"Keep your eyes peeled lads!" Eret called to his men at the bow of hs ship as it set off from the fort. "With this wind, we'll reash Drago by daybreak. So best we fill this ship up and quick!" he said coming down to the deck.

"It's no time to be picky."

"Er... Eret..." one of his men said looking to the sky.

"Not if we want to keep our..." Eret contiued, turning to see what Ug wanted. "HEADS! Off the port quarter! Net them lads! Take them down!"

Placing a net into his cannon, Eret turned to see what kind of dragons they were and saw they were the ones from earlier.

"You're not getting away this time. FIRE!"

After the nets were fired the two dragon riders came in for a landing onto ship Hiccup taking off his helmet, Astrid bringing out her axe.

"And here I was, worried we might turn up empty handed," Eret said dagger out in his hand coming over to them.

"Nope. It's your lucky day," Hiccup said holding Toothless back and telling Astrid not to attack either. Then he did the unthinkable and raised his hands and said "We give up."

That confused everybody as he got off his brother, telling Astrid to get off her dragon as well.

"That's one Night Fury, one Deadly Nadder, and..." he said picking a net up off the deck and throwing it over a shocked and confused Astrid "Two of the finest dragon riders west of Luk Tuk. That ought to make the boss happy right?" he said taking her axe and handing it to Eret wrapping his arm around Astrid and guiding her to the hatch.

'Use that against any of us and you're dead!' Toothless growled in his face.

"What are you doing?" Astrid whispered getting the net off but going into the hatch like her boyfriend wanted her to do.

"Toothless. Stay." Hiccup said following Astrid down and lowering the door.

'You know what you're doing right Hiccup?' the Night Fury asked getting a sly nod from the boy.

"Uh the dragons don't really care for cramped spaces, so they'll just hang out with you. They wont be any trouble." Hiccup said counting in his head Three... Two... One..."

'HICCUP!'

"Unless you do that." Hiccup said smirking coming out through the holes in the door. "You know wooden boat... big ocean... How's your swimming?"

"Not good." one of the men answered.

Eret sighed at how dumb his men were, that was a rhetorical question for crying out loud.

Suddenly Hiccup's flame sword came out of the hatch.

"Oops! Almost forgot. You can't ave armed prisoners," he said shutting it off and throwing it to the men all of whom stared at it in awe.

"How is this a plan?" Astrid asked annoyed that she was being used like this.

"Just what every dragon trapper needs." Hiccup said as if advertising it. "One end coats the blade in Monstrous Nightmare saliva. The other sprays Hideous Zippleback gas..." he explained as the man from before flicked that switch looking it all over. "All it takes is a spark..."

Slowly Ug reached out and clicked the ignition. Eret being the only one smart enough got out of the way was the gas was lit and the the explosion was made.

"Oh yeah there you go." Hiccup said smiling increasing as Toothless was laughing his head off then went chasing after the flying embers.

"Once they see you as one of their own, even the testiest dragons can be trained. Right bud?"

"Give me that," Eret said snatching the sword and throwing it over board, Stormfly zooming off after it. "What game are you playing?"

"No game. We just want to meet Drago," Hiccup said smirking as Stormly came back and asked Eret to throw it again which he did.

"Why?" Eret said sternly.

"Because I'm going to change his mind about dragons." Hiccup said head held high even when the trappers burst out laughing stopping when the girls Nadder came back with the sword again.

"He can be really persuasive," Astrid said coming up now too, finally understanding the plan.

"Once you've earned his loyalty," Hiccup said resting his hand on Toothless' head "There is Nothing a dragon wont do for you."

"You wont be changing any minds around here." Eret said mocking the feeling and words Hiccup had just said.

In the background Stormfly was looking for someone to throw the sword for her to continue playing.

"I can change yours." Hiccup said smirking "Right here, right now." he said setting the tail then getting out of the hatch. "May I?"

Suddenly he felt his feet were no longer on the deck and long, strong claws were gripping his arms.

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"DRAGON RIDERS!" Eret called out.

'HICCUP!' Notre cried out rushing up the mast to see who was kidnapping his brother calming down and giving a confused look when he saw it was just Snotlout and Hookfang.

"Put me down!" Hiccup called up to his cousin "Snotlout, what are you doing?"

But his cousin didn't answer him since he was showing off to Ruffnut.

'Hookfang, what's going on?' Hiccup asked in Dragonese rolling his eyes.

'You mean why were here, or why he want the girl twins attention, because I have no clue to the second one.' Hookfang said looking to his 'catch'.

Rolling his eyes Hiccup curled up and kicked himself out of Hookfang's grip spreading his 'wings' and coming back to the boat.

"HOLD YOUR FIRE!" Astrid said pushing Eret off of the net cannon.

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Grabbing a rope, Hiccup slid down it and onto the deck.

"What are you guys doing here?!" he called out to everyone packing away the suit as Toothless came down next to him.

"We're here to rescue you!" Gobber said coming down on Grump.

"I don't need to be rescued!" Hiccup said to his old teacher.

"ENOUGH!" Stoick's voice called out as he came down on his Rumblehorn, Skullcrucher, behind the sail making silence reign throughout the boat.

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'Hiccup, you alright?' Skullcrucher asked getting the boy to turn around an nod slightly to the dragon.

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"Well, didn't you just pick the wrong ship?" Eret said walking up to Stoick as he planted his feet on the deck. "I am Eret, son of..." he was cut off when Stoick shoved his hand into his face knocking him into Grump, Gobber then knocking him out and Grump placing a very heavy paw on him.

"Get... This thing... Off me..." he said finding it hard to breath.

"Anyone else?" Gobber asked looking around, the trappers staying where they were. "That's what I thought."

"You. Saddle you," Stoick said turning to his son "We're going home."

"No." Hiccup said shocking his friends a bit, none of then ever thinking that Hiccup would ever talk back to his dad. Especially when it was a direct order.

"Of all the irresponsible..."

"I'm trying to protect our dragons, my own, and stop a war!" Hiccup said growling a bit his eyes turning into slits for a fraction of a second though no one seemed to notice. "How is that Irresponsible?"

"Because war is what he wants, son!" Stoick said loudly anger on his face.

Seeing that his son won't listen until he understood why he was being like this, Stoick explained.

"Years ago, just before you were born, there was a great gathering of Chieftains to discuss the dragon scourge we all faced."

'So more rather before mama and papa brought you to Berk,' Toothless said smiling gently becoming quiet when Hiccup held his hand out.

"Into our mist came a stranger, from a strange land," Stoick continued "Covered in scars and drapped in a cloak of dragon skin."

That made the dragons quiver a bit and look to Hiccup their eyes begging him to tell Stoick to stop, but he didn't pay attention.

"He carried no weapon. And spoke softly." Stoick continued "Saying he, Drago Bludvist, was a man of the people devoted to freeing man kind from the tyranny of dragons.
'He said he alone could control the dragons. And he alone will keep us safe. If we chose to bow down... And follow him."

That got the Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruff and Tuff to burst out laughing never hearing anything more stupid in their lives.

"Stupid," Ruff said smiling the net that was fired at her, off her now.

"Good one," Tuff said wiping a tear from his eye.

"Aye, we laughed too," Stoick said nodding in grief "Before he wrapped himself in his cloak and cried out 'Then lets see how well you do with out me!'
'The roof top suddenly burst into flames, and from it armored dragons descended, and bunt the hall to the ground. I... Was the only one... To escape." he finished grief that he couldn't save at least one life still shown on his face.

The ship having gone very quiet now, as both dragons and humans were shocked that this guy would do something like this.

"Men who kill without reason, can not be reasoned with." Stoick said to his son.

"Maybe," Hiccup said climbing onto Toothless.

"Hiccup..."

"I'm still going to try," the boy said retrieving his sword from Stormfly thanking her "This is what I'm good at. And if I can change your mind... I can change his too. Come on." he said looking to Toothless, before they took off.

"Let's go!" Astrid said hopping onto her dragon.

"No." Stoick said addressing her "Lead the others back to Berk. I've had enough mutiny for one day."

"Ooh I like that..." Ruffnut said poking Eret's muscles grossing him out.

"Ruffnut!" Stoick called.

"Okay!" she said groaning kissing her fingers then slapping them onto her dream man's cheek.

Once all the kids were gone Gobber turned to his friend.

"So where are we going Stoick?" he asked still on top of Eret.

"We are going to find my son," Stoick said climbing onto Skullcrusher and taking off in the direction Hiccup took off in, Gobber following behind him.