Down on the battlefield Valka's dragons were swooping down at Drago's army. The Dragons either picked Drago soldiers and carried them off or attacked them with their fire attacks. However, most of the dragons were shot down by archers of hit by traps as they flew past.

Drago was the only one not moving directing the catapults attacks on the Dragon Sanctuary. His men slowly began to enter the tunnels.

"Whatever comes, keep hitting the mountain! We need to draw the alpha out," Drago ordered.

Then Drago's armoured dragons flew into the air and began to do battle with Valka's dragons in the sky above them.

"Ready the traps!" Drago ordered.

His trappers began to open the Iron Snappers. They slowly opened like bear traps and inside laid dragons tired in chains and muzzled. Valka's dragons saw the captive dragons and flew down to rescue them, only to be trapped themselves in the fearsome jaws.

The trappers opened a second set of Iron Snappers. However in one of them Hideous Zippleback poured out and before they could do anything there was an explosion. Then flying out of the trappers were the Dragon Rider and Eret on their dragons' backs.

"Surprise! Yeah!" Tuffnut yelled.

Drago turned around and saw the Dragon Rider and Eret flying out of their traps. "WHAT?!" he yelled.

Eret was on Stormfly's back and having a hard time staying on. Astrid saw his problem and got Fishlegs to fly up next to him.

"You really are full of surprises," said Astird in amazement. She then leaped onto Stormfly's back to steady them. "Let's go."

They then flew up towards the mountain.

"Dragon Riders coming through!" Tuffnut yelled.

Both sister and he began to setting the traps alight. This freed the dragons that were trapped inside the Iron Snappers and they flew off to join the battle. Fishlegs and Snotlout began to fire at the catapults blowing them to pieces.

"CUT THEM DOWN!" Drago ordered.

They then fired catapults that seemed to fire axe blades at them. The twins almost got hit by them. However, Ruffnut was thrown of Barf's head and fell towards the ground below.

"Eret, son of Eret!" Ruffnut yelled.

She suddenly grabbed by both arms before hitting the rocks.

When see looked up she saw that both Fishlegs and Snotlout had caught her. To her eyes they looked magnificent and handsome.

Meanwhile, above them, more catapults fired on Astrid and Eret. It was hard for Eret to steer Stormfly even with Astrid's help.

"Up, girl! To the left, Eret! That's it!" said Astrid as they flew closer to the mountain. Then one of the catapults blasted a massive spire of ice and it was falling directly above them. "Look out!"

It was about to crush them, but then it was blown to pieces by Toothless' plasma blast. Hiccup, Ragnar, Stoick and Gobber came bursting through the flames on their dragons.

Hiccup flew across the sky triumphantly and set his sights on a downed dragon surrounded by soldiers.

Toothless fired a plasma blast on one of Drago's net launchers, knocking its side. Ragnar and Skull flew over some soldiers that were marching towards the down dragon and Skull roared, making them cover their ears. Heather too this chance to slice through a catapult trigger line, firing the catapult and netting the soldiers, freeing the dragon.

Drago's archers prepared to aim their bow and arrows at Stoick.

"Take 'em down!" An archer ordered.

"Heads up!" said Gobber.

The archer looked up and before they could do anything Gobber knocked them out with Grump's tail. Gobber chuckled as he flew away.

Some soldiers were aiming a catapult at Ragnar, but before they could fire, Alvin and Groundsplitter popped out of the ground, directly under the catapult destroying it.

The soldiers turned their sights on Alvin, but they stopped when they saw something that didn't make sense. Then Heather and Windshear appeared and together they sliced through the traps setting the Dragons free.

Meanwhile Drago looked on at the new comers and heard Toothless' tell-tale banshee scream. He looked to the sky and saw a Night Fury and remembered what that Viking shield maiden said about a Dragon Master.

"Dragon Master," he said.

Hiccup, Ragnar and Heather joined up with Astrid and Eret.

"Nice day for it," said Ragnar gesturing to the battlefield.

"Welcome aboard, Dragon Rider!" said Hiccup pulling his visor up and looked at Eret.

"Thanks," Eret said sounding unsure. "I think."

Astrid glared at Hiccup. She looked both relieved and annoyed at the same time to see Hiccup. "Where have you been?" she asked angrily.

"Oh, you know. Catching up with Mom," said Hiccup.

Astrid looked at him confused and turned to Ragnar, who pointed up. Astrid and Eret looked upwards and saw Valka, in full warrior getup, rising from the towering ice spikes, atop Cloudjumper.

"Whoa," Eret breathed.

Next second the Bewilderbeast appeared behind her.

"That's your mother!" said Astrid stunned.

"It's a longer story," said Ragnar.

"At least you know where I get my dramatic flair," said Hiccup pulling his visor down.

On the ground Drago was looking at the Bewilderbeast with an evil smile.

"The alpha! Now we have a fight!" He said evilly.

The Bewilderbeast looked down at Drago army and fired a stream of ice, freezing a platoon solid.

In the air, Valka swung her staff around, ordering her dragons to attack. A swarm of Hideous Zipplebacks set themselves aflame and roll like fiery wagon wheels through the battlefield, scattering soldiers and destroying war machines, but one of them was caught in a trap.

"Come on, Toothless! Show them what you got, bud," said Hiccup.

They swooped down towards the trap and Toothless blasted it with a plasma blast freeing the dragon.

"Thatta boy!" said Hiccup.

Valka was still in the air still on Cloudjumper's back ordering her dragons to attack in different areas. They had just taken down one of Drago's armoured dragons when a net suddenly warped Cloudjumper sending them to the ground. Valka was thrown off him, but managed to skid to a stop and came face to face with Drago.

"I've waited a long time for this!" said Drago.

He charged at Valka with his bullhook raised, but Valka blocked it with her staff and kicked him in the stomach.

"You cannot take our dragons!" said Valka swing her staff at him again. "They are controlled by the alpha!"

"Then it's a good thing I brought a challenger," said Drago smugly as he block her attack.

He then turned to his flagship and yelled like a Wildman and swung his bullhook around over his head.

The heavy chains are released. The underwater creature, now freed, breaks the surface in an epic cascade of seawater. When Valka saw it as it rises toward the shoreline, she could believe her eyes.

It was another Bewilderbeast, but this one was different, it was bigger, meaner and its scales were as black as ash and scars covered its body as if it was beaten everyday of its life. The chains fell off from iron cuffs fastened to its massive tusks.

Up in the air, Hiccup noticed it. "Another one."

"I guess my vision about to Bewilderbeasts battling it out was true," said Ragnar.

"I was way off!" said Fishlegs fearfully as he flew past it. "That is a class ten! Class ten!"

"How did Drago control that thing?" Astrid asked.

"My guess, he found it as a hatchling and trained it harshly until it was blindly loyal to him," said Ragnar.

"Great," said Hiccup.

It didn't seem to care where it walked, because it crushed traps and Drago's soldiers scattered as it walked toward Valka's Bewilderbeast.

Valka watched as it approached her Bewilderbeast. "No. No."

"Come on! Take down the alpha!" Drago ordered.

Valka attacked him while his back was turned, however he simply swung his arm back and sent her onto her back. Before she could get up, Drago placed his foot on top of her and used his bullhook to remove her mask.

He smiled evilly and raised his bullhook high ready to finish her. Then, as he was about to bring his bullhook down, someone tackled him and knocked him to the ground. He looked up, fuming, and saw Stoick helping Valka to her feet.

"Thank you," said Valka as she stood up.

"For you, my dear… anything," Stoick said and approached Drago with his axe in his right hand.

Dargo removed his cape, revealing his left arm completely covered in armour. He picked up his bullhook and got to his feet. The two of them began to circle around one another. Stoick saw that Drago's Bewilderbeast had just engaged Valka's in battle, he could tell it was a losing battle from the beginning.

"Val, do you think you can stop them?" Stoick asked.

"I'll do my best!" she said and freed Cloudjumper. "Come on, Cloudjumper!"

Once she flew off, Stoick and Drago charged at each other. Drago swung his bullhook, but Stoick dodged it easily. Then their weapons clashed and they looked at each other's eyes with resentment.

"You… I watched you burn!" said Drago in fury.

"It takes more than a little fire to kill me!" said Stoick.

They then pulled back and charged at each other again. Stoick seemed to have the up hand slamming several punches at him.

Meanwhile, Valka was flying towards the two Bewilderbeasts, who were at the moment charging at each other with their tusks.

Once she got in-between them, Valka waved her staff around to command them to stop, but to no effect. She was almost crushed when the two charged at each other again, but Cloudjumper got them out of there safely.

Not far from them, Stoick and Drago were still fighting.

Stoick charged at him again, but Drago was ready this time and kneed him in the stomach. Stoick pulled back, rubbed his belly, and swung his axe at him again. However, Drago swung his bullhook in his face and knocked his axe aside.

Drago advanced towards him, ready to deal the final blow, but then Gobber flew by and tossed him his club prosthetic.

"Stoick!" He yelled.

Stoick caught it and slammed it straight into Drago's face, knocking him aside.

Meanwhile, the two Bewilderbeasts were still battling at each other and it looked as if Drago's had the upper hand. When Valka's tried to stick it with his tusks from above, Drago's managed to get under his guard and slammed him into the mountainside and began to course an avalanche.

Valka's tried to get up, but before it could Drago's plunged its tusks straight into his chest and then left its opponent's lifeless body under the avalanche.

The Dragon Rider could only watch in horror as dragons everywhere land and bow their heads in acknowledgement of the new alpha.

"No!" said Valka.

"We've won," said Drago. He then pointed his bullhook at Valka. "Now finish her!"

"No!" Stoick yelled whirling around and spotted Valka in the alpha's sights.

Drago's Bewilderbeast took a deep breath and then show a burst of ice straight at Valka. Cloudjumper managed to avoid a directed hit, but his tail was caught. He flew out of control towards the mountainside.

"Hold on!" Stoick yelled and grabbed his axe. He then hopped onto Skullcrush's back. "Skullcrusher, go! Come on, Gobber!"

He then flew into the air off towards Valka. Gobber on the other hand was on the ground, because Grump had fallen asleep again and after retrieving his club prosthetic ran after him.

"Right behind ya, Stoick!" Gobber yelled trying to catch up.

Cloudjumper was having difficulty trying to fly straight with his tail iced over and avoiding dragons in Drago's Bewilderbeast throng. Eventually Valka was knocked off, but managed to hold on Cloudjumper's neck, but lost her grip and fell towards the ground below.

Stoick jumped off of Skullcrush had caught Valka. He then pulled his axe and sang it into the mountainside, and they slide to a safe landing. Drago's Bewilderbeast then moved closer to the mountainside and tried to sniffing them out.

Hiccup decided that now was the best time to confront Drago and flew towards him.

"Stop! Stop!" Hiccup yelled.

Drago looked up as Toothless landed on the ground a few paces from him. Once Hiccup removed his helmet, Drago looked at him, incredulous, then begins to chuckle. "This… is the great dragon master? The son of Stoick the Vast?" he said in amusement. "What shame he must feel.

Toothless was ready to blast him with a plasma blast, but Hiccup calmed him down with a hand gesture.

"All of this loss, and for what?" Hiccup asked gesturing to the battlefield. "To become unstoppable? To rule the world?"

Drago smirked as if Hiccup was amusing him somehow and turned away from him.

"Dragons are kind, amazing creatures that can bring people together."

"Or tear them apart," Drago added laughing mockingly.

He then placed his hand around his left shoulder and pulled the armour away. It turned out his armoured left arm was a fake and he revealed stump at his shoulder. Hiccup is taken aback.

"You see, I know what it is to live in fear," he said as he reattached his prosthetic arm and began to circle around Hiccup menacingly. "To see my village burned, my family taken." He then looked up at his Bewilderbeast and its loyal dragons circling around it. "But even as a boy, left with nothing, I vowed to rise above the fear of dragons and liberate the people of this world."

"Then why a dragon army?" Hiccup asked.

"Well, you need dragons to conquer other dragons," Drago said grinning smugly.

Hiccup then remembered what Ragnar had told him about Heather's island and dad had told him about Drago's dragons attacking chieftains when they refused to bow to him.

"Or maybe you need dragons to conquer people," said Hiccup looking at Drago. "To control those who follow you… and to get rid of those who won't."

"Clever boy," Drago said sounding impressed.

Drago grabbed his bullhook and approached Hiccup this time he looked as if he was ready to kill him. Toothless took up a battle stance getting ready to attack.

"The world wants peace," said Hiccup. "And we have the answer, back on Berk. Just let me show you."

"NO!" Drago yelled with a mad look in his eye. "Let me show you."

Drago then scream madly and swung his bullhook over his head like a madman. Suddenly his Bewilderbeast turned away from Stoick and Valka and looked towards it master.

On the mountainside, Stoick looked up from their hiding place confused.

"What…" he said in confusion. He then saw Hiccup and Toothless just a few paces from Drago. "Hiccup!"

Without a second thought, he rushed off towards Hiccup with Valka close behind. They rushed past Gobber, who finaly joined them and was winded from running up the mountainside.

"Come on, Gobber!" said Stoick.

"Okay, change of plans," Gobber grumbled, but followed them anyway.

Drago was still screaming and swing his bullhook over his head like a madman, but he then slammed into the ground commandingly. His Bewilderbeast flinches and stops, submissive.

"No dragon can resist the alpha's command," Drago explained. "So he, who controls the alpha, controls them all."

He then pointed his bullhook at Toothless, who looked very worried at that comment. Next Second, Drago's Bewilderbeast hissed and stared at Toothless.

Toothless then began to act funny like that time he and Skull took Hiccup, Astrid and Ragnar to the Dragons Nest on Dragon Island only this time he was having a harder time to resist, because he was writhing and grinding his head against the ground.

"Toothless? You okay, bud?" Hiccup asked. Toothless didn't answer, he looked as if he was in pain. "What's going on?"

"Witness true strength," said Drago evilly. "The strength of will over others. In the face of it, you are nothing."

Drago then pointed his bullhook from Toothless to Hiccup.

When Hiccup turned to face Toothless, he looked different. His eyes were now slits and when he looked at him, he didn't seem to recognise him. Then he slowly moved towards Hiccup as if he was in a trance.

"Uh, what did he just tell you?" Hiccup asked.

Toothless kept on advancing towards him not showing any signs he recognised his friend.

"Toothless, what's the matter with you? What're you doing?"

Hiccup soon found his back pressed against some fallen ice from the mountain. Toothless didn't stop he continued to advance mindlessly.

"Knock it off! Stop! Snap out of it!"

Hiccup was so busy with Toothless he didn't notice Stoick moving through ice formations and over war machines, racing towards him.

"Toothless! No! Toothless! Don't!"

"Hiccup!" Stoick yelled, but Hiccup didn't hear him.

"STOP!" Hiccup yelled.

"SON!" Stoick yelled with all his strength.

This time Hiccup heard him and turned to see Stoick running towards them. "DAD! NO!"

Everything felt as if it had gone in slow-motion to Hiccup. Toothless had just fired a plasma blast just as Stoick pushed him out of the way. His father was sent flying into the ice wall behind them.

Valka wasn't far away and saw the whole thing. Tears were now running down her cheek as she ran towards them.

Drago glances back, seeing Stoick's body lying there in the aftermath, pleased by the sudden turn of events. He shuffles off, satisfied.

Stunned, Hiccup comes to and sees Stoick in the rubble. He rushes past the still-entranced Toothless, straining to scatter the ice boulders on top of Stoick's body.

"Dad!" Hiccup yelled.

Then his mother arrived and Ragnar, who had saw the whole thing landed on the ground and rushed over to Hiccup.

Together they helped Hiccup to turn Stoick's body over. Ragnar presses his ear to Stoick's heart, but heard nothing. He looked at Hiccup and Valka grimly.

"There's nothing I can do," said Ragnar.

Hiccup looked crest fallen. "No…"

Drago's Bewilderbeast would tell its master was satisfied and turned away, releasing Toothless from it throne. Toothless looked confused not sure what had just happened.

Astrid, Heather, Gobber, Alvin, Eret, and other Dragon Riders, arrived and once they saw Stoick's body they became slacked-jawed. Astrid ran to Hiccup and hugged him sympathetically. Gobbet and Alvin walked up to them and removed their helmets.

Then Toothless approached them and sniffed Stoick's hand, only for Hiccup to shove him away.

"No! Get away from him!" Hiccup yelled angrily. Toothless quickly recoils, confused why Hiccup was angry at him. "GO ON! GET OUT OF HERE! GET AWAY!"

Toothless looked like a scolded dog, ear plates back and head hung low as he walked away from. Valka watches, broken-hearted, as Hiccup falls upon Stoick, inconsolable.

"It's not his fault. You know that," said Valka. "Good dragons under the control of bad people do bad things."

Then Drago's Bewilderbeast roared, commanding all of the dragons to gather. Stormfly, Skull, Meatlug, Hookfang and all the others all follow the command and flew towards it. The Dragon Riders called out for them, but didn't seem to hear them.

Drago smiled at the sight and then noticed Toothless tumble down a snow-bank, once again slit-eyed and entranced, but unable to fly to the alpha without a rider. Drago pinned him down, eyeing the saddle, pedals, and prosthetic tail and climbed on his back.

Hiccup saw Drago riding on Toothless as they flew towards his Bewilderbeast.

"GATHER THE MEN AND MEET AT BERK!" Drago yelled and flew off.

His men cheered as they began to leave.

"Toothless!" Hiccup yelled running after him.

Valka grabbed his arm to stop him. "No, don't!"

Hiccup watched, heartbroken, as Drago jabbed his bullhook and points toward the horizon. His Bewilderbeast roared and commanded an exodus as it leads the way. He felt terrible, he lost his father, his befriend and now they were about to destroy his home and there was nothing he could do.