Hiccup and the gang had taken a break in the creek so that Hiccup could continue his Waterbending training with Heather. All them have remove their clothes and recurrently in their underwear as the dragons relaxing at the creek sleeping
"Are you guys can be done this time this century?" Snotlout asked as he floated on a large leaf.
"I hate to say but he's right," said Astrid as she was flooding in the water. "We got a lot of ground to make up if we want to reach Omnitakla today."
"It's important for Hiccup to learn Waterbending whenever we can it is highly unlikely we will locate another creek like this," said Ragnar as he meditated.
"And let's not forget that Waterbending is Hiccup polar opposite," Heather pointed out.
"One the more reason for to keep on training," said Hiccup looking directly at his teacher.
Heather nodded and looked at her pupil. "Okay we were in the Octopus Form today," she informed him. "Remember this stat works well with your arms are closer together and it also helps to protect your centre."
"Got it," said Hiccup as he bought his arms closer together.
"Then let's see what you've got," said Heather as she took a fighting stance.
Hiccup immediately lifted the water into the air and headed take the form of tentacles. Heather then began to fire ice shards directly at Hiccup and he used the tentacles to deflect them. Hiccup was dodging gracefully and even managed to wrap one of the water tentacles around Heather's leg and she smiled.
"That's better than last time, Pupil Hiccup," Heather smiled.
Hiccup then bowed at Heather. "I had an excellent teacher."
Then suddenly they heard music in the distance and singing.
They looked up and saw five individuals coming up the hill, one of them was a lanky man in his 30s strumming a ukulele, one was middle-aged girl playing a flute, one was a chubby man banging on a drum and were a young man and girl dancing to the beat.
'Don't follow along to the travelling girl,' sang the man strumming the ukulele. 'Surely you broken broken hard.'
They only start when they saw Hiccup and the others in the water.
"Ah, River People," said the guy strumming the guitar.
"We're not river people?" said Heather.
"You're not?" the guy frowned. "Then what kind of people are you?"
"Just people people," Ragnar shrugged.
"Aren't we all brother?" said the stranger.
"And who are you guys?" Snotlout asked folding his arms.
"I am Ake," he said introducing himself he then gestured to the woman playing the flute. "That is my wife, Lily. We're nomads… happy to go wherever the wind takes us."
Ragnar looked up. "You guys are nomads? I'm a nomad as well."
Ake face lit up. "Hey, me too."
Ragnar got the instinct impression that he was not the smartest tool in the shed. "I know you just told me."
Ake then rubbed the back of his head looking slightly embarrassed. "Oh." He then looked at Snotlout and noted his loincloth. "Nice underwear."
Snotlout then immediately covered his private parts and scooted away.
Meanwhile Eret and Bjorn were now wearing Earth Kingdom peasant clothing as not to be recognised as Fire Empire citizens. They were in the middle of the woods trying to locate food, but Bjorn was hypnotised by a single flower.
Eret then emerged from the bushes. "I didn't find anything to eat! I can't live like this!" he yelled in frustration. "I wasn't meant to be a fugitive! This is impossible!"
He started yelling long enough to realise that his uncle was too preoccupied smelling a flower.
"Uncle? What are you doing?" he asked.
"You are looking at the rare White Dragon Bush, its leaves make a tea so delicious it's heartbreaking," he said joyously. He then frowned as he looked at the flower. "That… or it's the White Jade Bush which is poisonous."
"We need food, not tea," Eret reminded. He then walked off in a huff. "I'm going fishing."
Bjorn didn't seem to acknowledge him leaving as he was too preoccupied with the flower.
"Hmm, delectable tea or deadly poison?"
Back at the creek, Hiccup and the others were now back in their clothes as they were relaxing with Ake and the nomads.
"I must say that your stories are quite thrilling," said Ragnar as he continued to meditate. "You guys have been everywhere."
"Well, not everywhere, my arrowhead friend," Ake corrected. "But what we haven't then we have heard about through stories and songs."
The twins nodded excitedly.
"Yeah, I can't wait to go to see this giant night clawer," said Ruffnut excitedly.
"Yes it sounds terrifying and deadly, two of my favourite things in a terrifying beast," Tuffnut nodded.
"And on the way there is a waterfall that created an ever ending rainbow," said the overweighted man with the drum, who was called Hale.
"Guys need I remind you that we do have a pressing time schedule," Astrid reminded.
Hiccup sighed. "I'm afraid Astrid is right, we need to get to Omnitakla as quickly as possible," Hiccup agreed.
"Boy you to have a case of destination fever," said Ake looking at Hiccup and Astrid. "You to worry about too much where you're going."
"You got a focus less on the where and more on the going," said Lily as she braided Heather's hair.
Heather nodded. "I'm afraid they're right, we need to find Lord Spitelout so Hiccup can learn Earthbending somewhere safe."
"Well, it sounds as if you're heading to Omnitakla," Ake noted.
Snotlout then slapped his forehead hard.
Fishlegs looked at Ragnar. "Not the sharpest tools in the shed are they? Are all nomads like that?"
Ragnar raised an eyebrow. "My people definitely aren't… well, not most of them."
"There's a story about a secret pass right through the mountains," said Ake.
Astrid looked curious. "Is this real or a legend?"
"Oh it's a real legend," Ake assured. "And it's as old as Earthbending itself."
He then began to strum his ukulele and soon his wife and the other nomads began to play along as Hiccup and the others started to move to the beat.
Two lovers,
for better from one another.
A world divides their people,
and their mountain divides them apart;
They later dark half to be you together,
He then stopped strumming. "I forgot the next couple of lines, but then it goes."
He then began to strum his ukulele as hard as he could and sang.
Secret tunnel!
Secret tunnel!
Through the mountain!
Secret, secrets, secret, secret, secret, secret tunnel!
Once he stopped everyone began clapping, everyone apart from Snotlout who was in a bit of a mood.
"I think we'll just stick with flying personally," said Snotlout. "We easily dealt with the Fire Empire before. We'll be fine."
Astrid nodded. "We appreciate the help, but we've got this handled."
However they soon learned that they did had handled as they soon flew over the entire regiment who immediately fired at them with catapults the moment they slayed eyes on them. They soon return to the nomads covered in soot.
"Secret love cave it is," said Snotlout as they walked past the nomads.
Meanwhile Eret soon returned with his catch on the end of a large stick. Unfortunately he was only able to capture a very small fish and soon came up to his uncle who was still sitting next to the flower he found.
"Eret… you remember that plan that I thought might be tea?" he asked.
Eret's eyes widened. "You didn't?"
"I did," he said regretfully as he turned to face him. His face was now completely covered in a rash. "And it wasn't."
Eret immediately backed away as his uncle began scratching himself constantly. "When the rash spreads to my throat I will stop breathing, but look what I found," he said shoving a tree branch covered in berries that he was using the scratching. "These are Star Drop berries, known to cure the poison of the White Jade planned… That or they are Black Devil berries that cause blindness."
Eret then wisely took the branch and tossed it aside. "We are not taking any more chances with these plants! We need to get help."
"But where are we going to go?" Bjorn asked. "We are the enemies of the Earth Kingdom and fugitives from the Fire Empire."
"If the Earth Kingdom discovers us they will have a skilled," said Eret rubbing his chin.
"But if the Fire Empire discovers us we will be turned over to Devi," Bjorn added.
They looked at one another and that cause was very clear.
"The Earth Kingdom it is," said Eret.
Meanwhile Hiccup and the others had just reached the base of the mountain with the nomads leading the way. They soon discover that they was walking through a bunch of ancient ruins that looked as if they had been there for centuries.
"How far away from the tunnel?" Hiccup asked.
"Actually it's not just one tunnel," said Ake. "The lovers didn't want anyone to find out about their love so they build a whole labyrinth."
Snotlout immediately stopped and turned. "Labyrinth?"
"I'm sure we can figure it out," Ake assured.
He then continue to walk through the mountain.
"All you need to do is trust in love," said Lily. "According to the curse."
"This just gets better and better," Hiccup groaned.
They soon reached the massive tunnel which had several statues holding it in place.
"Hey, we're here!" Ake smiled.
Astrid looked at Ake. "What is this curse exactly?"
"The curse says that only those who trust in love can make it through the caves," Ake explained. "Otherwise you will be trapped in them forever."
"And die," Lily added.
"Oh, yeah. And die," Ake nodded. His face then lit up. "Hey, I just remember the rest of that song."
He then strummed his ukulele as he sang.
And die!
"That's it!" Snotlout yelled at the top of his voice. "There is no way were going through some cursed hole."
That's when Hale noticed something over the horizon. "Hey, someone is making a big campfire."
Hiccup's face grimaced. "That's no campfire, Hale."
Astrid nodded gravely. "It's the Empire… they're tracking us."
Ragnar looked at Ake. "So we just have to trust in love to get us through these caves?"
"That is correct Master Arrowhead," Ake nodded.
Upon hearing this Hiccup secretly looked at Astrid.
"We can make it," he said.
"Like we have any choice," Fishlegs whimpered.
"We do have the advantage that Toothless is able to use echolocation," said Hiccup stroking Toothless on the head. "He should be able to guide us through the labyrinth."
"You didn't mention this before?" Snotlout glared.
"We didn't enter into a labyrinth before," Hiccup pointed out.
"Let's just get inside and worry about navigation later," said Astrid.
Immediately they all entered the tunnel just as Fire Empire tanks arrived.
"Hold on!" said the Lieutenant stopping the convoy and looked at his men. "It's too dangerous. Haven't you heard the song? Just close them in, the mountain will take care of the rest."
Immediately the tanks fired harpoons at the tunnel entrance and with one good poor they managed to cause it to cave in on itself.
Hiccup and the others heard the commotion and turned in time to see the light from the end of the tunnel vanishing.
"Great, just perfect," Hiccup moaned.
The moment darkness covered them Hiccup immediately blocked lit a fireball and Ake lit a torch.
Hiccup looked at him. "How long do those torches last?"
"About two hours each," he said.
"And we have five torches so that's 10 hours," said Lily as she lit the candles.
Astrid immediately grabbed him and put them out. "It doesn't work like that when you like them at the same time."
"Oh, right," Lily nodded.
"At least Hiccup's Firebending will provide constant light," Ragnar sighed.
Hiccup looked at Fishlegs. "Fishlegs, we're going to need you to make a map as we go. We should be able to solve it like a maze as we go."
They then started to make their way deep into the tunnel.
Meanwhile Eret and beyond managed to locate a small settlement and were able to find help to cure Bjorn the poison she consumed.
"You too must not be from around here," said the healer as she doubt ointment over Bjorn. "We know better than to touch the White Jade much less make it into tea and drink it."
"Oops," said Bjorn.
The healer then looked at Eret. "So, where are you travelling from?"
"Far away?" said Eret a little too quickly.
"Do you have names?" she asked.
"Uh, of course we have names," said Eret looking slightly uneasy. "I'm… Lea. And this is my uncle, um…Olaf."
"Lea and Olaf, huh," said the healer smiling as she doubt ointment over Bjorn. "My name is Ase. You two look like you could use a good meal, why don't you stay for dinner?"
Eret shook his head. "Sorry but we've got to be moving on."
"That's too bad," said Ase looking disappointed. "My mum always makes too much roast duck."
Olaf looked up. "Where do you live exactly?"
Meanwhile Hiccup and the others were not having an easier time the tunnel and they appear to be going round in circles. Even Toothless is echolocation was not having any effect. Fishlegs looked at the map he drew and scratched his head and shrugged at Hiccup.
Snotlout was getting a bit impatient. "This is the attempt then you learners down to? You sure your dragon is able to see in the dark?"
"He can," said Hiccup equally confused.
Fishlegs scratched his head. "This doesn't make any sense, we already came through this way."
"We don't need a map," said Ake. "We just need love."
"Call me crazy, but I think the map would be more helpful," said Astrid folding her arms.
"You got some negative vibes lady," Ake noted.
Hiccup looked the map Fishlegs drew and scratched his chin. "There's something strange going on and there's only one explanation." He then turned and looked at everyone. "The tunnels are changing."
Then suddenly the entire tunnel shook proving his point.
Meanwhile Eret and his uncle were at Ase's house where she and her mother treated them to a nice meal.
"My daughter tells me your refugees," said Ase's mother as she placed some food on the table. "We were once refugees ourselves."
Ase looked at Eret. "When I was a little girl the Empire raided our farming village. All the men were taken away… That was the last time I saw my father."
Eret lowered his gaze. "I lost my father a long time ago as well."
"Was he killed by the Empire?" Ase asked.
Beyond stopped eating and looked at his nephew.
Eret lowered his bowl. "Yeah," he said truthfully.
The revelation that the tunnels were changing was quite a bit of distress among Hiccup and his companions.
"The tunnels they are changing?" Ake panicked. "It must be the curse. I knew we should have come down here."
Snotlout rolled his eyes. "Right. If only we listen to you."
Fishlegs looked at Snotlout. "Can't you Earthbend us out of here?"
"Not without knowing which direction we need to go," said Snotlout.
"Wait, be quiet!" said Heather raising her hand.
They all stopped talking and heard whispers in the tunnels. Then suddenly they saw small black dragon flying out of the tunnel.
"A giant flying thing with teeth!" Ake panicked.
"No! It's a Night Terror!" Hale panicked.
Hiccup immediately fired a fireball directly at the Night Terror to scaring off, but it flew around him and knocked the torch out of Astrid's hand. The torch struck Hookfang who immediately burst into flames and that interns get the other dragons. Barf and Belch then began unleashing gas and sparking it in random intervals causing the entire cavern to shake.
So it came to no surprise as the entire ceiling began to cave in and Ragnar quickly used his Airbending to push Snotlout, Fishlegs, the twins and the nomads away from the falling debris. He then quickly rushed over towards Hiccup, Astrid and Heather as the tunnel began to cave in.
When he was finally out of the danger zone he turned and found the entire entrance caved in separating them from the others. The dragons were still with them, but the other dragons had to be trapped on the other side of the cave in.
On the other side of the cave in, Fishlegs rushed towards the rubber began moving stone after stone trying to dig Hiccup and the others out.
"It's no use we're separated," said Ake.
Fishlegs looked at Snotlout. "Can't you Earthbend them out?"
Snotlout shook his head. "The ceiling is already unstable, one wrong move and the ceiling could land on top of us."
"Hey, at least you have us," said Ake positively.
Snotlout's eyes widened. "Noooo!"
The twins looked at one another.
"I don't think you like these nomads?" said Tuffnut.
"I wonder why?" Ruffnut wondered.
Meanwhile Eret was sitting outside on the porch of Ase's house and that's when Ase went outside to join him.
"Can I join you?" she asked.
Eret shrugged and she approached him.
"I know what you've been through," she said as she sat down next to him. "We've all been through it." She then looked at him. "I noticed the burn marks on your chest, the Empire's hurt you hasn't it?"
Eret said nothing.
"It's okay, they've hurt me to," she said and held out her leg.
Eret turned and saw that she revealed burn marks on her leg and he looked at him with eyes widened.
Meanwhile Fishlegs and the others were trying to find a way to reunite with Hiccup and find a way out of the labyrinths. As they did to the nomads began playing their tunes much to Snotlout's annoyance as Ake kept on singing.
Oh don't let the cave get you down,
don't let the fallen rocks turn your smile into a frown.
The tunnels are dark and that's when you need a clown,
Hey!
Don't let the cave get you down!
In another part of the labyrinth Hiccup and his group were trying to find the others and their own way out. The only light that they had was Hiccup's Firebending and they soon found statues in the distance of the shadows.
"Guys look!" Heather pointed.
Immediately they ran towards the shapes and that's when they found a large stone door.
"We found the exit," said Hiccup.
They then began to try and move it out of the way, but it wouldn't budge an inch.
Hiccup then looked at Toothless. "Mind giving this slaver the way, bud?"
Toothless then opened his mouth and immediately fired a plasma blast knocking the stone slab from its position. However, they found that the other side of the door was not the exit, but some form of chamber.
"This isn't the exit," said Astrid.
Ragnar shook his head. "No." He then saw a couple of coffins in the centre of the chamber. "It's a tomb."
They began making their way down towards the steps and saw that the coffins were shaped like humans.
"This must be the two lovers from the legend," Hiccup surmised. "It looks as if this part of the legend was true."
"Hey, shine your light down there," said Ragnar pointing at the base of the coffins.
Hiccup did what he was told and they soon found carvings carved into the rim.
"These pictures tell their story," said Ragnar as he began to translate. "They met on top of the mountain are divided thereto villages. The villagers were enemies so they could not be together, but their loss was strong and they found a way.
"The two lovers learned Earthbending from the Eruptodons. They became the first Earthbenders. They build a labyrinth of tunnels so that they could meet secretly, anyone who tried to follow them would be lost forever in the labyrinth.
"But one day the man did not come, he died in the war between the two villages. Devastated the woman unleashed a terrible display of her Earthbending power, she could have destroyed them all. But instead she declared the war over, both villages helped her create the new city that they would live together in peace. The woman's name was Omni and the man's name was Takla. The great city was named Omnitakla as a monument to their love."
Once he was finished they turned and looked at the statues behind them which showed the man and woman kissing.
"Love is brightest in the dark," said Ragnar reading the inscription above their heads.
Meanwhile, Fishlegs and the others were walking around in circles and every time they turned the corner they ran into a dead end.
"Oh, great," said Hale. "You lead us to another dead end."
Snotlout narrowed his eyes. "At least we're doing something. So far none of you have come up with a single idea on how to get out of here!"
"Wait, was supposed to be coming up with ideas?" said Ake. "Because I've had an idea for about an hour now."
Snotlout looked as if he was about to strangle him, but Fishlegs quickly grabbed him.
"So what exactly is this idea of yours?" Fishlegs asked doing his best to hold Snotlout back.
"Well, if love is the key to get out of here then all we need to do is play a love song," said Ake.
Snotlout's eyes then began to twitch as Ake and the nomads began strumming their instruments and singing.
Meanwhile Hiccup and his group was still in the tomb of the lovers and was still nowhere close to the exit.
"So how are we going to find a way out of here?" Heather asked.
Astrid looked at them. "I've got a crazy idea."
"Well, let's hear it," said Hiccup.
Astrid then shook her head. "Never mind. It's too crazy."
"Crazy can be good," said Hiccup egging her on.
Astrid's face then turned pink as she looked at Hiccup. "I was thinking… the curse says we would be trapped in here for ever unless we trust in love."
"Right?" said Ragnar slowly.
Astrid then pointed to the glyphs. "And here it says love is brightest in the dark and it has a picture of them kissing."
"Where you going with this?" Hiccup asked.
"Well… what if we kissed?" said Astrid her face now very pink.
Ragnar and Heather looked at one another.
"I think I'll go content of the dragons," said Heather and quickly made her way to the dragons.
"I'll see if I can't translate more these glyphs," said Ragnar backing away.
Hiccup was looking at Astrid with his face turning pink. "Us… kissing?"
Astrid immediately looked away from him. "Told you it was a crazy idea."
Hiccup cleaned his throat. "I'm not sure how to react to that."
Astrid nodded. "Yeah, can you imagine that? Us kissing?"
Hiccup looked a bit uneasy. "It's certainly an interesting idea, but… uh, let's leave that to last resort."
Astrid immediately looked up and narrowed her eyes at Hiccup. "And what is that supposed to mean?"
Hiccup shook his head. "I didn't mean it like that… I… actually I don't know what I meant?"
Astrid then walked off in a huff. "You know what… you're right, let's leave it as a last resort!"
Hiccup facepalm himself. "Smooth move Hiccup."
His eyes then turned to Ragnar and Heather, who clearly had seen and heard the entire conversation and were immediately whistling innocently.
"Thanks for the support guys," Hiccup muttered under his breath.
Meanwhile Snotlout was reaching the end of his wick as he and the others were making their way through the tunnels with the nomads playing their love song. It didn't help matters that the twins were joining in with the dancing and Fishlegs was doing everything he could hold Snotlout back so that he didn't cause another cave in.
Even if your lost,
You can't lose the love.
Because it is in your heart
"Can I please kill them?" Snotlout asked looking at Fishlegs.
"No," said Fishlegs firmly.
Snotlout muttered to himself trying to distract himself from the music.
Meanwhile Eert and Bjorn were about to leave Ase's house.
"Thank you for the duck, it was excellent," said Bjorn to Ase's mother.
"You're welcome," she smiled and presented him with some food. "It brings me so much joy to see someone eat my cooking with so much… gusto."
"Much practice," said Bjorn patting his stomach.
Eret then prepared to make his leave, but his uncle stopped him. "Lea where are your manners? You need to find these nice people."
Eret turned around and bowed graciously. "Thank you."
Eret then turned around and began to make his leave again, but Ase spoke up. "I know you don't believe there's any hope left in the world, but there is hope. The Avatar has returned."
"I know," said Eret without looking at them.
They soon left the garden and that's when Eret notice a horse tied down as it grazed. He stopped and began to untie the reins and guided it away.
Bjorn stared at him. "What are you doing? These people just showed you great kindness."
"They're about to show us a little more," said Eret mounting the horse. He then held his hand out to his uncle. "Well?"
Bjorn then reluctantly took his hand and Eret lifted him onto the horse. They then began galloping away, but unknown to them Ase had witnessed this and turned away sadly as she closed the door.
Meanwhile Hiccup and the others were still trying to find a way out of the labyrinth, but so far all they had no luck.
"We're not going to find the exit like this," said Hiccup gratefully.
Astrid nodded. "You're right."
Heather sighed. "Then what are we to do?"
Astrid then looked at Hiccup. "What can we do?"
Astrid then approached Hiccup and pleased her hand over his and Hiccup slowly began to dispel the flames in his hand. As everything began to go darkly began to lean towards one another, but before their lips touched one another suddenly they saw thousands of lights glittering above them.
The lights turned out to be crystals that appear to be glowing in the dark and they were leading down the passageway.
Meanwhile, unaware of the events that were happening further in the labyrinth, Fishlegs and the others were still wandering around aimlessly. Then suddenly they heard a squawking in the distance and that's when they saw coming out of the darkness were Night Terrors and they were flying straight towards them.
Fishlegs screamed and began to panic, but for some reason the Night Terrors just flew over them harmlessly.
Ake smiled. "Hey, you saved us Fishlegs!"
"No he didn't," said Snotlout looking at everyone with concern. "They were trying to get away from something."
"From what?" Ake asked.
Then suddenly the entire cavern shook and then the entire wall was blown apart. Then emerging from the dust was an Eruptodon. Then suddenly a second one came through the wall directly behind them.
Then they slammed their full speed forward sealing the tunnels behind them trapping them with them. Then the second Eruptodon slammed its foot into the ground causing a chunk of earth rising up cutting Fishlegs, Snotlout and the twins from the nomads and their dragons.
The Eruptodon in front of them then started to advance towards them shaking the ground as it walked. One of its steps cause a massive shock wave that knocked them right off their feet and Snotlout quickly backed away slowly accidentally strumming Ake's ukulele.
Then the strangest thing happened, the Eruptodon stopped moving. It took them a few moments to realise that the music from ukulele calmed it down. Snotlout then immediately grabbed ukulele and began strumming it and the Eruptodons appear to like the music.
"Hey, those things are music lovers," said Ake.
Fishlegs then began to sing in a panic voice.
Eruptodons coming toward us,
come on guys help me out;
Ake then pulled out a second ukulele out of nowhere began strumming it and Lily and Hale then began to play their instruments. Ake then began to sing as quickly as he could and the Eruptodon appeared to be liking the music.
Hiccup and the others went round by the glowing stones above them.
"They're made of some kind of crystals that glow in the dark," Hiccup stared.
"That's how the two lovers found each other," said Ragnar. "They just put up their lights and follow the crystals."
They then follow the direction of the crystals down the tunnel.
"That must be the way out!" Astrid cried.
Hiccup looked at Astrid slightly uneasy. "So…"
"Let's go!" said Astrid running down the tunnel.
Heather sighed. "They were so close."
"Annoying isn't it?" Ragnar nodded.
They then followed Astrid down the tunnel and their dragons followed them.
They eventually managed to find a way out and were soon met with glorious daylight.
"But what about the others?" Hiccup asked.
Then suddenly they heard shaking and the moment they turned they saw rocky cliff breaking apart. Then emerging from the dust were two Eruptodons with Fishlegs and the others riding on top of them.
"Guys!" Heather cried with relief.
Snotlout, Fishlegs and the twins then slid down the Eruptodon they were riding on and immediately rushed over to Hiccup and the others.
"How did you guys get out?" Fishlegs asked.
"Just like the legend says," said Hiccup. "You just let love lead the way."
"Really?" Ruffnut blinked.
"We let huge ferocious dragons lead our way," said Tuffnut.
When the nomads jumped off the Eruptodon they were riding and waved goodbye to the Eruptodons as they soon re-entered the tunnels they came through. Then they seal the entrance behind them leaving the cliff face as good as new.
Hookfang, Meatlug and Barf and Belch then rushed over to Toothless and the other dragons and began growling at one another as if they were having a conversation.
Snotlout looked immensely relieved in seeing them. "I can't tell you how happy I am seeing you guys."
Hiccup blinked. "That's unusual coming from you."
"Well, after spending a few hours with these guys can you blame me?" said Snotlout gesturing to the nomads.
Ragnar was with the nomads talking to them. "So you guys going to come to Omnitakla with us?"
"Nope," said Ake simply.
"We'll be seeing you," said Hiccup.
Immediately the nomads then began to leave strumming their instruments and singing as they left.
A few hours later Hiccup and the others were climbing the hill that led to Omnitakla.
"Man, I can't wait to see Omnitakla," said Snotlout. "It was a long and hard trip, but eventually we are here. Allow me to introduce to you the Earth Kingdom city of…" Snotlout then stopped and was immediately crestfallen. "Oh no."
Snotlout reaction was very understandable, because as they got over the hill they found that Omnitakla was conquered by the Empire. They could see smoke emerging from factories that had been built, the stone walls had been replaced with metal and hanging over the entrance was a banner symbolising the Fire Empire.