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AN: I got nothing… No wait, actually I do! Here you go guys! A day earlier! I couldn't believe I finished a chapter this early!

Arc: The Retrieval

Days Until Wedding: 24 days

Music I'm Listenting To At The Moment: Life's Too Short

"Do I Look Scared To You"

Dagur stood up and dusted himself while still keeping an eye on Hiccup. Both vikings circled around each other not even noticing the chaos around them.

Dagur grinned crookedly at Hiccup.

"Looks like that arm of yours is pretty handy" he said while cackling.

Hiccup narrowed his eyes at him "You're not surprised…" that wasn't even a question.

Dagur openly laughed at this "Boy, I know some things that will make your world crumble"

Hiccup snorted "Prove it"

Dagur stopped laughing and glared haughtily at Hiccup "Here's one… I know your mother"

Hiccup's eyes widened and he was distracted enough for Dagur to kick him on the abdomen. Hiccup doubled over as Dagur kneed him on the face. Hiccup lied on the ground while he felt a huge headache.

Dagur started laughing again while he put one foot on Hiccup's stomach.

"See? Even that one little information gave me enough time to defeat you!"

"I… don't believe you!" Hiccup said with gritted teeth. That's was impossible. There was no way Dagur knew his mother.

"Oh believe me, Hiccup, I know you more than you think…" he crouched down and whispered something on his ear which made Hiccup's eyes widen even more. Dagur moved back and unsheathed his sword from his back. "Goodbye Hiccup!" but before he could stab him, the sword was struck by an arrow and flew off from his hand. Dagur looked up at the sky and noticed the blonde girl riding a deadly nadder. Dagur growled and gritted his teeth while they glared at each other "Astrid…"

Astrid released another arrow but Dagur was quick enough to avoid it and started running around to avoid getting hit again. Astrid tried to follow his movement from the air but he was moving in random so she lost him when he went inside the arena. Blindspot landed next to Hiccup as he staggered back up.

"Are you ok?" Astrid asked as she helped Hiccup on Blindspot.

"Yeah…" Hiccup turned to Astrid with a raised eyebrow "How did you get here easily anyway? Weren't there any guards near the dragons?"

Astrid smirked "On my way towards our boat, I got the brilliant idea of releasing all the dragons from Eret's stand that made the perfect distraction for me to come here"

Hiccup looked around "Where's Toothless?"

"He' still at the boat. I couldn't risk bringing him here."

Hiccup nodded "Good call…" Hiccup sat behind Astrid on Blindspot "Let's round up the guys"

"Come on Blindspot!" and Blindspot started flapping her massive wings and flew around the arena, looking for their allies.

"Cami!" Hiccup called out as she saw the blonde slashing a viking on the chest. Said girl looked up "We need to get to our dragons! Dagur is escaping!" Cami nodded and started running towards the entrance. Hiccup and Astrid saw Thuggory heading for the exit. They didn't know what he was going to do but they had faith in him. There was only one person left they needed to find.

"There!" Astrid pointed towards the stands where Eret was fending off four vikings at the same time "Blindspot, hit those four!" Blindspot squawked before firing off some spines towards the unsuspecting vikings and killed them instantly. Eret looked at their direction and smiled gratefully.

"Go!" he shouted at the teens "I'll take care of things here! Go get Dagur!" he then rushed off inside the arena, probably heading off towards Dagur's giant hall.

"Let's get Toothless…" Hiccup said and Astrid nodded while they headed towards the boat.

When they were able to get out of the Yin Market, it was pure chaos. Dragons were everywhere and were burning every stand they could find. Astrid gave Hiccup a blank look.

"What?" he asked

"This has your name all over it…" she deadpanned

"But you're the one who released them!" Hiccup barked

"To help with YOUR plan!" Astrid countered back

Hiccup huffed and crossed his arms. He didn't know it would escalate this quickly.

"There he is!" Astrid pointed towards the boat where Toothless was waiting patiently at his rider. Hiccup dismounted Blindspot and ran towards Toothless, who instantly noticed him and bounded towards Hiccup. Hiccup hugged Toothless' head and laughed when Toothless licked his face.

"Hey bud, how you doing?" Toothless responded by licking his face again. "Come on, we got work to do" Hiccup said as he mounted his dragon and when they were finally together, they looked like a force to be reckoned with. They launched from the ground with so much speed that the boat shook a little.

From the skies, Hiccup could see that the wall separating the Yin Market from the other is slowly crumbling. Dragons of all kinds were bashing their skulls on the thick wall and it was slowly cracking.

But Hiccup was not concerned for that, he was still looking for Dagur. Astrid was right behind him and was doing the same thing.

They heard a roar under them and saw Cami and Stormfly flying towards them.

"Cami, do you know where Dagur is?" Hiccup asked as Cami floated next to them.

"I've got an idea where we could find him. Come on, follow me!" and the trio started flying down.

-With Dagur-

The moment he got away from Astrid, he went underground and made his way towards his personal tunnels. He knew that making those tunnels was a great idea. He needed to get to the docks and secure his treasure. He grinned and started laughing. Everything was going according to plan.

He knew that Hiccup had a plan. He knew that they were going to escape. In fact, from the beginning where he was sent to Trader's Isle, his purpose has been fulfilled.

-With Eret-

Eret had the same smile on his face as he sat on Dagur's chair in the giant hall. His master would surely be pleased when he delivered the message to him.

Dagur was an idiot. He didn't know what went through his head. He was going to get revenge even if it's the last thing he did. He stood up from the chair and walked towards the door and looked outside where chaos was still continuing. None of it mattered to Eret. What mattered most was retrieving the dagger. The real question was how.

-With Dagur-

He finally surfaced from the long trek inside his tunnels and arrived at the docks. He noticed that no one was there at the moment, good. He quickly ran towards his personal boat and went inside the captain room to get all of his treasure. He didn't know how he was going to get everything so he took what he could carry with him.

Unfortunately, someone was waiting for him outside. Hiccup and others were standing across him with crossed arms. Dagur looked behind them and saw their respective dragons growling at him. He raised his arms as if surrendering.

"Going somewhere?" Hiccup asked

Dagur closed his eyes and chuckled while started walking backwards. "I guess you caught me then. What do you want?" he asked

"You know what we want" Astrid said

"Oh? You mean this thing?" he said as he reached for the dagger behind him. Astrid readied her bow incase Dagur tried something. He showed the dagger to them and threw it at Hiccup's feet. The teens blinked at him and at the dagger for several times.

"What are you planning?" Cami narrowed her eyes along with Astrid. This wasn't right. He looked so adamant in getting the dagger in the first place, why the change of heart now?

Dagur shrugged "Because I lost." He simply said and continued walking towards the edge of the boat.

"What do you mean?" Hiccup asked slowly. He didn't know what was running through Dagur's head so he was being cautious. Like Cami said before, Dagur was not someone to take lightly he usually did unexpected things and can cause you your life, like he did in the arena earlier.

"Well… goodbye!" Dagur said as he jumped down towards the ocean. Everyone gasped as they peered towards the part where Dagur landed.

Astrid looked forward and noticed movement under the water.

"Look!" she pointed and everyone's eyes followed. Dagur also noticed the movement and he dived under and try to dodge the fast moving object. There was a little bit of struggling underwater but eventually everything stopped. Hiccup and the others noticed a pool of blood surfacing and a trail was made, probably from the thing that went for Dagur.

"Is that it? Is he dead?" Hiccup asked carefully

"Gee… I don't know Hiccup, maybe that blood is evidence enough or maybe it's his time of the month or something…" Astrid deadpanned. Hiccup shot her a look while she smiled sweetly at him.

"Hey" Cami said "Have any of you seen Thuggory?" she asked offhandedly

"Here I am!" said a voice from above them so they looked up to see a grinning Thuggory riding the baby Red Death they saw the other day "Sorry I wasn't around to see him die but I was busy convincing Thughead over here to by my dragon" he said beamingly, clearly an emotion rarely seen on his face.

Hiccup coughed on his hand and Astrid laughed in closed lips. Too bad for them that Cami guffawed "What did you call it?" she asked while trying to hold on to her laughter.

Thuggory didn't notice this and smiled "It's a he actually and I he's name is Thughead"

Hiccup couldn't take it anymore and laughed loudly while he rolled on the ground. Astrid did the same except she was standing. Thuggory furrowed his brows. What were they laughing about?

Cami shook her head and snorted "Thug… I'm curious… why did you name him… Thughead?" she almost lost it in saying the dragon's name.

Thuggory made a thoughtful look "Well… the reason is actually because I saw him bashing his head on the bars of his cage and I also want him to have a part of me so I name him Thughead" he simply said

Cami shook her head while Astrid and Hiccup continued laughing.

-Random Beach-

Random debris from the Island awash at the shore as huge waves rolled them back and forth. It wasn't a while later when a hand was also seeing floating among the debris. It finally made its way on the part of the shore where the waves couldn't get to it.

Dagur picked up the hand and examined it. He was still dripping wet from the being in the ocean just a few moments ago. He sniffed it and shrugged his shoulders. He pierced it on a metal rod and sat down next to the fire pit he made. He sighed as he put the hand above the flames.

A growling sound got his attention and lazily glanced at his companion. It was a rare species of its kind. It had a long blue scaled body like a snake. It had a head that looked like that belongs to a monstrous nightmare without the horns and it had long forelegs and hind legs with curved black claws. It was a wingless dragon so it couldn't fly but it was one of the fastest swimmers Dagur had seen in his whole life.

He smiled softly at him and took the hand from the fire. He cut it in half and threw it at his companion. The dragon caught the hand and ate it whole while Dagur slowly bit on his half.

Dagur smiled to himself "Looks like we're finally going home, Ruff" he muttered and the dragon roared in confirmation.

AN: A treat for you guys! You thought he died, didn't you? Now, where's the fun in that? Enjoy and Review!