Hiccup and his group were following Chopper's direction and were almost to the dancing hall.
"Ragnar, Fishlegs and Snotlout fell; you sure it's okay to just leave them down there?" Chopper.
"Don't worry about it; those guys can take care of themselves," said Hiccup. "Besides, you were going after Moria. We had better hurry it up. We've got taken by surprise while we still can."
"You said it; the faster we beat him, the faster we can get out of this creepy place," Chopper agreed. "up ahead should be the dance hall where you lost your shadow; if we keep going forward after that, we will hit a giant refrigerator; that's the last place we saw Moria."
"Sounds good," said Hiccup.
They turned right and entered the dancing hall, where they came face-to-face with Hogback and Cindry.
Hogback looked surprised to see them. "I thought Perona was supposed to take care of you miscreants."
"Doctor Hogback," Chopper glared.
"A reindeer? But why is it talking?" Hogback frowned.
"The infamous Doctor Hogback, I presume," said Heather.
"I remember you; you are hanging out with Moria," said Hiccup as he cracked his knuckles. "Guess that means I can take you down."
"Let's not be hasty!" said Hogback frantically.
"Don't do it, Hiccup," said Chopper, and Hiccup turned to look at him. "I have a bone to pick with this guy; let me fight him. You see that big metal door behind you? That leads to the refrigerator; go on ahead."
Hiccup looked at the entrance to the refrigerator and then back to Chopper. "Okay, you guys."
Hiccup then began making his way to the refrigerator.
"How rude, you can't just ignore me and waltz your way to Moria!" said Hogback. "Get him, Cindry, no mercy!"
"As you wish," said Cindry as she held out a large array of plates and then began tossing them at Hiccup. "One… two…"
"She's throwing plates?" Hiccup stared as he dodged them.
Hogback laughed. "Keep it up, Cindry! Good!"
"I'm not going to miss this time," said Cindry. "Three…"
However, before she could toss another plate, arms bloomed from her body, grabbing her arm.
"Once that coming out of you, Cindry?" Hogback stared.
Cindry struggled to free herself and accidentally dropped to plate onto the ground.
Hogback then turned his eyes to Heather, realising that she was the culprit. "It's you!"
"Go on ahead, Captain," Heather smiled.
"You got it," Hiccup smiled back. "Thanks, Heather."
He then ran towards the refrigerator.
"I told you to stop ignoring me!" Hogback yelled, running after him.
"Hey, Hogback!" Chopper yelled.
Hogback turned and saw Chopper transformed into his hybrid form.
"You have no right to call yourself a doctor any more; I've lost all respect for you!" he glared.
"I didn't recognise you at first, Doctor Chopper," said Hogback. "So you have Zoan Type Devil Fruit powers; I must admit you're a fascinating creature. I don't know how you manage to escape after they carry you through Perona's garden, but that is irrelevant now. I found you again, and I won't let you get away a second time. Your shadow will be mine. No, rather, I should have an interesting body of yours turn into a marionette, and I'll have your friends help."
Heather and Chopper gasped as walking into the dance hall were Toothless and Ragnar's zombies.
"That penguin, that's the zombie with Ragnar's shadow," said Chopper.
"Then the drake of the swords must be Toothless' zombie," said Heather.
Hogback looked at the two zombies. "Now mop the floor with their faces."
"Of course, Doctor Hogback," they said.
They then started to approach them, and the two of them immediately took up fighting stances.
"So, which one is first?" Deathbringer asked the penguin.
"The crappy reindeer," said the penguin.
Hiccup, meanwhile, was making his way through the refrigerator, and you can believe just how long the hallway was.
"Why do they have to make the hallway so long?" said Hiccup, but seconds later, he could see the exit. "All right, finally."
He stared at the size of the place and could only imagine how big the zombie was, but then he saw sitting next to the doorway was Moria.
"There you are," said Hiccup.
"Oh, you again," said Moria looking immensely bored.
Meanwhile, on the bridge, the rest of the Dragon Riders just stared at the sheer size of Oars.
"This thing is too fricking huge!" Eret stared. "And look at those haunted climb out of hell itself? I've never seen anything like this. Is this thing really a zombie?"
"Holy crap," Toothless stared.
"Hiccup," said Ragnar.
"You know I wasn't so terrified right now; that would be super cool," said Tuffnut.
"Right with you on that one, bro," said Ruffnut.
"He can kill us with just one single blow!" Fishlegs cried.
"But I'm too handsome to die!" Snotlout wined.
Oars then looked down at them, and everyone expected him to attack them or something, but he just merely walked away.
"I don't know who you are, but I have other priorities," he said as he left. "Don't cause me any trouble, and I won't cause you any trouble."
"What just happened?" Fishlegs asked. "Why didn't he attack us."
"Because to him, we're weak, and Hiccup would never attack the weak and helpless as if he could help it," said Ragnar.
"Who you calling weak?" Snotlout spat.
"From his perspective, we are, to him, nothing more than insects, so we're not really worth his time," Ragnar explained.
"It is hard to believe, but it really does act like Hiccup, doesn't it?" said Toothless. "Something that's huge with his fighting powers is going to give us hell."
"On top of that, he doesn't seem to be too bright, he may have traces of Hiccup's personality, but he doesn't have his intelligence," said Ragnar. "Why else would he jump down a building that could not possibly support his weight."
"Giant zombie aside, we have another immediate problem," said Fishlegs as he looked at the destroyed bridge. "The bridge to the mansion where the mast is are completely destroyed."
"Along with the stairs above us," Ragnar added.
"And it's way too far for us to jump," said Toothless.
"If we can't go over or through, then we can go under?" Tuffnut suggested as he looked over the edge.
"Yeah, there has to be another way to get there," Ruffnut nodded.
"We have a shortcut laid out for us, but now we're going to have to go through some scary way for the zombies," Fishlegs whimpered.
"Just give me 30 seconds; I've got this!" Eret yelled as he hammered away.
They turned around and were completely stunned as somehow Eret had managed to create a bridge for them. Only had he created a little amount of time, but it was very sturdy, and he had put a lot of effort into the details.
Eret frowned. "I'm not happy with how this railing turned out."
"You built a bridge?" they stared dumbfounded.
Eret shrugged. "There were wood and scraps everywhere; if I can flow together a bridge or two, I would be a damn disgrace."
"If you say so, but for a makeshift bridge, you sure put a lot of effort into the details," Fishlegs noted.
"You saying that you want me to do a half-ass construction job?" he said.
"Nah, you don't hear me complaining," said Ragnar. "Now, let's get moving; we've wasted enough time as it is."
They then ran across the bridge towards the mansion on the other side and opened the giant wooden doors. They kept going until they entered what appeared to be someone's bedroom, a girly bedroom judging by all the stuffed animals.
"Does a princess live here?" Ragnar blinked.
"I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this," said Toothless.
"Uh, guys, we've got company," said Ruffnut pointing above them.
"Yeah, the ghostly kind," said Tuffnut.
They looked up and saw ghosts flying above them, and then they heard laughter and that when they noticed sitting on a couch was Perona.
"I was going to have my zombies grab you at the stairs by the bridge," she said. "But I suppose that plan fell through, quite literally. Oars is already reborn, and he's causing a nuisance. My patience is running very thin tonight."
"It's those ghosts again," said Toothless. "So it was her controlling them all this time? What the hell are those things anyway?"
Perona merely got up and laughed. "Oh my, is that fear I sense in your voice? I won't blame you after what happened last time."
Toothless, Ragnar, Eret and the twins glared at her; they had rather unpleasant memories of when the ghosts passed through them. They watched as ghostly orbs shot out of the palm of her hands, and they immediately transformed into ghosts.
"I can create ghosts upon my command with the power of the Hollow-Hollow Fruit," she explained. "You can think of them as a sort of extension of myself. They could enter your heart and crush your spirit. This should be fun, for me at least."
"That certainly explains a few things," said Ragnar.
"We need to move; if we get hit by even one of those things, it's all over for us!" said Fishlegs.
"He's right; we've got to run!" Eret agreed.
"I don't want to lose my dignity again," said Toothless.
"Retreat!" Eret yelled as they immediately turned around and ran.
"Negative Hollow!" Perona yelled, sending the ghosts flying towards them.
Sadly for the Dragon Riders, they were moving too fast and easily caught up to them, passing through them. Perona smiled as her ghosts returned to her as the Dragon Riders collapsed.
"I'm dumber than a macro; I should just die," said Ragnar.
"I know, bro!" Eret cried. "I wish a stray dog would step on me!"
"I should just crawl around like a worm and eat dirt," said Toothless.
"How could I possibly think that I could navigate anyone? I'm completely worthless," said Fishlegs.
"I wish I was a girl," said Tuffnut.
"I wish I was a boy," said Ruffnut.
Satisfied, Perona turned towards her Wild Zombies that had gathered. "Capture them."
They nodded and immediately descended upon the Dragon Riders.
"Well, that was easy," Perona smiled as she began to leave the room. "All that's left of the three above us."
However, completely out of nowhere, someone tossed balls of salt into the Wild Zombies right into their mouths. Perona turnaround stunned as a group of zombies were purified, and their shadows shot out of their bodies.
"Who did that?" she demanded.
Then to her astonishment, she found Snotlout standing there, looking completely unfazed by her negative ghosts.
"Like I'm gonna let you hurt my crew," said Snotlout as he tossed the balls of salt in his hand up and down.
"Tricky punk!" Perona glared. "You acted like you got hit just so you could surprise me, but don't worry, I won't miss a second time." She then raised her palm towards him. "Negative Hollow!"
She then fired it goes directly at Snotlout, and he didn't even try to avoid it. The ghost went straight through him and caused him to stumble slightly, but he was able to remain standing.
"What?" Perona stared in confusion.
"My name is Captain Snotlout," he said with a smile.
"I don't get it? Why don't my attacks don't do anything to you? I know I didn't miss this time! What is this? What kind of power have you got?"
"Power has nothing to do a bit; I'm just that awesome," said Snotlout. "Snotlout, Snotlout! Oi, oi, oi!"
"What?" Perona stared.
Everyone just stared at Snotlout as they tried to figure out what was going on.
"Why didn't he fall like the others?" the koalas asked.
"I think it's because he has an overinflated ego," said the Panda.
"You mean he's so self-centred that he is unaffected by the negative ghosts?"
"That would appear to be the case."
"No, Mistress Perona!" the kangaroo cried.
'It can't be; no human is immune to the Negative Hollows,' said Perona stunned and toppled over in shock. 'They have the power to empty your heart.'
"Perona!" the Wild Zombies cried.
'So long as humans are alive, they are always looking towards the future, moving forward one step at a time, but this man he…' said Perona staring at Snotlout. "You're pretty cool."
"I know, right. Snotlout, Snotlout! Oi, oi, oi!" Snotlout smiled and then looked back at the others. "Come on, you guys, for yourselves together. Do I have to do everything around here? I mean, last I checked, we had to rescue Astrid as well as get your shadows back."
Toothless and the others slowly began to recover from the negative ghosts, and they were completely astonished by Snotlout.
"I suppose I just have to deal with this girl if you guys are not strong enough," Snotlout sighed. "I suggest you guys run if you can't stand a chance against her."
They just stared at him stunt.
"I can't believe it," said Eret.
"Snotlout actually looks cool for once," said Ragnar.
"An annoyingly, he is right," said Fishlegs.
"I can't believe we're getting rescued by Snotlout of all people," said Ruffnut in disbelief.
"We're never going to hear the end of it," said Tuffnut.
"Is he really that arrogant?" said Toothless stunned.
"Little turd," Perona growled.
"We'll leave this fight to you," said Ragnar.
"Take them down!" Tuffnut yelled.
"And give that girl a punch from me!" said Ruffnut.
Snotlout turned and saw that the Dragon Riders were now leaving the bedroom. "Hey, don't leave me! At least help me take down the zombies first!"
Sadly they had already left, and they slowly turned back around to see an angry Perona with a group of Wild Zombies behind her.
"That's fine. I'll just pound you to death," she said.
Snotlout took up a fighting stance and raised his fists.
Meanwhile, Absalom's wedding was underway in a chapel and every single Zombie General, apart from Deathwing, were in attendance. He had a zombie soldier prop Astrid up, who was still unconscious and now wearing a wedding dress, and he made everything legal by using the zombie of a deceased chaplain.
"Do you, Absalom promise to take Astrid as your awfully wedded wife, to have and hold in good times and bad, in sickness and in health?" said the chaplain.
"Damn straight," said Absalom.
The Zombie Generals cheered.
"Do you, Astrid, promise to take Absalom as your husband, to have and hold in good times and bad, in sickness and in health?" said the chaplain.
The zombie that was holding Astrid then began to move her lips and speak for her, making his voice sound as girly as possible.
"Oh yes, I sure do. I think that he is so cute."
The Zombie Generals then cheered once more.
The chaplain then closed his Bible. "You may now kiss the bride."
Absalom stood there speechless and smiled, barely able to contain his excitement. He then grasped Astrid's shoulders tantalisingly and slowly brought his lips to hers, wanting to savour this moment.