's right, Serpentina on the ground to Hicca's left, Bones and Mist let go of the boat and stand on the ground glaring at Snotlout while the other riders, Stoick, Thornado, and Gobber watch from the side.
"Hicca, what's going on?" Snotlout asks in anger.
"What's going on?" Gustav repeats.
"Go find your mother, Gustav. Bucket. Mulch. Leave us." Hicca says calmly as the two man and boy leave.
"I can't believe you. I was really starting to like that kid." Snotlout says.
"Hookfang, leave." Hicca says gesturing to leave with his head.
"Yes ma'am." Hookfang says.
"Ha, like he's going to…" Snotlout begins to say but Hookfang then takes off and lands near the other riders, Stoick and Gobber as they watch. "Hookfang!" She yells at her Monstrous Nightmare.
"Four eggs, huh. You just won't stop will you. And let's not talk about your greed. Now where's the egg?" Hicca asks.
"Like I'd tell you." Snotlout says glaring at her.
"You don't have to. Did you that Changewing eggs glow brighter when Changewings are nearby. Speaking of which, meet my seventh dragon, a male titan wing Changewing. I call him, Melt, because his acid melts anything." Hicca says as Melt than appears in front of the dragon stable entrance growling. "Melt, find the egg." She says to her newest dragon.
"With please." Melt says and then starts sniffing around and from inside a basket came a really bright glow) "Found it." He says to his new rider holding the egg in his mouth and gives it to Hicca.
"Hey!" Snotlout shouts but Bones, Serpentina, Mist, and Etch growl at the girl making her laugh nervously.
"Good boy, Melt. Now we'll be giving this back to its rightful owners, or in this case, mother. Any objections?" Hicca asks and Snotlout shakes her head no. "Didn't think so. Fishlegs here." She says handing the egg to Fishlegs.
"Thanks, now, if you'll excuse me, I have a date with destiny." Fishlegs says confidently.
Moments later, Fishlegs calls for the Changewing mothers as she tells them their last egg is here.
"Okay, Changewings, I know you're out there. Come and get me." Fishlegs says as the four mother Changewings slowly reveal themselves as Fishlegs walks past them only for her to stop in front of a house. "Ahh." She shrieks as a drop of acid falls in front of her as she looks up to see a Changewing above her and two more appear on her left and right side and the fourth walks up to the girl. "And we're all here. Hi, I'm Fishlegs. I've read a lot about you-clearly not enough." She says but the dragons just roar at her. "Okay, here's how this is going to work. I'm 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 tries to take your eggs again. Sound good?" She asks and then the lead Changewing knocks the egg out of her hands and then they all roar as Fishlegs closes her eyes and when she opens them they're gone. "Well, I guess that's that." She says and then passes out right there.
The next day at the Dragon Academy Hicca was drawn a more detailed picture of a Changewing in the Book of Dragons.
"I'm telling you, up close, face-to-face, It was much more ferocious. I'm just saying, One of us was there and one of us wasn't." Fishlegs says with her hands behind her back.
"And one of us now rides a Changewing, who happens to be standing behind you with acid dripping from his mouth." Hicca says as Melt appear behind Fishlegs causing the girl to shriek in fear while Hicca laughs as she finishes her drawing.
"Right sorry." Fishlegs apologizes quivering in fear.
"Snotlout, Fishlegs, you're up." Gobber says.
"Excuse me. There's something I've been meaning to take care of." Fishlegs says confidently grabbing a shield and walking up to face Snotlout.
Fishlegs courageously steps in for the duel, where Snotlout is a bit concerned after what she witnessed with Hicca last night. As the fight commences, the two hardens for combat as they come face to face to see who will prevail.
'Having courage isn't the same as having no fear. It's about being afraid and 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.'
Author's Note: Hope you all liked this chapter. Be sure to review and tell me what you thought. Hoped you liked the surprise of Hicca's Changewing being a titan wing. I wanted her Changewing to be unique.
Hicca's Dragons: Toothless (Night Fury), Bones (Boneknapper), Serpentina (Grapple Grounder), Mist (Scauldron), Etch (whispering Death), Grabble (Smothering Smokebreath), Melt (titan wing Changewing).
Stay tuned for the final two chapters.