So yeah, I am crazy. :) This is my FIRST update today, shout-outs next chapter. :) Enjoy! :D

We headed straight for the Outcast prison, where I knew the others were going to be. I had been imprisoned on Outcast island a fair few times in my life; I knew the drill, how it worked and everything, and I even more so knew the specific prisons for the specific prisoners.

After making sure that the coast was clear, I motioned for Spiritflash and Stormfly to follow me. We walked slowly and stealthily through the tunnels that made up the Outcast prison. On either sides of us were dragons, locked in cages, roaring and screeching in fury, longing to be let out more than anything else in the world.

We passed a Changewing; I couldn't help but stop for just a moment. The poor dragon was thinner than it should have been; if I had had enough time, I could have actually counted its ribs from where I stood. Its scales were paling slowly, and there were clear scars on its back from some sort of torture weapon…

I shook my head to shake myself from my thoughts and then continued on. I felt terrible for the dragon, and couldn't believe the Outcasts would stoop so low as to do something such as what they did, but there was nothing I could have done about it. I couldn't have freed the dragons, and even if I could have, that wouldn't have done anything. Most of them had damaged wings, in which they could never fly again, while others had other problems, like mental madness, and…

"Hey, you!" I heard a guard shout. I turned just in time to watch Spiritflash spit a small bit of lightning at two Outcast soldiers. The two men fell to the ground, unconscious but not dead, as the lightning subsided at length.

"Thanks, Spiritflash," I said. I felt a tiny bit of pity towards the Outcast soldiers, since I knew what it felt like to be struck by lightning, but then I thought once more about the friends they had taken away from me, and I quickly forgot about my pity. I took one of the daggers from the Outcast's belt, and held it out in front of me. I had lost my other dagger on the glacier; I needed a new weapon.

We ran into four more Outcast guards, in which Stormfly and Spiritflash took out without a problem at all. I didn't even have to do anything. The dragons did it on their own, in which, I was thankful. My headaches were intensifying again, my vision blurring just slightly, my steps shaky and uneven.

However, I forced myself on; I couldn't stop and rest again. Not when we were so close. We were so close while, at the same time, so far.

As we came up to another cell, I ran up to it and sighed with relief. Toothless and Hookfang were both in the cell, tied up in tight chains, trapped beyond hope of escaping on their own.

"Toothless! Hookfang!" I shouted to them both. The dragons lifted their heads, and then roared in happiness.

"Hang on," I said, my hand holding the dagger scrambling as I tried to pick the lock. "I'll get you out-"

Suddenly, something grabbed me from behind. I shrieked and spun around, coming face to face with an Outcast soldier who had somehow managed to make it past Spiritflash and Stormfly.

"You're not going to do anything," he hissed in my face.

"Oh really?" I challenged. "Watch me."

Spiritflash whacked the guard, sending him tumbling away. More guards filed in, until there were a total of ten. Stormfly and Spiritflash could take most of them, but then I would have to fight as well, which, I knew, would be dangerous in my state.

But I had to do it.

For Astrid, Snotlout, Toothless, Hookfang, and the entire whole of Berk as well.

I advanced on an Outcast, wielding my dagger as if I actually knew how to use it. Fighting was not one of my greatest skills; I wasn't very good, frankly. But at least I could keep myself alive with a dagger in the middle of a fight.

The Outcast went for my legs; I jumped, his axe slipping right underneath my feet (that is to say foot, I suppose). He screamed in fury and came at me again. I dodged, using my size against him. I was quicker than he was, which gave me a distinct advantage.

But then again, he had a bigger weapon, and better training than I had, which were advantages on his part.

As I made a move to get back into fighting position, my headaches throwing me off, the Outcast swung his axe another time. I ducked enough so the blow wasn't fatal, but the flat of the axe still smacked into the side of my head.

I tumbled to the floor, overwhelmed by pain now. I heard the dagger clatter to the floor a few feet away, and then the sound of fire and lightning blasting through the air. I was sure I was going to lose consciousness, when I felt something nudge me.

Spiritflash and Stormfly were in front of me, trying to get me to get up again. I stood shakily, my legs feeling ready to give way at any moment, as I reached for my dagger once more. The Outcast soldiers all laid unconscious on the ground; no more having to deal with them.

I picked the lock to Toothless and Hookfang's cell until finally, it gave away. As soon as the lock clattered to the floor, I yanked the door open and rushed inside, followed by Stormfly and Spiritflash.

Toothless and Hookfang roared happily at their rescue, and our victory.

"Shh," I said. "We don't want anymore Outcasts to know we're here."

Spiritflash and Stormfly took to biting through the bonds with their teeth while I cut the muzzles off their snouts. Once the dragons were free again, Toothless started licking me, probably, no doubt, relieved that I was alright.

"Okay, okay, I get it, buddy," I said, gently pushing him away. "Come on, we have to find Snotlout and Astrid now."

We turned, and continued down the corridor.