Hiccup and the others had managed to exit the swamp and were now currently sleeping in the woods. However they were woken suddenly by the sound of Rumblehorns bursting out of the forest with Fire Empire soldiers riding on top of them.
There were a total of five of them, one was an archer, one was covered in armour and was covered in explosives, the third had a thick beard and holding a spear in his hand, another one was black skinned and had a series of chains around him.
Then looking down at them from a boulder was their leader, he had no visible weapon which probably meant that he was a Firebender. Judging from the look in his eyes he was also quite a fearsome foe and probably had no concept of mercy.
"Give up! You're completely surrounded!" he said.
Immediately the archer fired several fire arrows at them and they quickly got their sleeping bags.
"Time to get out of the!" Fishlegs cried.
However before Astrid, Ragnar and Heather could mount their dragons they realise they were missing a few items.
"My axe!" Astrid cried.
"My scrolls!" Heather yelled.
"My staff!" Ragnar panicked.
Heather immediately made her way towards the stunned wherever scrolls laid, unfortunately standing there was the man with the spear. To show it off he spun it around and stuck it in the stump, but Heather quickly used her water to freeze his spear in place making it difficult for him to remove it. Then she quickly grabbed the scrolls and made her way back to Windshear.
Astrid was making her way towards her axe when the man in the armour tossed out several explosives. Astrid immediately skidded across the ground to avoid the direct blow from the explosions and immediately grabbed her axe. She then quickly made her way towards Stormfly avoiding all the explosions along the way.
The man with the chains immediately wrap them around a tree and his Rumblehorn immediately took off causing the tree to topple over blocking Ragnar's attempt to get his staff. However Ragnar merely somersaulted over the fallen tree, but the man in the armour then tossed one of his explosives next to Ragnar.
Ragnar quickly grabbed his staff and pushed the explosive away and then jumped out of the way and landed on Skull. Unfortunately they had no time to gather their supplies as their foes were beginning to surround them.
"Let's go!" Hiccup yelled.
Immediately they all took off as quickly as they could and the group leader immediately fired a fireball directly at them. Unfortunately the high enough in the air to avoid getting struck and put as much distance from them as possible.
"That was close," Fishlegs sighed with relief.
They immediately kept on flying until they reached a small village and immediately made their way to the rest of in order to buy some supplies.
"I'm getting a bit tired of rebuying our supplies," said Snotlout folding his arms.
"We had no time in order to gather them," Astrid pointed out.
Snotlout narrowed his eyes. "We had time to get your axe, her scrolls and his staff!"
"Didn't see you helping at all," Hiccup pointed out.
"Here's your produce," said the merchant handing them a basket of supplies.
Heather immediately paid to the merchant with some coins. He blinked when he recognised the make of them.
"Hey, Water Tribe coins," he noted.
"I hope that's okay," said Heather.
"So long as it's money," he said. He then began to shut shop and walked off. "Have a nice Avatar Day!"
That comment got their attention.
"Avatar Day?" Hiccup blinked.
"You guys are going to the festival, right?" he said as he made his way down to the village.
They all looked at one another and smiled.
When they went down to the village they found that the town had directed decorations.
"Who knew there was a holiday for the Avatar," said Hiccup.
"Look!" Astrid pointed.
They immediately turned and saw a Water Tribe paper statue moving across the street.
"Who's that?" Tuffnut frowned.
"That's Avatar Raburn," said Fishlegs. "He put an end to the Earth Rebellion 300 years ago. Apparently there was this would-be conqueror that tried to take over the entire Earth Kingdom, he immediately intervened and put an end to him."
"Wow," Heather breathed.
They immediately made their way to the crowds of people watched as the float passed by.
"Look they've got Avatar Maaike as well!" Ragnar added.
Sure enough a Maaike float was making its way down the street as well.
"Having a huge festival, in your aunt it was great," said Hiccup. "But frankly it's just nice to be appreciated."
"I appreciate their fine festival food more," said Snotlout as he ate.
"Hiccup look!" Astrid pointed and soon making its way down the street was a float of Hiccup.
"It's a bit disturbing see myself that big," Hiccup admitted.
Soon all the floods were aligned with one another and that's when they saw a torch bearer making his way towards the floats.
"A torch, now that's prop," said Tuffnut.
Ruffnut nodded. "It's bright, dangerous and smells manly."
Heather then frowned. "Hey, what is that guy doing?"
They noticed that the torchbearer was actually making his way towards the float and in appear to be stopping. Then to their Sharkey immediately jumped right through the float of Avatar Raburn and it was immediately set ablaze back to the torch he was holding. The judging from the cheers from the people around them it was not a mistake and then got a lot worse.
"Down with the Avatar! Down with the Avatar!" they yelled.
The torchbearer then set alight to the float of Avatar Maaike and all of them had faces of horror as they watched the floats been burnt to a cinder.
Meanwhile in a village, two villages were carrying food which they had just bought, but then the Dragon Spirit appear directly in front of them. Then before they could do anything, he immediately sliced the pole that man was carrying dropping the containers of food onto the ground. The Dragon Spirit and picked them up as quick as lightning he disappeared with the urn that the woman was carrying.
Close by Bjorn, was waiting at the camp that he and Eret had made in the forest. Eret soon returned and hid his mask before making his way to the camp and then dropped of the supply that he stole.
"Where did you get these?" Bjorn asked curiously.
"What does it matter where they came from?" said Eret as he walked off.
Bjorn just gave him a suspicious look, and bit into one of the cakes that when the basket. He then found himself distracted by the taste of the cake.
Meanwhile Hiccup and the others were experiencing the villages that they were celebrating Avatar Day. To say they were stunned that they were destroying the floats depicting the Avatar and crying out the death of him would have been an understatement.
The village mayor then turned to the torchbearer, who was standing on the town hall, and gave him a signal. The torchbearer smiled and then tossed the torch directly at the float depicting Hiccup and the entire crowd cheered.
Heather had had enough and immediately step forward and bend the water in some vases. She then struck the floats with the water distinguishing the flames and to say that the villages weren't too happy would have been an understatement.
"That party pooper is ruining Avatar Day!" a villager yelled furiously.
Hiccup too had had enough and immediately used his Airbending and jumped onto the float depicting himself.
"That party pooper happens to be my friend," he said narrowing his eyes.
Everyone gasped as they realise that he bore a very striking resemblance to the float.
"It's the Avatar himself!" the mayor cried.
"It's going to kill us with its awesome Avatar powers!" a villager panicked.
"Now why would I do silly thing like that?" Hiccup asked as he raised his hand.
The villages then immediately clinched in fear.
The mayor picked himself up and glared up at Hiccup. "I suggest you leave! You are not welcome here Avatar!"
Astrid immediately glared at the mayor. "Why not? Hiccup helps people."
Ragnar nodded as Hiccup floated back down to the ground. "Yeah, he's on your side."
"I find that hard to swallowed, considering what you did to us in your past life!" the mayor spat. "It was Avatar Raburn, he murdered our glorious leader, Cadoc the Great."
Fishlegs frowned. "I never read that Avatar Raburn murdered anyone in any scrolls?"
"We used to be a great society, before you killed our leader," said an old man. "Now look at us!"
Heather stood defiant. "Hiccup would never do something like that, no Avatar would."
"And it's not fair for you to question his honour!" Astrid snapped.
"Let's tell them what we think of the Avatar's honour!" said a villager.
The said villager then immediately turned his back on them began wicking his butt at them while making a room noise. Immediately the villagers broke into a bit a riot shaking their fists directly at them.
Hiccup then immediately step forward. "Give me a chance to clear my name!"
The mayor narrowed his eyes. "The only way to prove your innocence, is to stand trial."
"I will gladly stand trial," said Hiccup.
"You'll have to follow all our rules, that includes pain bail," said the mayor.
"No problem," said Hiccup strongly.
Unfortunately, they wouldn't accept Water Tribe money, so they were unable to pay bail. To make matters worse Hiccup was locked in a cell wearing a stock, though fortunately he was allowed to move around.
"How was I supposed know they would accept Water Tribe money?" Hiccup asked looking at the others outside his cell.
"Because they hate you, they want you killed and they are completely bias," said Ragnar counting them off his fingers.
"So some people don't like you," said Snotlout. "Big deal, some people don't like me."
"Only some?" said Astrid under her voice.
"I can't believe I'm saying this but I have to agree with Snotlout," said Ragnar looking at Hiccup. "You got an entire nation that hates you."
"I say we bust you out of here," said Snotlout.
"I can't," said Hiccup solemnly.
"Sure you can, a little…" Snotlout then began making noises no doubt to impersonate bending sounds, "and we're on our way."
Astrid rolled her eyes. "I think what he's trying to say is that you're supposed to be outside saving the world. You can't do that locked up in here."
"And I can't save the world knowing that people believing that I'm some kind of murderer," Hiccup pointed out. "I need you guys to prove my innocence."
"How are we going to do that?" Snotlout asked in disbelief. "The crime happened over 300 years ago."
"I like a challenge," said Ragnar and looked at Hiccup. "Don't worry we'll get you out of this."
Heather looked at Ragnar. "You're a detective?"
Ragnar shrugged. "No, but I think we can put our heads together use good old common sense."
"You do realise that the twins are going to be part of that," said Astrid gesturing to the twins behind her.
"You don't have to worry about us," said Tuffnut.
Ruffnut nodded. "We think ourselves as ace detectives."
They then folded her arms and stood back to back one another. "We are Thorston and Thorston sleuths extraordinaire!"
Everyone then turned and looked at Heather, who facepalmed herself. "Don't listen to them, they've never sold a single crime."
Hiccup sighed. "Look I don't care how you go about it, just try and find some evidence to get me out of here."
"Leave it to us," said Ragnar confidently.
Meanwhile somewhere else in the kingdom, a convoy containing the Lord and his money were making their way down the road. He was busy counting the money when suddenly the carriage came to a stop and the sounds of battle were heard outside.
The Lord immediately shut his money bought in place block over it and cringed in fear. He could hear noises outside, but they soon vanished and he gave a sigh of relief. However, that was short lived when a sword pierced the roof of the carriage and immediately a fist went straight through its investor the Dragon Spirit.
The Lord shivered in fear as the Dragon Spirit drew his blades and immediately held out his money box. The Dragon Spirit immediately took it and when the Lord opened his eyes he found that he has completely vanished into thin air.
Meanwhile Astrid and the others were beginning their investigations on the alleged murder of Cadoc the Great. The mayor graciously let them to the edge of the cliff where there was a small temple and a statue of Cadoc the Great.
"This is the crime scene," he said and then immediately went to the very edge of the cliff and then gestured to a small footprint. "This is the footprint of the killer, Raburn. It was at sunset, 370 years ago today." He then pointed towards the temple. "That he emerged from the temple and struck Cadoc the Great." He then began making his way to the statue. "After that tragic day we built this statue to immortalise our great leader. Feel free to appreciate it."
The mayor then walked off.
"I really hate that guy," Snotlout muttered under his breath.
Ragnar immediately bent down to the statue and examined it and then made his way to the temple and examined the stone there.
"Now this is interesting," he said. "As far as I can tell this temple and statue were cut from the same stone."
Fishlegs blinked. "But the statue was made after Cadoc's death."
"Then that means that if they were built at the same time that means that Raburn never stepped foot in this temple," Astrid stared.
"That is a big hole in the mayor story, but it's not enough to prove Hiccup's innocence," Heather pointed out.
Ragnar sighed. "You're right."
"It's a shame we don't know where Raburn lived," said Snotlout folding his arms. "I mean maybe they had something that could prove Hiccup's innocence." Everyone just stared at him. "What?"
Ragnar blinked. "Nothing, it's just…"
"That we never expect you to say something quite as intelligent as that," said Astrid.
"Hey!" Snotlout yelled indignantly.
"Actually I might know where he lived," said Fishlegs raising a finger. "I studied pretty much all the Avatars in all the manuscript I could find, including the place of their birth. Raburn lived on a small island up in the North and when we were at the North Pole I know for a fact that the island inhabitants still exist there."
"Looks like we know where to go next," said Heather looking at the others.
Hiccup was currently still stuck in his cell waiting for the results of the investigation.
"So what are you in for?" said a voice in the darkness in front of Hiccup.
Then suddenly emerging was a muscular guy then immediately dashed over towards Hiccup. However he was stopped by the chain around his neck.
The man gave him a good look up and down. "You're going to fit in well around here," he said.
Hiccup smiled nervously.
Astrid and the others were making their way to Scorch Ice Island thanks to Fishlegs directions. They found the place was filled with active guises and there was indeed a small village located on the island and they immediately flew down towards it.
They were immediately greeted by a group of people in Water Tribe clothing, clearly they were intrigued by the appearance of several kids on board a different variety of dragons.
The village elder then approached them. "A bunch of teenagers riding different species of dragons. You must be the Avatar companions, I'm intrigued to find out what brought you to our humble village and why the Avatar is not with you."
Astrid looked at the elder. "I'm afraid that Avatar Hiccup is in jail. The townspeople of the town of Cadoc said that they murdered his leader in a past life."
"They say that it was Raburn," Ragnar added.
"Raburn?!" the elder yelled in rage. "That is crazy talk! I'll take you to his shrine, maybe something that will help you clear his name."
Soon the elder took the far corner of the island where the temple stood.
"This temple was converted into a shrine to Raburn," the elder explained as the entered. Inside they found many artefacts that once belonged to Raburn. "The clerics tell us these relics are still connected to his spirit." He then looked at a coat belonging to a Water Tribesman. "That is his coat."
"Look at the craftsmanship," said Fishlegs.
"Please refrain from touching anything," the elder pleaded.
"And this harpoon was his weapon?" Snotlout asked as he examined the harpoon in display.
"It's said that he killed a whale with that very harpoon," the elder nodded.
Astrid then noticed his boots. "These were his boots? His feet must have been enormous?"
The elder nodded. "The biggest of any Avatar."
Astrid's face lit up. "Wait a minute… big feet? Little footprints?"
Ragnar's eyes widened. "Then there must be no way that those footprints belonged to Raburn."
"Meaning there is nothing linking to him to the crime scene." Fishlegs added.
"Yeah, but that doesn't prove that he wasn't there," Snotlout pointed out.
Ragnar sighed. "He has to ruin everything doesn't it?"
Meanwhile in jail, Hiccup was having a conversation with the in mates, mostly about Astrid.
"This girl you're talking about will come around," said the man from earlier. "You just got to hang in there."
"You think so?" Hiccup asked as he removed the stocks, apparently they want as well fitted as the mayor believed.
"Sure!"
"Yeah!"
Hiccup frowned. "The problem is she's the daughter of my ex-girlfriend, that tends to complicate things."
"Well, clearly your ex moved on," said a skinny inmate.
"Not by choice."
"Well, if your ex really loved you then she should understand that you have to move on," said a chubby inmate.
"Yeah, but her daughter may not be interested in me," Hiccup pointed out.
The bearded inmate shook his head. "Hey, you're smart… handsome… brave… not to mention you're the Avatar."
"Never thought I did love advice from inmates," said Hiccup looking at them.
"Just don't be afraid to tell her how you feel," said the chubby inmate.
It was late in the afternoon and Astrid and the others were still trying to locate evidence to prove Hiccup's innocence. The elder then showed them a mural in a shrine, it showed Raburn defeating a bunch of Earth Kingdom soldiers.
"This piece is called the Hero of the North," said the elder. "It was made at sunrise, on the day that Raburn put an end to the Earth Rebellion. Why it was today in fact, 370 years ago."
That got their attention.
"370 years ago?" Ragnar stared. "Are you sure it was today?"
"You don't think that the village where Raburn was born would not celebrate the day he became a hero?" said elder raising an eyebrow.
"Well this battle took place at sunset not sunrise," said Ragnar gesturing to the mural. "Look at the shadows."
Astrid looked at them and her eyes widened. "They point east so the sun must have been at the west."
"So what?" the elder frowned.
"That means if Raburn was at a big battle at sunset, he couldn't have been at Cadoc committing the crime," Heather explained.
"Then she has an alibi," Fishlegs beamed.
Snotlout smirked. "I like to see the mayor get out of this one."
Later that night the immediately returned back to Cadoc and confronted the mayor with the evidence they had accumulated.
"Honourable mayor, we have prepared a solid defence for the Avatar," said Heather. "We did an investigation and found some very strong evidence."
The mayor raised an eyebrow. "Evidence? That's not how our court system works."
Immediately everyone was crestfallen and were afraid to ask the one question all on their minds. Hiccup finally found his courage to ask, though he had a strong idea he knew the answer.
"So how do I prove my innocence?" Hiccup asked curiously.
"Simple… I say what happened and then you say what happened," said the mayor gesturing between the two of them. "And then I decide who is right."
Everyone gasped in horror.
"That's why we collect justice, because it's just us," said the mayor and laughed as he left the cells.
"Da, da, da, I'm dead," Hiccup groaned.
"I'm really starting to hate this town," said Snotlout.
The next day, everyone had gathered around the statue of Cadoc and the mayor was quick to giving his version of the story.
"Everyone loved Cadoc the Great, because he was so great," the mayor began. He then turned his eyes onto Hiccup, who was still wearing the stocks and was now under guard. "Then the Avatar showed up and killed him and that's how it happened."
The mayor then walked off with a large smile on his face.
"The accused will now presents its argument," said the guard.
"You can do it, Hiccup," said Ragnar encouragingly. "Just remember the evidence."
"Right," said Hiccup, though his confidence was waning. "Okay ladies and gentlemen allow me to tell you what really happened and I'll do it with facts. Facts number one is that as Raburn I had very big feet, so there's no possible way that I could create such a small footprint."
Unfortunately no one seemed to be convinced by this remark.
"Second, your temple is made of the same stone as the statue, which was made after Cadoc's death," Hiccup continued. "As such it did not exist when I allegedly killed Cadoc."
Again and no one seems convinced by this fact.
"Lastly I was fighting on the battlefield 370 years ago against a would-be tyrant in the Earth Rebellion," Hiccup continued. "The battle took place at sunset, which was at the precise time when Cadoc had been killed meaning that I could not have been there at the alleged time."
Unfortunately no one was also convinced by this remark.
Astrid and the others were giving him encouraging smiles.
"He's dead," said Snotlout.
Meanwhile Bjorn had returned to their little camp where he found a brand-new and expensive tea set. That was the only thing in the cave now as they had a few more items.
"Looks like you've done some shopping," said Bjorn as he sat down and picked up the teapot. "But where did you get the money?"
"Do you like your new teapot?" Eret asked.
Bjorn then placed the teapot down. "To be honest with you the best tea tastes delicious when comes in a china cup or a tin cup." He then got to his feet and made his way over to his nephew. "I know we've had some difficult times lately. We had to struggle just to get by, but it's nothing to be ashamed of. There is a simple honour in poverty."
Eret didn't even look at him. "There is no honour for me without the Avatar."
Bjorn sighed. "Eret, even if you did capture the Avatar I'm not so sure it would solve our problems. Not now."
"Then there's no hope at all."
Eret was about to leave but Bjorn stopped him. "No Eret… you must never give in to despair. Allow yourself to slip down that road and you surrender to your lowest instincts. In the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself that is the meaning of inner strength."
Eret turned and looked at his uncle, but then he got up and left.
Meanwhile things were escalating back at Cadoc as Astrid and Heather were trying one last desperate attempt to clear Hiccup's name.
"My Lord Mayor, I like the court to hear one last testimony," said Astrid.
The mayor was furious. "I already told you it is just me and the accused. You can't call any witnesses!"
"This isn't just any witness," said Heather with a small smile. "We are going to call… Avatar Raburn himself!"
Everyone then began talking to one another stunned as emerging from the temple was Hiccup wearing the outfit of Raburn which they had borrowed from Scorch Ice Island. Of course, upon seeing Hiccup barely fitting Raburn's clothing they immediately stopped talking.
"I hope you know what you're doing," said Ragnar as the girls rejoined them.
"Well he is Hiccup's past life, maybe wearing his stuff will trigger something," said Astrid hopefully.
"That's a very long shot and a half," Snotlout noted.
"Don't see you coming with any better ideas," Fishlegs pointed out.
"This is a mockery of Cadoc's law!" the mayor yelled in frustration.
"Please if you wait one more second, I'm sure Raburn will be here," said Heather trying to convince herself as much as anyone.
The mayor however did not comply with the request. "This is ridiculous!" he roared as he made his way over to Hiccup. "For the murder of Cadoc the Great this court finds the Avatar…"
Then suddenly the entire sky went dark and water from the coast emerged from the sea and began to wrap itself around Hiccup. Then suddenly standing right in front of everyone was Avatar Raburn.
"I killed Cadoc the Conqueror," he said in a booming voice.
Immediately they had visions of Cadoc sitting on a throne like chair, in front of him was a person with a charter. However, he merely Earthbender ground beneath them sending them and flying.
"He was a horrible tyrant and attempted to overthrow the Earth King at the time," said Raburn. "Awaiting battle to soothe across the Earth Kingdom which upset the balance. Well hesitation I joined the fray and began pushing Cadoc as his forces back."
They immediately had visions of Cadoc reaching the coast and standing on several boats belonging to the Water Tribe were soldiers from the two Water Tribes. In the flagship was none other than Raburn himself looking at Cadoc with a solemn look.
"Instead of surrendering he kept on pushing and declared our immediate surrender," Raburn continued. "I warned him that if he did not surrender and submit to Earth Kingdom law that I would do whatever it took to take him down, but he would not back down."
That's when they discovered that Cadoc was quite short, in fact he was shorter than Hiccup. Despite his short appearance Cadoc immediately took up the fighting stanza the edge of the cliff and clearly was looking to make a bite out of it.
Raburn then immediately thrusted his hand forward unleashed a powerful burst of air that removed his clothing.
"On that day I put the end of the leader of the Earth Rebellion," Raburn continued.
Immediately Cadoc's eyes began to glow and suddenly water began to swirl around him lifting him into the air. He then raised his harpoon into the air and the entire coast began to shake and then suddenly lava began to spill out of the cracks with created by the earthquake, been forced up by Raburn himself. He then began spinning his harpoon around and unleashed a powerful burst of air that sent Cadoc's army flying.
However, Cadoc himself remains stubbornly behind and refused to move an inch. That proved to be his downfall as the ground beneath them began to give way and he felt his death. The only thing left of him was the footprint that he left behind, the same one that they saw yesterday.
"After that peace returned to the Earth Kingdom," Raburn finished.
Then suddenly a great tornado of water surrounded him yet again and Hiccup returned back to normal, unaware of what just happened. Astrid immediately rushed over to him and caught him in her arms.
"Now I know why remember the name," said Fishlegs facepalming himself. "Cadoc was the leader of the rebellion during the Earth Rebellion, the same one that Avatar Raburn defeated in battle."
Snotlout looked immensely annoyed. "Now you remember!"
"What happened?" Hiccup asked rubbing his forehead.
"Uh… you kind of confessed," said Astrid awkwardly.
"Great, just perfect," Hiccup groaned.
"And I find you guilty," said the mayor getting to his feet and brushing the dust off his shirt. "Bring out the wheel of punishment!"
The townspeople cheered.
Meanwhile at camp, Eret and soon returned and looked at Bjorn who had his back to him.
"Uncle, I thought about a lot about what you said," he said.
"You did?" said Bjorn rather surprised. "Good. Good."
"It helped me realise something… we no longer have anything to gain by travelling together," said Eret regretfully. Bjorn closed his eyes. "I need to find my own way."
Bjorn said nothing as Eret grabbed his rucksack and started to leave.
"Wait!" said Bjorn approaching him.
He then handed Eret their horse.
Eret mounted the horse and looked back at his uncle, before pulling on the reins and galloping off into the distance.
At the town of Cadoc, the will of punishment was being dragged by the guard. On a displayed several pictures of punishment and all of them were very gruesome, apart from one which was community service.
"The accused will now spin the wheel of punishment to determine his sentence," said the guard.
Hiccup looked back at the townspeople. "I said that I would face justice, so I will."
"You mean a mockery of justice," Ragnar muttered under his breath.
Hiccup immediately spun the wheel and the townspeople were looking forward to see what deadly painful punishment Hiccup would get. Astrid and the others on the other hand were very anxious, hoping that he would get the one non-deadly punishment.
"Come on, torture machine!"
"Eaten by a bear!"
"Razor pit!"
"Community service! Please, stop at community service!" Heather begged.
The wheel then began to slow down and then it stopped on boiled in oil.
"Looks like it's boiled in oil," said the guard.
The townspeople immediately cheered and Astrid and the others grimaced.
However, then they were rudely interrupted by an explosive device which blew the temple apart. Everyone turned and saw looking down at them were the five Rumblehorns riders that Hiccup and the others met a few days ago.
Their leader looked down at them. "We claim this village for the Fire Emperor! Now show me your leader so that I may…" The man with the spear then immediately sliced through the statue of Cadoc, causing it to crumble to dust, "dethrone him."
"That's him over there!" said a villager pointing at the mayor.
The mayor immediately panicked and hit behind the wheel of punishment and looked at Hiccup. "You… Avatar. Do something!"
A small smile appeared on Hiccup's face and he looked his fingernails. "Gee, I would love to help, but I'm supposed to be boiled in oil."
The mayor quickly turned the wheel to community service. "There community service! Now serve our community and get rid of those Rumblehorns!"
Hiccup smiled and immediately charged at the soldiers, removing Raburn's clothing. The soldier with the spear then immediately charged at him, but pulled out Raburn's harpoon and immediately spun like a staff unleashing a burst of air sending the man flying into the air. He then spun the harpoon yet again hitting the man with another burst of air causing him to go over the cliff.
His Rumblehorn, however started to impress at the bands onto the mayor, who was still hiding behind the wheel punishment. It then stuck its horns right through it, fortunately they missed the mayor, who looked down and saw that its front horn went in between his legs just missing his crotch.
Hiccup then turned to the leader of the squad, who wasn't too happy. "Rough Rumblehorns! To the town!"
The remaining Rough Rumblehorns then charged at the town and the archer began firing fiery arrows directly at the building setting them alight. Their leader then used his Firebending to do the same thing and the townspeople began screaming in a panic. The explosive expert began dashing across the street tossing his explosive willy-nilly and the one with the chains began tearing down houses with them.
Heather then immediately placed herself in front of him and he immediately tossed his change towards. However she summoned the water from her gourd and froze it instantly causing the chains that bounce off and wrapped themselves around him. Since he was now trapped, she then struck his Rumblehorn with her water whip causing it to gallop off uncontrollably.
Snotlout found himself facing against the explosive expert, who kept on tossing his explosives directly at him. However, Snotlout slammed his foot into the ground creating an earth wall blocking the explosives. He then immediately sunk into the ground leaving the explosives expert temporarily confused and appeared directly behind him in his blindspot and fired a boulder knocking him off his Rumblehorn.
Ragnar was facing against the archer with staff in hand, and bowed himself deflecting the shots from the archer. He then immediately spun into the air unleashing air current that distinguish the flames on his bow. Then the moment he landed on the ground he landed on his back and performed a spin sending another air current, this time aimed at the Rumblehorn's legs causing it to lose its balance and hitting the ground hard and then Ragnar slammed his staff sideways foreseen in burst of air destroying the archer knocking him off his Rumblehorn and into the nearest building.
Hiccup meanwhile was facing against their leader down an alleyway. The two of them looked at one another without blinking and that's when the leader summoned a fireball within the palm of his hand. Hiccup then made his move and charged towards him and he did the same leaving a trail of flames behind.
Hiccup immediately jumped into the air and the leader immediately unleashed his claims right above him. However hiccup quickly dispelled them with his own firebending and landed behind him. He then quickly summoned an air scooter and speeded towards him as quickly as he could avoiding the leaders by a blast.
He then quickly went behind him and fired a fireball directly at him, unfortunately the leader pounding was quick and avoided the attack. They then quickly turned around and faced one another once again and then they charged at one another. The leader immediately summoned a fireball and aimed towards Hiccup, but thrusted his leg forward unleashing a burst of flames that went straight through it and struck the leader knocking him off his Rumblehorn and straight into some crates.
Later that night the entire town were celebrating the heroics of Hiccup and the others and apparently have forgotten all about Cadoc's so-called murder.
"For now on we will celebrate the new Avatar Day!" the mayor announced to the townsfolk. "In honour of the day when Avatar Hiccup, saved us from the Rough Rumblehorn invasion!"
Snotlout looked down at his bowl. "What is this?"
Inside each bowls word dough dolls made look like Hiccup, but they had been cooked.
"That's our new festival food," said the mayor smiling. "I'm fried dough, maybe even it and be reminded how on this day the Avatar was not boiled in oil."
The entire townsfolk then cheered.
Hiccup looked at the others and knowing that they had very little choice, don't into the dough dolls.
"Happy Avatar Day everyone," said Heather.
They immediately began tracing the dough and it had very little taste due to the fact that it wasn't fried.
Snotlout just looked at his dough. "This is by far the worst town we've ever been to."
Silently everyone agreed with him.