Three weeks... I'm so sorry, really! This chapter took ages to write. I should go back to preparing chapters in advance, otherwise the next update might take another 3 weeks. Shoutouts:

Astrid Erica Lokison: Thank you! I hope you like this one too.

Luna: I will. I'll first finish this and then probably take a break and use it to rewrite the story.

Exposer: I looked it up as soon as a read your review. I didn't notice it :-D

I really hope you'll like this chapter. Enjoy!

Crisis Meeting

(Scene cuts to all of the Berkians inside the great hall at night, just after the attack.)

„Those are way more people than currently. What happened?" Stoick breathed.

„Um. The dragon raids stopped, sir." Tamina answered helpfully.

Hiccup: Alright! Alright, everybody! Settle down, please!

(Everyone keeps shouting and talking)

Hiccup: Fishlegs, have you ever seen that species of dragon before?

(Fishlegs, shocked after being shot by Grimmel's dart, puts his thumb up but then faints and falls off his chair.)

Snotlout and the twins snickered.

„Could you stop, guys? If you had been hit by that dart, your would have reacted the same way." I yelled after rolling my eyes.

Spitelout: Let me at 'em!

Viking: I'll give him a piece of my mind. And by mind, I mean fist!

(The Viking punches another Viking in the face.)

Hiccup: Did you miss the part where we almost died? Have you seen my house? This is a new kind of enemy and I underestimated him. Now, that's on me. But I will not do that again.

Snotlout: We're Vikings! We don't run from a fight. At least I don't. You might.

(Snotlout points at Eret.)

„Jealousy" Tamina whispered in a sing-sang.

Eret: I agree with Hiccup. We haven't seen the last of Grimmel. He's a predator, single-minded and patient. He won't stop until he gets what he wants.

Valka: I'm with Eret.

(Snotlout looks at Valka amazed and then angrily at Eret.)

Valka: We have to take this threat seriously.

Hiccup: Grimmel is just a sign of the times. Our enemies are getting smarter, more determined. We're not just overcrowded. We are exposed, and vulnerable. Short of full blown war and risking everyone we love, I don't... I don't see a way of staying here any longer.

„WHAT?!" Stoick boomed in outrage. „Don't you dare leaving the island to this man!"

„Sir." I tried to calm him. „Would you please listen and explode later?" I asked carefully, trying not to enrage him any further.

(Everyone starts talking. However, Astrid throws her axe on the table to get everyone's attention.)

Astrid: Hey! Hear him out!

(Astrid sits back down and nods at Hiccup.)

Hiccup: If we want to live in peace with our dragons, we need a better plan.

Gobber: So, what are you saying, Chief?

Hiccup: I'm saying we have to disappear off the map. Take the dragons to a place where no one will find them.

„Um. Technically you can't just disappear." Fishlegs spoke up.

Male Viking: And where might that be?

Astrid: He's talking about a quest for the Hidden World.

Female Viking: The hidden what?

Ruffnut: Out to lunch.

Hiccup: My father was obsessed with it when I was a boy. He made notes and maps in search of the ancestral home of all dragons... tucked away somewhere beyond the edge of the world. It may be the solution we need. We're dragon people. It's where we belong.

„So, apparently I'll never find this hidden world in life." Stoick said, sounding a bit disappointed.

(The Berkians don't sound like they can believe what Hiccup is saying.)

Hiccup: Look, I know this is our home. My father left me to protect it.

„His voice cracked again." Tamina whispered to me.

(Some of the Berkians look like they are starting to believe)

Hiccup: But Berk is more than this place. We are Berk! The people! The dragons! I say Berk is wherever we go.

(The twins are sitting on a bench and look bored until Tuffnut jumps up.)

Tuffnut: I'm with him! Who else?

Exodus!

(Scene changes in the sky with all the Berkians and their dragons on the adventure to The Hidden World.)

(On a ship, being carried by a dragon, a sheep is wearing a dragon outfit. It bleats proudly until he spots a dragon which makes it duck back in the ship.)

There was laughter sounding all around the room.

Fishlegs: Excuse me. Coming through. Just skipping through here. Fishmeat, eat your rocks. Eat your rocks.

(Fishlegs flies through with Fishmeat crying and excited.)

(Fishlegs gives Fishmeat a rock to eat. Fishmeat eats it vigorously)

Snotlout: Gah! People who fly with babies are the worst!

(Snotlout ducks as Fishmeat's lava blast hits Snotlout's seat.)

Gobber: I feel like I'm always asking you this question but- woah!

(Gobber suddenly loses control of his dragon, Grump.)

Gobber:Wing up, Grump! Wing up!

(Hiccup uses his spyglass to look at the horizon.)

Gobber: Is there an actual plan or-

Hiccup: Just keep flying until we reach the end of the world.

Gobber: Ah, seems sensible.

(The scene changes at Berk. All of the dragon trappers, warlords and Grimmel are on the empty island.)

Chaghatai: So? Where are they!?

Grimmel: Gone. Obviously.

Griselda: The Night Fury escaped you? Again!

Grimmel: I encouraged it. They've abandoned their own little defensible position.

„So it was his plan all along? And apparently we fell for it." Gobber shook his head in disbelief.

(Scene changes back with the Berkians.)

Grimmel: Running scared with what little they can carry.

Snotlout: Ugh. It just keeps going.

Tuffnut: That's because the world is actually round.

(Hiccup rolls his eyes, shakes his head and then keeps looking through his spyglass.)

The vikings chuckled in disbelief.

„He's actually right, you know. The world is round."

„But if it were true, wouldn't it make this serach pointless?"

I shook my head. „Not at all."

Tuffnut: The sun is round. Moon is round.

(Astrid chuckles, shakes her head and looks at Valka.)

(Toothless senses something.)

Tuffnut: Stars are round. Even though they're small and stupid.

(Ruffnut laughs.)

Tuffnut: Right, stars?

(Scene changes back at Berk again.)

Grimmel: They won't get far. The Night Fury is distracted. I introduced him to your female.

(Scene changes back with the Berkians again. Toothless is sensing something again.)

Grimmel: Furies mate for life, you see.

Hiccup: What you picking up on, bud?

„It's her." I said quietly.

(The Light Fury is seen to have been following the Berkians.)

Astrid: (gasps) The Light Fury!

Valka: She's following us!

(The Light Fury shoots a plasma blast and turns invisible.)

Tuffnut: Where did she go? Is she made of the sky?

(Toothless flies to where the Light Fury turned invisible.)

Hiccup: Woah! Hold up, Toothless!

(Toothless, very excited, looks in all directions searching for the Light Fury. Hiccup looks behind and spots the Light Fury.)

Hiccup: Well, look who it is!

Tamina and I started laughing, which earned us questioning looks by the vikings.

(However, the Light Fury looks angry and as if she is going to grab him.)

Hiccup: Uh...

(The Light Fury grabs Hiccup)

Hiccup: Aah! Oh, hey. It's really nice to finally-

(The Light Fury throws Hiccup away and he falls down in the sky.)

Hiccup: Waaaaaah!

(The Light Fury looks at Toothless like she has done something really good. Toothless looks awkward and flies down to save his rider. The Light Fury looks stunned. Toothless saves Hiccup and flies back with the others.)

„Look, I got you rid of that human. - Thanks, I think. But wait, I just need to rescue my human. - What?" I added simoultaneously to the silent conversation between the dragons.

„She looks so proud of herself!" Tamina said smiling while cuddling my plush Light Fury.

Hiccup: Not a word.

(Toothless looks at the sky, trying to see if the Light Fury is there again but she isn't which makes him upset.)

(Scene changes back on Berk.)

Ragnar: Yeah yeah yeah. Yes. But where did they go?

Grimmel: (sighs) Do I have to explain this? Night Furies can't survive in the cold so they haven't gone north.

„This explanation is illogical. Berk is quite a cold place to live."

The viking nodded in agreement.

(Grimmel crosses off the north of the map.)

Grimmel: They're trying to put distance between themselves and enemies to the east and south...

(Grimmel crosses off the east and south on the map.)

Grimmel: ...And Night Furies cannot fly long distances without rests.

(While Grimmel was saying this, Hiccup discovers there is an island ahead of them on there search.)

Grimmel: Their flight path must include stops.

Fishlegs: Potty break!

„Point proved." Tamina smirked.

(They fly to the island for a break.)

Grimmel: Therefore, they've gone... They can only have gone... Does anyone want to take a guess?

(Scene is back on Berk.)

Grimmel: Anyone? W-w-w-w-w?

Ragnar: Ah! East!

I rolled my eyes. Really, how dumb can a man be?

(Ragnar places a wooden boat on to east of the map)

Grimmel: West! Hmm? Simple, you see. Oh oh, Isn't this fun? Yes? No.

Griselda: Ugh.

(Griselda pushes Ragnar out of the way and walks off.)

Grimmel: Yes. Yes.

(Chaghatai also walks off in disappointment.)

Grimmel: Where is your love of the hunt? I thought you were conquerors! You'll have your prize, in time. Just allow me a few more days to enjoy this. I have dearly missed it.

„So. They really left? Completely?" Stoick asked in disbelief.

What do you say? I honestly like how it turned out. And again: I'm sorry that it once again took so long. See you next time!