Landing at the caves, Astrid was the first out to him.
"Hiccup!" she said, opening her mouth to say more.
"Not now Astrid" Hiccup brushed her off, not in the mood for this or even to be here.
He would have rather been out helping his father and the other Vikings like he was sure his friends would, but he had been brushed off. Kind of like he was brushing off Astrid right now. With a sigh, he paused, looking back at the female Viking, who stood looking after him still where she had ran out to meet him. Toothless looked up at him from his side, giving a slight growl. He kept glancing back at the village over the trees of the forest. He knew the dragon would have rather been back there as well.
"I'm sorry" he said, turning back to her, "I don't know where my head is right now."
"I know where your heart is" she walked over, poking him in the chest to emphasize her point. "You should be there Hiccup, we all should" she sighed, "our dragons could help."
"But my father and the chief wants us here" Hiccup turned to the cave.
Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut were standing at the mouth, their dragons peeking out from behind them.
"Where's Mildew?" Hiccup asked, glancing around a bit.
The older Viking was nowhere in sight.
"He was here just a minute ago" Astrid placed her hands on her hips.
"H-he refused to stay here with the dragons" Fishlegs called from the cave entrance, "he headed off into the woods."
Hiccup narrowed his eyes a bit, something did not feel right about this. He turned to the trees, with a slight call, Toothless turned to follow him.
"Where are you going now you dolt?!" Snotlout yelled, "You're going to get us all in trouble…again."
"I need to find Mildew" was all Hiccup said.
He took off, Toothless on his heels.
"Can you find him buddy?"
The dragon growled, lowering his head a bit to the earth, taking in the scent. He soon lifted up his head, his eyes narrowing a bit. He had caught the scent, but by the look of it, that was not all he had picked up on. Hiccup barely had time to grab onto the saddle and swing himself up, before the dragon sped up. The trees flashed by, Hiccup staying low as branches whipped over his head. He takes a breath, patting Toothless' head a bit. Toothless paused at a rocky patch between the forest and the mountains. Hopping up on top of some of the rocks, he growled as he inched towards the edge. Hiccup continued to pet his head, shushing him a bit as he looked over the edge of the rocks.
"You idiots!" Mildew yelled below, "I gave you all the information and opportunity you would need and you still managed to screw it up."
In the trees below, was Mildew and three tough looking Vikings. These did not look like Outcasts, so they had to be a part of this invading group. What information and opportunities had Mildew given them?
"Calm down you old coot, Striker will handle this" one of the Vikings said.
"Striker?" Hiccup whispered, looking down at Toothless.
For a moment, his eyes widened into their usual puppy dog friendly look, his head tilting at his rider's words curiously, before…
"Ahhhhh!"
A red flash shot through the trees, all of the Vikings, Hiccup and Toothless looked at it passing. The flopping form of Snotlout stuck in the reigns of Hookfang made Hiccup sigh.
"Snotlout!" he turned Toothless, having little time to worry about or care if the Vikings or Mildew saw him.
The two took off, catching up with the run-a-way pair in moments.
"What are you doing Snotlout?" Hiccup said.
"Oh you know, it was such a nice night and invasion, I thought to myself...why not tie myself to my dragon and go for a drag along" Snotlout said sarcastically, "what does it look like!?"
Hiccup rolled his eyes, moving to go forward and cut Hookfang off. The large dragon roared, pulling up onto his back legs. Toothless roared at him in return, until lowering to the ground a bit, he backed off a bit. Toothless looked up at Hiccup triumphantly.
"Excellent" Hiccup smiled.
"Uh… a little help here?" Snotlout called, dangling from the side of Hookfang.
Hiccup jumped down, moving to the other. Pulling out a small dagger, he slowly cut the reigns tangled around his foot. With a heavy thud, he fell to the ground.
"Ow" Snotlout looked up from him upside down a bit.
"What are you doing out here?" Hiccup asked as he stood up dusting himself off.
"We couldn't let you go running off and screw things up" he said.
Hiccup smiled a bit, in a way that was his way of saying they had been worried about him and had his back.
"Oh don't give me that" Snotlout said, turning to tie the reigns back together, "lets just get that old man and get out of here."
Hiccup glanced back the way they had come, "their probably long gone by now..."
"Who's they?" Snotlout asked.
Hiccup sighed, "I'll explain later, so much of this just doesn't fit."
He shook his head a bit, looking at Toothless. The dragon was shifting from foot to foot. From all of this going on, he was getting a bit worked up and raring to go with no way to help or blow it off. Hiccup glanced back towards the village.
"So what's the plan?" a female voice reached his ears.
Turning, he saw the others step through the trees on their dragons.
"Snotlout already said it, we get Mildew and go back to the caves" Hiccup said slightly sternly.
"And let the village get destroyed when we can help? Not gonna happened" she leaned forward, folding her arms of Stormfly's head with a casual smile.
Hiccup looked from one face to another of his friends. They were all giving him the same determined look, even Fishlegs and Snotlout. Toothless nudged his shoulder giving a slight roar. He agreed with them all. Even though it was dangerous and they were going against Stoick they were all in. This had to be stupid, crazy, dangerous and right up their ally. Nodding, a familiar fire and passion flared up in his eyes. He turned to Toothless, climbing back onto the saddle. Toothless crouched down, storing power in his legs, as his wings slowly began to unfurl.
"Lets save Berk" Toothless took off, shooting into the sky.