The dragon riders flew into an ice cave that lead to a sheltered area of water. Stormfly threw Eret on the ground and he desperately tried to run away, until Stormfly landed on top of him.

"Ugh! Okay! I lead you to Drago. Now get this thing off me!" He snapped as Astrid jumped off of Stormfly's back.

"Never take a toy from a dragon. Don't you know anything?" She questioned before walking away and Stormfly cooed.

"Yeah, toy." She said smugly before curling up around him.

"Why does this keep happening to me?" He complained as the riders ran up a small snowy and hill peered over it to see a massive armada of ships, and in the center, gigantic bubbles surfaced from deep within the dark water.

"What's down there?" Astrid asked in shock as Fishlegs pulled out a few cards from a pouch handing at his side.

"Large diameter bubbles. Massive lungs. Cold water deep dweller. I'm thinkin' class 5 leviathan, maybe 6." He said as Astrid continued to peer over the hill and Stormfly snapped up.

"Who's there?!" Stormfly threatened as she just narrowly avoided a dart and flew off in panic.

"Hey! Leave us... alone." Hookfang trailed off as a dart hit him right in the side, making him fall unconscious. Barf and Belch try to fight as well, but a row of darts embedded themselves into Barf's neck as they both collapsed.

"Meatlug! What's wrong girl?" Fishlegs asked nervously as men surrounded them and held up swords and crossbows and Astrid held up her axe angrily.

"Don't move!" One of the men hissed as Fishlegs threw the cards up in the air and held up his hand in surrender.

On the biggest ship, a man with a very scarred face and sunken pale blue eyes peered into the bumbling water..

"Drago!" Eret exclaimed in the background as the man grunted before turning around and glaring at Eret, who was accompanied by many guards.

"Get off me" He snapped as he pulled his arm away from a guard.

"Always great to see you, my friend!" Eret exclaimed as Drago walked towards him and armored dragons, similar to the ones in Stoick's flashback, bowed to him as he made his way over to the trapper.

"Well, as you can see I am right on time." He said as the same guard from before took his knives from their sheaths on his back, "With a new batch of dragons." He continued, gesturing to an unconscious Hookfang, who had just started to wake up.

"Oh no!"

"He's waking up!"

"Give me some backup!" The guards clamored.

"No." Drago said gruffly as the guards looked at him in confusion, "Drop the ropes."

"This is too easy." Hookfang snarled as he unleashed all his fire in the direct of Drago, but his just pulled up his scaly cape and it perfectly protected him from the flames as Astrid squinted at the cape. She had seen those types of scales before, on Toothless. Her breath hitched as the worst possibility came to her head. He had killed Toothless and captured Hiccup, Stoick, and Gobber.

Hookfang ran out of fire and whimpered nervously as Drago started to roar at Hookfang, making him back up nervously.

"You belong to me now." Drago whispered as he put a foot on Hookfang's snout and noticed his saddle.

"And as an added bonus, I also caught you their riders." Eret said as Astrid overcame her shock and glared at him.

"What? Are you kidding me!" She snapped.

"Awwwww, but you were so perfect." Ruffnut whined.

"Turns out there's a whole bunch of them out there." Eret continued as Drago grabbed him roughly by the throat.

"How many?" He asked angrily as the riders gasped.

"Drago doesn't have them after all." Astrid said, mostly nervous but with an undertone of relief. He didn't kill Toothless.

"How many?!" Drago hissed again.

"A whole island full!" Astrid chipped in.

"I-I wouldn't worry about it." Eret assured, but then Drago tightened his grip on Eret's throw, "My men are hunting the, down as we speak. They won't know where you're hiding, I promise you that." He strained.

"Oh yes they will! They know we're missing and they have tracking dragons!" Astrid threatened, "If you so much as touch us, Hiccup is gonna-"

"Hiccup?" Drago asked in confusion.

"He's not a problem, really, trust me." Eret tried to assure.

"He's only the son of Stoick the Vast. His heir to the throne of Berk. And the greatest dragon master this world has ever seen!" She snapped as Drago glared at her.

"'Dragon Master?' I alone control the dragons!" Drago declared.

"Nope." Tuffnut said plainly.

"Mm-mm." Snotlout added.

"Sorry!" Fishlegs chirped.

"And unless you let us go right now he will blast through here on his Night Fury, and blow your entire fleet of ships to splinters." Astrid threatened angrily.

"Then they'll be crying like babies!" Ruffnut snapped as Fishlegs and Snotlout laughed.

"Funny and beautiful." Snotlout complimented as Ruffnut groaned.

"Yeah, like babies, they always cry." Tuffnut said as Drago grabbed Eret by the throat one again.

"First there was one rogue rider! Now all of Berk! And you lead them to me!" Drago snarled as he threw Eret to the side.

"Stop all preparations! We need to attack the dragon riders' nest at once! We will take down their alpha! Then, we will take Berk!" He exclaimed as the men cheered and the riders looked at him in horror.

"But Drago-" Eret squeaked as Drago gave him a harsh glare.

"Get rid of him." He demanded as the guards turned towards Eret, weapons raised.

"Eret son of Eret I'l save you!" Stormfly squawked as she landed right in front of Eret just as some weapons were thrown at him and she shot some spines at the guards, until one of them shot a dart in her neck, making her fall unconscious.

"Stormfly! No!" Astrid yelped as she tried to escape the guard holding her as Eret stood up and stared at Stormfly in shock, she had just saved his life. A dragon.

Back in the sanctuary, Hiccup stared at the swarm of dragons as Toothless tried to take a nap, but some of the baby Scuttleclaws started to poke and prod at him.

"Ugh! Just leave me alone!" He snarled as most of the babies left, except for one that chewed on his tail with its gums.

"Well bud, we can't just wait around for Drago to attack this place. We need to find him first." Hiccup declared as he laughed a bit at Toothless as he was about to walk over to him, until a hand covered Hiccup's mouth and pulled him back and he started to panic.

"Hiccup!" Toothless snarled before calming down, seeing that it was just Stoick.

"Easy now." He soothed as Hiccup broke free.

"Are you kidding me?! How did you get in here?" He asked in shock as Stoick handed him his helmet.

"The same way we're gettin' you out." He said as he grabbed Hiccup's arm.

"We?!"

"All clear." Gobber said as he looked around through a tunnel and Stoick dragged Hiccup through.

"Uh, dad, there's something you need to know." Hiccup said as Stoick's walk didn't hinder.

"Yeah, yeah, tell me on the way." Stoick said as Hiccup shook his head and looked behind him, where Toothless was following them and he shrugged.

"Well this isn't an 'on the way' kind of update actually." He said as Stoick still kept a firm grasp on his son's arm.

"I've heard enough Hiccup!" Stoick snapped.

"Uh-um, more of the 'earth shattering development' variety." Hiccup continued.

"Yeah, just add it to the pile." Stoick quipped sarcastically as he struggled to slide through a narrow section of the tunnel.

"Dad, unlike most surprises I spring on you, this one you're gonna like, you just have to handle it, delicately." Hiccup explained as Stoick just started to tune him out and they stopped at an open cavern, where Gobber stared in shock inside before walking back out and looking at Stoick a shocked expression before taking a deep breath and putting a hand on his shoulder.

"You might want to take this one." He muttered before sitting down on a rock and taking a deep breath.

"Oh boy." He muttered as Stoick drew his sword.

"Oh! Uh dad, could you put the sword away, please?" Hiccup asked as Stoick squeezed through the gap and his eyes grew wide as his gaze landed on Valka, who gave him a sad look back, her pupils huge. Hiccup and Gobber walked out behind Stoick awkwardly as he removed his helmet and dropped the sword.

"I-I know what you're gonna say Stoick." Valka started shakily, "How could I have done this?" She questioned as Stoick slowly started to walk towards her.

"Stayed away for all these years and why didn't I come back to you? To our son? Well, what sign did I have that you could change Stoick? That anyone on Berk could? I pleaded so many times to stop the fighting, to find another answer but did any of you listen?" She said shakily.

"This is why I never married." Gobber said to Hiccup, "Well, this and one other reason." He added with a smirked Hiccup looked at him in shock.

"I know I left you to raise Hiccup alone, I-I just thought he'd be better off without me. A-Adn it didn't help that the villagers would probably try and kill me for being 'a devil'." She stuttered before Stoick walked within an arm's length of her and she pinned herself to an ice wall behind her.

"A-And I was wrong. I see that now. Ohhh! Stop being so stoic, Stoick. Go on, shout! Scream! Say something!" Valka pleaded, tears pricking her eyes as Stoick placed a gentle hand on her cheek as she tensed up, eyes wide and pupils terrified slits.

"Y-You're as beautiful as the day I lost ya." He muttered as Valka's jaw dropped and the tears escaped her eyes and slid down her cheeks as she looked down and Stoick lifted up her chin and placed a kiss upon her lips as they shared a teary gaze.

"I told you he wasn't that guy anymore." Hiccup whispered to himself quietly as a relieved grin spread across his face. His family was whole.