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ScarletNightFury: Lol, nope! :)

amillipede: Imagine Percy, Hiccup, and Minho stuck in an elevator for twenty four hours. What would happen? They'd either all be best friends...or they'd all be dead. :) Seriously Hiccup! Why would you do something like that!? STOP GETTING HURT SO MUCH IT'S ANNOYING! LOL!

xFaerieValkyriex: Oh the dragons go riding one by one hooray, hooray. DO SOMETHING, GANG! YO LEADER'S IN DANGER! AGAIN! :)

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Guest: I'm glad you love them! And I'm always writing more, so...yep. :)

Wanli8970: Who knows...? The Incliciar dragon, is a silent killer. So...if you don't hear anything...you're dead. *silence* I don't hear anything...

CHAPTER 5: LAIR OF THE INCLICIAR

The Incliciar looked at its prey, passed out on the floor. He would make a fine meal, it thought proudly. But it had friends, too, which would also make fine meals as well. The Incliciar turned and made its way back up the tunnel until it came to the wall. It screeched just as it had did a few minutes before. Once again, the rock slid away, revealing the way out of the tunnel. The Incliciar took it and then sealed it back again to make sure her lunch's friends didn't come to save him.

Then it took off to get a few more suppers.

...

She tried to be brave. Really, she did. But whenever she had to be brave before, she had had Hiccup there to boost her on; to come up with some fiendishly clever plan to keep them alive, to crack a few jokes here and there to keep the situation light even when it was dark. He wasn't like the twins or Snotlout, who didn't know what the words "Stop all the jokes" meant. Hiccup, on the other hand, would crack one, go into serious mode, crack another a little later, and switch back into brainstorming an idea again. It was something Astrid had grown rather fond of.

Now, however, was different. It was she who had to lead the others to save their leader. She looked down to make sure Toothless was still beneath them. Seeing that he was a little ways ahead of them, she urged Stormfly on faster until she had caught up with the freaking out Night Fury.

If only they had listened to Hiccup when he told them searching for the Incliciar was a bad idea. If only they had listened! They wouldn't have been in that mess in the first place. They would be in the village, probably at the Great Hall (or sleeping). Instead, they were chasing down a legendary dragon who had taken their heir.

Being them was awful at that time.

After a little while, Toothless started roaring. When Astrid looked down, she watched as the dragon did a sharp turn and bolted in another direction. Instantly, Astrid knew what had happened; Toothless had caught the Incliciar's scent!

"Stormfly, follow!" Astrid commanded her Nadder. The dragon obeyed with flying colors, swooping low to the ground to make sure she didn't lose sight of the Night Fury. Toothless only continued running as if they hadn't even been following them.

And then they came to a cave. Toothless ran inside without hesitation and began scratching frantically at the walls. Stormfly followed him in and Astrid dismounted, looking at where Toothless was scratching.

"What is it?" she questioned. Toothless answered with a grunt in her direction and then continued scraping. Astrid looked at the wall questioningly. She pressed her hand against it and tapped on it a few times.

"It's a wall of some sort!" she exclaimed. "The Incliciar must be in there!"

Toothless roared and then continued scratching.

"You do that," said Astrid, "I'm going to get the other riders."

She turned, gesturing for Stormfly to follow her. The Nadder did so, trailing her master outside. Then, Astrid gave Stormfly the "Fire" command. Stormfly lifted her head and fired loud and clear into the sky. Her fireball blasted like a firework over the cave.

"They should be here soon," said Astrid. She turned and ran back into the cave to try and investigate the wall, just to see if it were possible to somehow open it.

In another five minutes, the other riders arrived at the cave and dismounted, running inside with their dragons following.

"We saw Stormfly's blast!" said Fishlegs. "Is everything alright?"

"No, no, nothing's 'alright'!" said Astrid, almost angrily. "This wall is some sort of door, opening into the Incliciar's lair."

"The Incliciar's lair?" Fishlegs repeated.

"Yes," said Astrid. "Can we blast it down, or what?"

"I wouldn't do that," said Snotlout. "Too much blasting could make the walls unstable and bring it down on top of us."

"And that would hurt," said Tuffnut.

Just what Hiccup would say to lighten the mood, Astrid thought before pulling herself away to focus on the task at hand.

"The Incliciar does something to open this...whatever it is," said Astrid. "We have to find out what that thing is, and then we can get in."

"It has talons," said Tuffnut. "Maybe it pries it open."

Astrid looked and saw that there was a slight crack in the wall.

"I guess it's worth a shot," she shrugged. The youths each stood on one side, pushing their fingers into the crack.

"Okay, ready?" said Astrid. "On three. One...two...three!"

They yanked on it hard and grunted as they did so, but nothing happened. It didn't move.

"Well that didn't work," said Ruffnut.

Yeah, got that, Astrid thought. Just what Hiccup would say.

"What else?" said Astrid.

"It had some pretty major fangs, but I doubt they could do anything," said Snotlout. "It also had some massive spikes at the end of its tail...like a Whispering Death's, or a Nadder's. But again, I don't think that would do anything except hurt if you got hit by one."

"What about that screeching sound it made?" said Fishlegs.

"So?" said Ruffnut. "What about it?"

"What if this...um...door opens by soundwaves?" said Fishlegs.

"Hey, yeah!" said Astrid. "It's worth a shot!"

"Cover your ears," said Fishlegs, clapping his hands against his ears. The other riders did the same.

"Okay, dragons," said Astrid, "make as much noise as you possibly can."

The dragons...boy...did they make noise. Especially Toothless. They roared as loud as they possibly could have roared and slammed their tails up against the floor to add t the noise. Unconsciously, the riders began to scream without even thinking about it, which also added to the noise.

"It's...WORKING!" shouted Snotlout. Astrid looked to see the crack getting bigger and bigger. "KEEP GOING!"

The dragons continued to roar like mad until they couldn't roar any longer. The crack was now just barely big enough for a skinny person to squeeze through.

"Hiccup?" Astrid called. Her echoe was almost unbearable to listen to; it sounded as though a million people were whispering "Hiccup" right back at her.

"I'm going in," she said.

"What!?" shouted the others in unison.

"You shouldn't go in alone!" shouted Fishlegs.

Astrid looked to them. None of them would be able to fit in. It was her, or no one.

"I have to," said Astrid. "We don't have a choice. You guys stay here and keep watch in case the Incliciar comes back. If it does, make sure you're ready for him. Or her...or...never mind. Just don't let it back in here. Do whatever it takes."

She squeezed herself through the crack and began to trek downwards.