Not far from the Dragon Sanctuary, Astrid and the other Dragon Riders had reached Drago's Camp. Eret was still held hostage and once Stormfly dropped him he tried to make a run for it, but Stormfly landed right on top of and treated him like a dragon egg.

"Okay, I got you here, now get this thing off me," said Eret struggling to free himself.

"Never take a toy from a dragon, don't you know anything?" said Astrid.

Then she had the other Riders wondered off to the edge of the ridge.

"Why does this keep happening to me," Eret muttered.

Stormfly then covered him up with her wings and the dragons just laid on the ground and relaxed.

Astrid and the Dragon Riders crawled up the rising ridge to reveal a massive flotilla, moored together like a floating camp in the deep water between collided icebergs and all around were flags with the same symbol like the one burnt on Eret's chest.

Thick chains run deep into the water, where great blasts of bubbles erupt on the surface. The unseen creature rocks the ships. Its effect alone describes it as gargantuan.

"What's down there?" Astrid wondered.

Fishlegs opened one of his pockets and pulled out his dragon cards and began to look through them.

"Large diameter of bubbles, massive lungs, cold water deep dweller. I'm thinking class five leviathan, maybe six," said Fishlegs looking through his cards.

Then Stormfly pricked up and soon as if she sensed something and flew off freeing Eret, who drew his swords. The Dragon Riders turned around to see what was up and they saw Drago's soldiers camouflaged in polar bear furs were popping out of the snow.

Before their dragons could act Drago's soldiers fired tranquilisers from blowpipes knowing them out cold, Stormfly was the only dragon who managed to escape.

"Meatlug!" Fishlegs yelled.

"Hookfang!" Snotlout yelled running down the ridge.

However, they were surrounded and Astrid was the only one with a weapon.

"Don't move!" One of Drago's solider ordered.

Fishlegs raised his hands up and dropped his cards to the ground doing so. Astrid didn't like it, but they were outnumbered and she was the only one with a weapon and they were armed with blowpipes and their darts seemed to be able to take down entire dragon. She recently raised her arms in the air.

Moments later they were brought onto Drago's flag ship. Their hands were bound and their dragons were tired together and being pulled by a couple of armoured dragons on a cart.

Then they saw the man himself he was looking down at the bubbling water.

"Drago!" said Eret and Drago turned to face them.

He looked just what Stoick described. He was Slavic judging from his clothing and just shorter than Stoick, his ash-black hair were in dreadlocks, his dark-brown eyes could scare any dragon, who was unfortunate to come across him and his face was covered in scars. His clock was indeed seem to be made from dragonhide and covered his left arm completely and in his right hand he held a large bullhook.

"Get off me," said Eret shoving one of Drago's soldiers away. "Ha-ha, always great to see you my friend, keeping warm up here?"

Drago didn't answer and walked towards them, as he did the armoured dragons that were pulling their dragons bowed. One of his been removed Eret's swords from there sheathes.

"Well as you can see, I'm here right on time with a new batch of dragons," said Eret. "Just like I've promised."

Hookfang then woke up and pulled on the ropes that Drago's men were holding.

"Give me some back up here!" One of men yelled.

"Drop the ropes," Drago ordered.

His men did what they were told.

Hookfang turned to Drago, who was walking towards him, with an angry look in his eye, he then sent a fire blast straight at him that could have melted stone. However, before it his, Drago raised his dragonhide clock and used it like a shield to protect him from Hookfang's flames. Since the clock was made from dragonhide it was fireproof and not even a Deadly Nadder's fire attack could burn it.

Drago just kept on walking towards Hookfang as if nothing happened. Even one of the Dragon Rider were shocked, even Eret who had seen Drago do this before many times.

Hookfang roared at him to back him off, but Drago just held his ground. Next thing he did was roar back and swung his bullhook around and around over his head. He then slammed it down right in front of him.

What Hookfang did next shocked them all, because Hookfang rarely listened to anyone including his Rider. He lowered his head and bowed and then Drago placed his foot on his head.

"Hookfang!" Snotlout yelled.

"What are you doing?" Astrid demanded.

"You belong to me, now," said Drago looking down on Hookfang.

Astrid had never seen anything like it and at once she knew Stoick was right about him. He was worse as Alvin in his Outcast days and looked crazier than Dagur. She prayed to Odin that he hadn't caught Hiccup and the others.

Drago then notices the saddle on Hookfang's back. His eyes wander to the saddle on Meatlug. Alarm flashes in Drago's eyes.

"And, as an added bonus I also caught you their riders," said Eret sounding proud of himself. "No extra charge."

"What?! Are you kidding me?!" Astrid said in disbelief.

"Aww, but you were so perfect!" Ruffnut groaned.

"Turns out, there's a whole bunch of them out there," said Eret as Drago walked towards him. "They—"

Drago then grabbed him by the throat, his eyes full of anger. He looked as if he would snap Eret's neck with a single thought.

"How many?" He roared.

"Drago doesn't have them after all," said Astrid to the Dragon Riders.

"How many?!" Drago answered again with greater fury.

"Hundreds! A whole island full!" said Astrid bluntly.

"I wouldn't worry about it," said Eret. Drago's grip tightened around his neck. "My men are hunting them down as we speak. They won't know where you're hiding. I promise you that."

Astrid nodded to the other Dragon Riders, telling them she has a plan.

"Oh, yes they will!" said Astrid.

Drago drops Eret as Astrid advances, staring Drago down. Eret could tell what her plan was and tried to signal her to stop, but she ignored him.

"They know we're missing and they have tracking dragons," Astrid continued not showing any fear. "If you so much as touch us, Hiccup is going to kick—"

"Hiccup?" Drago interrupted her.

"He's not a problem. Really. Trust me." said Eret wheezed.

"He's only the son of Stoick the Vast…" said Astrid. Drago's eyes narrowed upon hearing Stoick's name. "His heir to the throne of Berk, his best friend Ragnar is able to see into the future and he's the greatest Dragon Master this world has ever seen!"

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

"Nope," said Tuffnut.

"Sorry," said Fishlegs.

"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!" said Astrid.

"Then they'll be crying like babies!" said Ruffnut, making Fishlegs and Snotlout laugh.

"Funny and beautiful," said Snotlout.

"Good one, babe!" said Fishlegs.

Ruffnut groaned at their attempt to woo her and her brother wasn't helping either.

"Yeah. Like babies," he said. "They always cry. Real tiny ones…"

Drago turned to Eret his face now full of anger and grabbed himby the face anger covered his eyes.

"First there was one rider," said Drago in pure rage. "And now all of Berk. And you led them to me."

He tossed Eret aside like he was a ragdoll and walked away from him.

"Drago!" Eret begged.

Stop all preparations!" Drago ordered. "We must attack the Dragons Rider's nest at once! We will take down their Alpha… And then we will take Berk!"

All the soldiers cheered and Astrid and the other Dragon Rider looked on at fear. Things weren't going as Astrid plan.

"Drago!" Eret yelled.

"And get rid of him," said Drago.

Drago's soldiers turned on him and raised their weapons.

"Drago, please…" Eret begged.

A soldier then flung a throwing knives at him.

They would have killed if Stormfly landed with a blur of wings and blocked the knives from reaching Eret. She then faced the soldiers and fired several tail spikes at them.

One of the soldiers pulled out his blowpipe and fired a dart at her neck, bring her down.

"Stormfly!" Astrid yelled. Astrid tried to run towards her, but a soldier held her back. "No!"

Eret was stunned, he looked down at the dragon that had just saved him from death in confusion. This dragon could have flown far away from Drago's camp, but yet she stand and saved him, the guy that caught dragons and sell them for a living.

Meanwhile at the Dragon Sanctuary, Hiccup was adjusting his flight suit while standing on a ledge looking at the dragons that were flying around. Ragnar was sitting down at the ledge drawing the sanctuary and Heather was resting her head on his shoulder.

Toothless and Skull meanwhile was having a nap. However, their nap was cut short when the Scuttleclaws began to harass them.

"Well, guys, we can't wait around for Drago to attack this place," said Hiccup. "We've gotta find him first."

"Uh, Hiccup, do you think we should listen?" said Ragnar getting up. "I mean if before our dads and your mum agree on something maybe we should listen."

"Rag, if there's a chance I can change his mind, I've got to try," said Hiccup.

"Hiccup we hardly know the guy and from what I've heard he's not the most pleasant person," said Heather.

"This is something I have to do."

Hiccup turned and looked at Toothless, who was still getting harassed by the Scattleclaws. They only left them along when Skull roared at them scaring them off. However, one remained and was nibbling on Toothless' tail.

"Let's go, bud," Hiccup said.

Next second a thick hand was over his mouth, muffling his scream.

Ragnar and Heather drew their weapons out and their dragons got onto their feet. They stopped when they saw it was Stoick.

"Easy now," said Stoick.

"Are you kidding me?" said Hiccup after he freed himself from Stoick grip. "How'd you get in here?"

"The same way we're getting you out," said Stoick shoving Hiccup's helmet into his chest.

"We?"

Then they saw Gobber and Alvin appear in the arch of the tunnel.

"No sign of the enemy, Stoick," said Alvin.

"It's all clear," Gobber added.

"Toothless. Windshear Come. Skull you find another way around," said Stoick pulling Hiccup towards the tunnel.

Reluctantly, Ragnar and Heather followed them into the winding tunnel and he didn't need a vision to tell how this was going to play out.

"Dad! There's something you need to know!" said Hiccup.

"Yeah, yeah, tell me on the way," said Stoick as they made their way through the tunnel.

"This isn't an on-the-way kind of update, actually…"

"I've heard enough, Hiccup."

"More of the earth-shattering development variety."

"You should listen to him, sir," said Ragnar.

"Yeah, just add it to the pile," said Stoick.

"If we do it'll topple over," said Ragnar.

"He's right Dad, because unlike most surprises I spring on you, this is one you'll like," said Hiccup. "I promise! You just have to handle it delicately, so…"

Then after going around a tight bend in the tunnel they stopped to find Gobber and Alvin staring blankly at the next chamber. They shuffled past Stoick and Hiccup, uneasily.

"Uh, you might want to take this one," said Gobber patting Stoick on the shoulder.

"And prepare yourself for a shock," Alvin advised. Then he looked at Ragnar and Heather and nodded.

"Oh, boy," said Gobber as he sat down on the floor.

Stoick drew his sword, no doubt expecting to see Drago or some other enemy, he then charged bravely into the next chamber.

"Dad, can you put the sword away please?" Hiccup begged.

It was too late, Stoick had already entered the chamber. The moment he did he looked as if he seen a ghost and in fairness you could say he did, because standing about twenty paces apart there next to Skull was Valka.

Hiccup, Ragnar, Heather, Gobber and Alvin looked over Stoick shoulder as he dropped his sword and removed his helmet.

"Well," said Ragnar trying to break the tension, "This is awkward."

Heather nodded as Skull made his way towards them.

"I know what you're going to say, Stoick," said Valka nervously. "How could I have done this? Stayed away all of these years. And why didn't I come back to you? To our son."

Stoick just stared at her his eyes-widened and speechless. He slowly walked towards her.

"Well, what sign did I have that you could change, Stoick?" Valka continued. "That anyone on Berk could? I pleaded so many times to stop the fighting, to find another answer, but did any of you listen?"

"This is why I never married," said Gobber. "This and one other reason."

Hiccup, Ragnar and Alvin stared at him puzzled, but looked back at towards Stoick and Valka.

"I know that I left you to raise Hiccup alone…" said Valka tearfully. More dragons appeared and hissed at Stoick as a threat to Valka. "But I thought he'd be better off without me. And I was wrong, I see that now, but…"

Stoick just kept on walked towards her as if she was ghost. With every step he took the guilt inside Valka grew larger. She soon backed towards the ice wall behind her, until there was nowhere else to go. There were only a few steps between the two of them and Valka was getting more nervous.

"Oh stop being so stoic, Stoick," said Valka. "Go on… Shout, scream, say something!"

Stoick then placed a hand on her cheek and looked into her eyes as if she was the most precious jewel in the Nine Worlds.

"You're as beautiful as the day I lost you," he said happily.

With those words, Valka remained speechless and she could only think about how much it most have broken his heart to lose her. A tear ran across her cheek as all her guilt washed away.

Stoick then pulled her towards and she dropped her staff. Then Stoick kissed her. The Dragons that had surrounded them retreated knowing that Stoick meant her no harm.

Heather looked at Ragnar, who smiled at her, and held his hand. Gobber and Alvin seemed to be still confused how Valka was still alive. Hiccup on the other hand was smiling finally able to see both his parents together.