"So let me get this straight" Snotlout says, "someone is up at night, and you want us to go running off to find out who without anything to go off of?"

It was morning, and all the riders had made their way to the ring. Astrid and Hiccup had recalled the events of the night to them, and so far, Snotlout was being as difficult as always.

"Whoever they are, they messed with Stormfly" Astrid said, placing her fist in her hand, "which means they mess with me. I'm not going to let them get away with this."

Snotlout rolled his eyes, "oh real intimidating, don't worry sweetheart, let the men handle this" he smiled, flexing his arms in an attempt to impress her.

She glared, placing a hand on his face, and pushing him back. He tripped over Hookfangs tail, falling back. The twins laughed, and Snotlout glared up at them.

"What are you laughing at" he snaps.

Fishlegs looked over at Astrid and Hiccup, "who would want to be sneaking around at night, and especially go upset Stormfly?"

Silence fell for a moment, as they thought about it, and Snotlout stood dusting himself off.

"There is always Mildew" Astrid says, "he is always attempting to make trouble, and this sounds like something he would do."

"Maybe, but it seems a bit odd" Hiccup says.

"We could always ask him?" Fishlegs suggested.

"Oh yeah, like he would tell us" Snotlout pushed his way past the others.

Hiccup gave the other viking a bit of a look, "sadly, he's probably right. Mildew would be the last person to let us in on his latest scheme to get rid of the dragons."

"Lets spy on him" Tuffnut says, elbowing his sister.

Ruffnut pushes him away, and soon the two of them were wrestling a bit.

"That's actually not a bad idea" Astrid says, "We can take turns keeping an eye on him, see if he is up to something."

"And if he's not?" Hiccup asked.

"Then that's a good thing...right?" Fishlegs asked, tapping the tips of his fingers together nervously.

"Or, it could mean something worse is going on" Hiccup sighs a bit.

Things were deffinatly going wrong since his father left. They could deal with this, they had been through worse by now, glancing down at his false foot, he gained a bit of his confidence back. Taking on dragons, outcasts, danger and so much more, this was nothing. He smiled, and nodded.

"Alright, we will take turns keeping an eye on Mildew, but we can't use our dragons during unless absolutly necissary, he would get suspicious" he says, "meanwhile the rest of us can keep up things around the island, and get some training in the process."

Astrid smiles, and places a hand on Hiccup's shoulder, "your dad would be happy right now."

That helped to hear, "thanks, now who's first?"

Snotlout rubbed the back of his neck, looking away. The twins were still wrestling, and Fishlegs gave a nervous smile.

"I uh...was kind of looking forward to getting some shot training in with Meatlug" he says.

Astrid crossed her arms, "I'll do it, it was Stormfly who was taken on, so the faster I can find the one responsible, the faster I can pay them back."

Hiccup nodded, and looked at the others. They looked relieved to not have to be the first to take on Mildew. He couldn't really blame them, Mildew had to be most people's least favorite person on the island.

"Alright, lets get to work" he smiles.

Astrid took off, heading to go find Mildew. Hiccup and the others got on their dragons, taking off over the city. Stormfly stayed with them, enjoying the flight after the nights events, and wanting to help out as well. They checked on the sheep and the yaks, who were grazing in the fields. They seemed to be fine and calm, as well as the rest of the village. People were going about their business as usual, waving up at the riders when they passed overhead. Keeping busy and making sure things were running smoothly was a big help in calming Hiccups nerves. He was feeling a lot better, and was no longer worried as much as he was. They landed near Gobber's shop. He was working on some weapons and a wheel for a cart. The others took off to keep up the work, and Fishlegs left to get a bit of practice in with Meatlug as he had mentioned earlier. Gobber smiled as he saw Hiccup and Toothless walking up.

"Aye, morning Hiccup" he says, waving the large stone attachment on his arm.

Hiccup smiled, and gave a slight wave, "how's work?" he asked.

"Going well, could you give me a hand though?" he nodded towards the large barrel of water in the corner.

Hiccup picked up the buckets by it and nodded, giving one to Toothless who took it in his mouth.

"We'll be back before you know it" he says.

"Thanks, big help. It would take me to long to go all the way down to fill em up and finish all this work to" Gobber wiped his forehead with the back of his hand. "How are you doing by the way?" he asked.

"I am better, not as worried, we're vikings. If we couldn't handle ourselves, we wouldn't have gotted by this long" he laughed.

Gobber nodded with a slight laugh. Walking out with Toothless, he climbed on and the two took off. They headed down to the beach, filling up the buckets. The two of them returned in time to the shop, but Gobber was not there. He emptied the buckets into the barrel.

"Gobber?" he called.

Toothless sniffed around a bit, "hmm, seems he's taken off."

He walked to the door, looking around a bit. He spotted Gobber speaking with another of the older vikings. Was something up? He walked towards them, but as soon as they saw him, the viking said goodbye and walked off.

"What was that about?" he asked.

"Just some words from the front...things are going well" Gobber says, though he seemed like he was holding something back.

Hiccup glanced at Toothless, who stared back at him with a puzzling look.

"Are you sure everything is alright?" he asks.

"Things are fine Hiccup" Gobber smiles, "now go on, I can take care of this."

He was a bit resistant to go, but he doubted he was going to get any more information from him for now.

"Lets go bud" he climbs back up on Toothless.

The two took off, flying back to catch up with the others. He was supposed to meet up with Astrid to take over watching Mildew before night, so it wasn't long, before he broke off to go. Toothless seemed a bit reluctant, but after a bit of petting he seemed to calm. Astrid was waiting near the trees near Mildew's house.

"Anything?" Hiccup asked.

Astrid sighed, and shook her head "so far nothing but him taking care of his stupid sheep."

She was happy to get going, wanting to see Stormfly. Hiccup was soon alone, moving to the edge of Mildew's home, it was as Astrid had said. Mildew and his sheep were inside. He leaned against the side with a sigh, slowly sliding down to sit. This was going to be a long afternoon.