Well hello again! So this story did a lot better than I thought it would! So because so many people liked it and I am not a total failure at writing HTTYD fanfiction or so the readers tell me at least, here is chapter 2!

Thank you so much for everyone who reviewed or followed this story! it's because of you that it is continuing.

Also, I forgot to say this last chapter, I have only seen a couple episodes of the TV show so this is based on movie universe only.

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The Good of The Many Outweighs The Good of The Few

Chapter 2 – A Chief's Decision

The sun was only halfway past the horizon when Toothless started growling. I let go of Astrid and spun around, expecting him to still be sitting father into the cave. He was a few steps away from us with his ears raised and head pointing towards the North.

"What is it buddy? What's wrong?" he ignored me for a moment then came up beside me and lowered his head to the ground. To anyone who didn't know better, they'd say he was bowing to me, but really it was a signal for us to leave. "Astrid, we have leave." I didn't glance at her as I jumped onto Toothless' back, she quickly followed me. We took off as I was attaching my safety line, and she was wrapping her arms around my waist.

"Hiccup, what's wrong?" Astrid asked over the rushing wind.

"I don't know but…" I looked down at Toothless, his ears were still raised in the direction we were headed. "I think it's something bad." We were flying full speed towards Berk. As we flew closer, I heard why Toothless was on edge.

"Hiccup, what's that sound?"

I cursed under my breath. From the distance we could hear the echoes of catapults being fired and the cry of dragons. "I think were being attacked!" I turned around and looked at her. I saw my worries and concerns being reflected back at me threw her bright blue eyes. I set my jaw and turned back around. I looked up and saw a crimson red cloud of smoke rising from the direction of our home. "Faster Toothless!" He obeyed and pushed his wings faster than he had ever flown before.

We could smell Berk before we could see it. The stench of burning filled the air. I had to breath threw my mouth, to prevent myself from vomiting from the smell. That wasn't only the smell of wood burning. I heard Astrid cough twice before she started breathing heavily through her mouth.

"That smell!" I could hear the fear in her voice.

"I know! I know!" By the time we reached the Viking statues that welcomed us home after a long time at sea, the smell was unbearable.

The sight we arrive to was even worse.

More than half of the houses were set in flames and the ones that weren't were ruined beyond repair. The thing that was causing all this destruction was four enormous dark ships. On each ship was two large catapults firing huge balls of fire towards Berk. I saw Snotlout single-handedly defending his home. As we came up behind the ships Toothless opened his mouth and I smelt the familiar gas before he shot his blue fire blast. It landed perfectly at the base of the first ship's mast. There was a loud crack before it slowly fell forward and landed in the sea.

We flew straight to Snotlout. "Where is everyone?" I asked urgently.

He looked at me in relief when I flew up to his side. "Hiccup! Astrid! Where have you-" he stopped himself and held out his hand. "It doesn't matter. The ships attacked the dragon stables first! Everyone ran to help them but a lot of the dragons were still trapped inside when we took off."

Astrid grabbed my shoulders and shook them slightly. "Stormfly! Hiccup! She was in there!"

"Snotlout, stay here rad try and keep them from doing anymore damage!" I started flying away before I finished talking. "Astrid, I'm going to drop you off at the stables to help. I have to go help Snotlout!" a fire ball flew past our heads and landed on the house to our left. We flew higher and I saw my fellow Vikings running away from the fire to fetch pales of water. As we came up to the stables, I couldn't help but open my mouth in disbelief. Anything flammable within the cave was engulfed in flames. I looked down at the entrance, where howling dragons were running out, various parts of their bodies on fire.

Toothless started whining from the pain he could here in the dragons cries. I covered his ears as I lowered myself to his body. "It's okay buddy. Everything will be okay."

Astrid reached out to me suddenly. "Hiccup look out!" I didn't look up, having faith in Astrid I just barrel rolled to my left, hoping that wasn't were the attack was coming from. I was wrong. The fireball hit Toothless' wing and I had to deviate right and try and correct my mistake. I felt Astrid arms holding onto to me for dear life, then they were gone.

"Astrid!" I yelled panicked as I leveled out and looked around. We flew around in circles as my gaze was glued to the ground, trying to find that familiar blonde hair. My heart started to sink with each beat as I looked for her.

"Hiccup!" I turned around and saw Astrid being held by her arm, body dangling in mid-air by a dragon rider.

"Toothless!" I shouted then we flew after them. We we've around burning houses until the rider stopped over the sea, and turned to face me. I clenched my jaw and glared at him. "Drago Bludvist. Let Astrid go!" I growled at him. Toothless matched my growl with his own.

"Be careful what you ask for boy." He grunted and cast his eyes downwards. I followed his gaze to the rocky sea bellow us. I looked back at Astrid. She was looking at me with a determined stare. My heart lifted slightly with the amount of trust she had in me.

"Drago what do you want? Why are you attacking my village?!"

He snorted slightly. "Your village? I guess they would make you chief after the dragon murdered your father."

"You murdered my father! It wasn't Toothless' fault!" I shouted back at him. He simply grinned at me. "What do you want?" I repeated through gritted teeth. As I spoke we became surrounded by Drago's men, all riding dragons of their own.

"What I want?" he lifted Astrid up to his face and looked at her with deadly eyes. I could feel the anger start to boil in my gut. Then his gazed at me. "I want you, Hiccup."

"Me?" My breathing accelerated as the anger turned to rage. "You… you caused all this destruction just to for me!?" I was gripping Toothless' saddle so tight I couldn't feel my fingers. I took a deep breath to try and stop my voice from shacking. "What do you want with me?"

The grin returned to his face. "That my boy is quite simple. I want you to surrender to be my prisoner. Forever."

"Your Prisoner?" I repeated in slight disbelief.

"That's right. All you have to do is agree and we will leave and your precious Berk will be safe." I stared at him as I thought. I needed to save what was left of Berk. With the dragon stables aflame, who knows how many of our dragons survived. If we fought back we would surly die.

"Hiccup no!" I looked over at Astrid. She was grabbing her shoulder I assumed in pain.

"Astrid…"

"No Hiccup, we will find another way! Don't give up!"

I started to slowly shake my head. My father's words echoed in my mind. "A chief protects his own." I looked at her with sad eyes. "Astrid, I'm so sorry." My gaze shot back to Drago. "If you give me your word that you will leave Berk alone." I took a deep breath and looked down at Toothless then held out my arms. "Then you have a deal."

"No!" I heard Astrid yell. "Hiccup! Arg!" I looked up to see her struggling against Drago's grip. "I won't let you take him!" As she spoke one of Drago's men flew up beside me and placed shackles on my wrists.

"Astrid stop! It's the only way!" I pleaded with her. "You're going to have to take care of Toothless now."

"No it can't be!" Drago pulled her up and grabbed her throat.

"Annoying girl" Then he dropped her. She screamed as she fell towards the rocky ocean.

"Astrid, No! I yelled as someone yanked me off Toothless' back and he too began to fall. "Toothless!" I struggled against the hands that held me. I watched in horror as the love of my life and my best friend fell to their death. Astrid's gut wrenching scream and Toothless' cry never stopped. I heard the deafening crack as Astrid hit the water, then a second as Toothless followed. "No!" I struggled even harder. "Let me save them! Please, I have to save them! They can't die! They're all I ha-" I was cut off by a hard wack to the back of my head. I felt my body go limp as everything went black.

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Also Drago Bludvist's name is spelt with a F on Fanfiction but on IMDB its spelt with a V, So I went with the V.

-Alice's-Love