The cavern had a large pit that had smoke rising from it. There was a reddish light emerging from the pit.

Toothless flew around the cavern until he landed on a ledge that reached over the pit.

The dragon's took turns flying over the pit, dropping the dead animals into it.

Hiccup chuckled sarcastically, "Well it's satisfying to know that all our food has been dumped down a hole."

"They're not eating any of it." Astro observed.

As if it were to explain why, a weary Gronckle hovered over the pit, and dropped a small fish from its mouth.

A moment later, there was a low growl. The Gronckle became scared. But at the next second, a giant, nightmarish head rose from the smoke and trapped the Gronckle in its mouth, devouring it immediately.

"What?" asked Astro, "What is that?"

Other dragons scrambled to hide.

"Where is she?" Hiccup heard the giant dragon ask. "Where is the girl?"

Suddenly Toothless rolled over, sending Astro and Hiccup onto the ground next to him. Hiccup looked at Toothless, still seemingly in a hypnotic trance. The Night Fury pushed Hiccup over the edge.

Hiccup tried to fly back up, but since she still didn't know how to fly, she clumsily landed onto the ground in front of the giant dragon.

"There you are." the dragon smiled. "Welcome to my nest."

"Who are you?" Hiccup asked, "Why did you bring me here?"

"This is where you belong."

"No. I belong at home."

"In the humans' village? Didn't they hate you?"

"No. They just didn't like the fact that I'm part dragon."

"They do hate you. They hate you because you have the soul of a dragon."

"They're just scared that I'll hurt someone."

"They may have let you live. But that doesn't mean they accept you. They only let you live because they need an heir."

"That doesn't mean you have the right to kidnap me and my friend."

"I didn't kidnap you. I brought you here to help you get home. But since I don't have your allegiance, I'm giving you a choice. You can stay here and live, or you can return to the village and die with the humans."

"That's not a choice," retorted Hiccup, "that's a threat."

"You still have a choice as to whether you live or die." The dragon smiled evilly.

"Do you really think I'm going to abandon the village that easily?" Hiccup asked, "I would rather burn with my village than live in fear of you."

"Don't be so serious. I need you alive just as much as a plant needs sunlight to grow. I'm going to destroy the human village no matter what you do. I'm just gonna make sure you live."

"I'm not staying with you. And I'm not letting you destroy Berk without fighting back."

"I'll look forward to that. Also, starting for now, I shall refer to you with your dragon name."

"My dragon name?"

"Every dragon has a name of the dragon tongue mine is Kullgen, the I am of the rare species called the Red Death. I shall call you Zendri."

"Why can't you just call me Hiccup?"

"It's your human name. We dragons despise humans."

"If you'd just give us a chance, is sure we could find a way to-"

"You think we don't want to give them a chance?" the dragon bellowed, "I have tried giving them a chance. Century after century. But all they do in return is hunt us down and use our hides for their benefit. You humans are the reason we are constantly struggling to survive. Once I've finally put you humans in your place, you will have no choice but to beg for our aid. And we will be the ones who benefit from you!"

Overcome by anger, Kullgen swiped at Hiccup with his giant paw. Hiccup leapt off the ground, trying desperately to fly away.

"Toothless!" the girl screamed, "I need you! Help!"

Hiccup's screaming was by some miracle just enough to snap Toothless out of the trance. He saw her struggling to fly away from Kullgen. He knew that Kullgen like giving his victims false hope by letting them try to escape before eating them.

He grabbed Astro with his paw and leaped down toward Hiccup. Hiccup glided to the black dragon and mounted onto his back. She quickly put her feet in the pedals and directed the dragon out of the nest.

Other dragons saw what had happened, and flew out as quickly as they could.

Kullgen heaved himself up at Hiccup. He snapped his mouth closed, catching the tail of a Zippleback instead. Infuriated, he pulled the dragon down and devoured it as the other dragons fled.

Once he had finished killing the dragon and calmed down, he smiled wickedly.

"That little fool thinks she's escaped. But once I've deciphered how that mind of her works, I'll be the one with the advantage."

Toothless landed on the ground next to the pond in the cove. Astro dismounted and ran toward the exit, "We have to tell your dad."

"No!" Hiccup pleaded, "Don't! They'll kill Toothless! We need to find another way."

"Hiccup," Astro protested, "we just discovered the dragons' nest! The thing we've been after since Vikings first sailed here! And you want to keep it a secret? To protect your pet dragon? Are you serious?"

"He's not my pet," explained Hiccup, "he's my friend. The only friend I've ever had in my entire life. He's the only one who's trusted me. He even saved my life back there. I can't tell my dad. If they kill him, I fail to pay my life debt toward him, I lose my only friend, and I go back to being hated. I'm tired of not being enough and not being accepted. I don't want to go back there."

Astro stopped. He realized how Hiccup's life had been. She was right. She was never enough. And she really didn't want to lose her only friend.

"Okay." He gave in, "So what do we do now?"

"Just…. give me until tomorrow. I'll think of something."

"Okay."

Astro remembered that Hiccup had brought him on that flight against his will. He punched Hiccup in the arm and said, "That's for kidnapping me."

Hiccup shook her head, confused.

Then, Astro did something Hiccup never thought he'd do, he kissed her cheek. "That's for…. everything else." Astro shyly ran away, hardly able to believe that he had just kissed the very girl he had pretended to hate. Until now, he was hiding the fact that he secretly had a crush on Hiccup.

Hiccup smiled.

Toothless walked up to Hiccup and looked at her expression. "So I take it the date went well?"

"What?"

"That flight was practically a date….. until Kullgen ruined it."

"Alright, I admit it. I kind of have a crush on him. But at least I know he feels the same way towards me."

"Let me know when the wedding takes place." chuckled Toothless as he walked toward the big tree to go to sleep.

"Very funny." Hiccup shook her head. She walked home.