Everyone in the auction house was gobsmacked; never before had anyone punched a Celestial Dragon. Hiccup hit him so hard that he fell unconscious instantly and looked like he had lost a few teeth.

The rest of the Dragon Riders stood there solemnly; none could honestly blame Hiccup for punching the Celestial Dragon.

"H-He hit Saint Charlie," said a stunned Celestial Knight.

Octron, Pappagu and Camie were completely horrified by what they just witnessed.

"Ch-Charlie…" Saint Oswald gasped.

Trafalgar and Dagur were the only ones in the crowd amused by what just happened.

Hiccup looked at the Dragon Riders. "Sorry, gang. I'm afraid this means a Navy Admiral is on the way with the Navy warship."

"I'm just pissed I didn't get a cut-down," said Toothless. "You beat me to it."

Fishlegs quickly rushed over to Octron. "Octron, just hang in there."

"Do you know just how much trouble you guys are in right now?" Octron winced.

Fishlegs shrugged. "When aren't we in trouble?"

"True, we seem to attract trouble like a magnet," Ragnar chuckled.

"And it's not like there was any other choice," said Astrid plainly.

"That's that then, I guess we're fighting," said Eret.

"First off, we've got to get the key to Camie's collar," said Chopper. "It's probably backstage. In the meantime, I will tend to Octron's wound."

Saint Oswald was still stunned by the state of his son. "Ch-Charlie…"

"Dear brother! What have they done to you?" Saint Shari gasped. "No one has ever laid a hand on him, not even your Father."

"You scum!" Saint Oswald roared. "How dare you raise a hand to my son!"

He then held out his cane, which turned out to be a hidden rifle and fired several shots at Hiccup, but he was just as a terrible shock as his son and all the shops miss. However, this did cause everyone in the audience to panic.

"H-He angered the Dragons. Are they crazy?"

"Run for your lives!"

Everyone in the audience immediately ran towards the entrance.

"Hurry, keep moving!"

"Quit pushing!"

"Our righteous bloodline is directly descended to the creators of this world!" Saint Oswald yelled as he continued to fire at Hiccup. "You'll suffer for your dissidence!"

Ragnar quickly ran up to him and kicked the rifle out of his hands. "No one gives a damn who you're related to!"

"That bastard kicked Saint Oswald!" said a Celestial Knight as he and another rushed to his aid.

Ragnar then quickly somersaulted backwards and struck the two knights with a pair of powerful kicks. He then turned to Eret, who was coming down the stairs backwards, battling against another one of the Knights.

"Hey, Eret! Go and free Camie!" Ragnar yelled.

"I'm on it! Just leave it to me!" said Eret.

More Knights were trying to enter the auction house, though that was not easy with a crowd trying to exit it.

"Seize them, guards! Capture those pirates!"

They didn't just have to deal with the Celestial Knights, but Disco men rushing to the stage with weapons.

"There are tons of them!" Chopper yelled.

Backstage, things were rather confused and chaotic as a slaver rushed in to inform the others of the situation.

"Are you serious?"

They then immediately rushed onto the stage to assist.

The only two sleighs remaining were Rayleigh and the giant, who couldn't help but notice the commotion outside.

"Quite the ruckus," said the giant. "Sounds like something is going down."

Rayleigh took another swig from his hip flask, discovering it was empty. "All out. Well, that settles it."

"Settles what?" the giant asked.

The Dragon Riders were still battling against the Celestial Knight and Disco's men in the auction house.

"What kind of fool risks their lives to save a lousy fish?" a Celestial Knight asked, perplexed.

Hiccup then transformed into his hybrid form. "Plasma Blast!"

He fired a plasma blast from a group of Celestial Knights that charged at him. Astrid was dancing around, easily overpowering the night with her axe. Toothless, too, was jumping around, cutting down Knights with his sword, but then he suddenly found himself surrounded.

"Got you now!"

"Dragon Twister!" Toothless yelled, creating a miniature hurricane that sent them flying as they swarmed him.

Eret was making his way to the stage, tossing a few of Disco's men, who had cleaned onto his body.

"Strong Right!" he yelled, launching his fist at a group of Knights behind him, and then he quickly spun around facing another group. "Fresh Fire!"

He unleashed fire breath, immediately setting the Knights alight.

"Such senseless violence," said Saint Shari as she watched the Dragon Riders overpowering their men.

Saint Oswald was furious at this display of defiance. "Brutal scum."

Fishlegs was running away from a group of knights chasing him.

"Get back here!" they yelled.

"No! Stay away!" he yelled.

He tripped over one of the steps and rolled down before landing on one of the seats. The Knight then surrounded him, thinking they had him cornered, but he merely smiled at them.

"Armour in a storm? Not so smart," he said.

The Knights frowned in confusion until they saw a dark thundercloud hovering above them.

Fishlegs then placed his gauntlets together, forming the Lightning Ball. "Thunderbolt Tempo!"

Lightning and rain down from the cloud above them, electrocuting them.

"Sorry," said Fishlegs as he picked himself up.

Saint Oswald was losing his temper as he saw Eret taking down another group of knights with his Gatling gun arm. He turned his eyes to Toothless, who quickly cut down his phone with a single blade. He could see Ragnar shattering the armour of his Knight with his kicks. Astrid is also easily overpowering his Knights, taking down an entire group with a single swing of her axe.

"You insist on defying us to the very end," he growled. "Why can't you just accept your fate?"

"Dragon Fist!" Hiccup roared, swinging his fist at a Knight, sending him flying into a group of others. He then glared at Saint Oswald. "Back down. Our friend is not for sale!"

"Summon in a Navy Admiral and a warship!" Saint Oswald ordered one of his aides. "We'll make those pirates suffer!"

Snotlout was still riding on his flying fish to the Auction House.

"Shouldn't we be there by now?" he asked his Rider.

"We're on Grove 1 now, hold on!" he said.

They then heard the transponder snail ringing, and the Rider answered it. "Dragon, the War Maiden, the young master, the swordsman, the cyborg, the navigator and the reindeer have all arrived."

"If they're all there, that just leaves Heather, the twins, Skull and me," said Snotlout. "The Snot can't be the last to arrive!"

He then began shaking his Rider, making him go even faster. He reached the throttle, causing a frying fish to take off, but he ended up flung off him.

"Wow, the wind feels great," he said obliviously, but then suddenly realised that he was falling and screamed.

He then suddenly felt something wrapping around his waist; it turned out to be Heather, who had formed a rope out of her hands. She could grab him and put him back on his Flying Fish.

"I owe you one," Snotlout groaned.

"What the hell are you doing jumping off midflight like that?" his Rider growled.

"Your reckless driving shook me off!" Snotlout snapped.

"Thanks, happy to help, bye," said Heather as she flew by.

"We'll see you when you get there," said Skull as he flew past.

"Try not to be late," said the twins in unison as they flew over him.

"Wait for me!" Snotlout yelled. "I should be in the lead, you guys!"

At Grove 1, everyone was panicking, running away from the auction house.

"As suicidal pirate punched a Celestial Dragon!"

"There's a warship on the way from Navy headquarters!"

Marines had already gathered around the auction house and set up some defences.

Inside the auction house, the buyers were still running for their lives.

"I can't believe this," said one of them. "Those rude, inconsiderate pirates! I didn't get a chance to collect my slaves!" He then bumped into someone. "What way you're going!"

He then ran past him, who turned out to be Rayleigh, who pickpocketed him, stealing all his money. "Oh, I was watching carefully. I think I can find a more productive use for all this money than trading it for someone's misery."

Hiccup and the others were still battling against the Celestial Knights and Disco's men. They weren't challenging by themselves, but there were many of them. Hiccup and Astrid then found themselves fighting back-to-back.

"They keep on coming," said Hiccup.

"Yeah, no kidding," Astrid agreed.

"Now you die!" said three Celestial Knights as they jumped at them.

"Duck!" Toothless yelled. Hiccup and Astrid quickly hit the deck. "36 Calibre Phoenix!"

He then swung his sword, unleashing his slashing attack, which cut down the celestial Knights and sliced the top off Camie's fish tank.

"Camie!" Octron yelled.

"Octron!" Camie cried.

"Are you okay? Those creeps didn't hurt you, did they?"

"I'm okay, but you… that Dragon shot you."

"Nothing to worry about," he assured her as Chopper had already patched him up. "Come on, you oughta know me better than that. No measly bullet can keep me down. Just hang in there, Camie; we're getting you out of here."

Chopper nodded.

"Right!" Camie smiled. "Octron, thank you."

"So the rumours are true," said Killer.

"Yeah, he is crazy," Dagur smiled.

"Dragon Conqueror Hiccup," said Trafalgar, intrigued. "300 million… that's some bounty."

The Life Riders were now directly over the auction house, and they noticed all the commotion.

"My, we're missing the party," said Heather. "Look at the entrance. It looks completely blocked."

"Guess the others can start without us," said Ruffnut.

"Saved us from causing any trouble," said Tuffnut.

"Goodness, what a quandary," said Skull. "Well, then let's crash right through."

"You got it!" said the Riders.

"What?!" Snotlout stared. "Can't we speak our way in instead?"

"Let's go," said Heather as they immediately dived towards the auction house.

Moments later, they smashed right through the auction house, causing everyone inside to panic.

"More Flying Fish?!"

"Thanks a lot," said Heather as she hopped off her Flying Fish.

"Best of luck," said her Rider.

Heather then quickly crossed her arms. "Hundred Flowers…" Arms then began to sprout her back, taking the form of wings. "… Wing!"

She then began flying across the battlefield.

"Take care, buddy," said Skull's Rider as he jumped off.

"I'm off!" Skull yelled.

"Charge!" the twins yelled as they jumped off.

Heather then landed in front of one of Disco's men and a Celestial Knight. "Clutch!"

Arms immediately sprouted from their shoulders and pulled on their necks, knocking them out cold.

Skull landed before a Celestial Knight and cut him down before he could react.

The twins landed beside one of Disco's men and quickly took him down.

"Damn pirate!" a Celestial Knight roared, grabbing hold of Heather.

However, she sprouted some arms up on his shoulders, strangled him, and then did the same to the Knight that charged at her from the front.

"Dammit!" Disco cursed. "Protect the mermaid! She's my 500 mil future!"

"Do your job and kill these pirates!" Saint Shari ordered.

Snotlout then jumped onto the roof, looking down at everyone triumphantly. "Ha, ha! There's nothing to fear, friends. The mighty Snotlout is here to save the day! And I bet you thought all was lost, but relax. After all, the hero always arrives at the very last minute."

However, when he looked down, he saw that he was quite high. "So high…" he gulped. "Perhaps I should just stay here and bravely pose awhile longer."

"Get going already," said his Rider, pushing him off the roof.

Snotlout found themselves screaming as he fell into the auction house. "Thanks for screwing up the timing of my dramatic entrance!"

"These fools will suffer my wrath," said Saint Oswald. "I'll stuff the women as trophies and starve the men into a life of slavery!"

Then Snotlout landed directly on top of him, knocking him out cold.

"You crushed father!" Saint Shari screamed.

"That didn't hurt too bad," said Snotlout, oblivious to what happened. He then looked down and saw that he landed on top of Saint Oswald and quickly jumped off him. "Sorry, whoever you are."

"They took down Saint Oswald, too," said a Celestial Knight.

"They do know warships are coming, don't they?" one of Disco's men asked.

Hiccup smiled at the others just as he punched a Celestial Knight unconscious. "Glad you guys made it."

"Was the traffic slow?" Astrid smiled.

"Hiccup, where's Camie?" Snotlout asked.

"Over there," said Hiccup, pointing towards the stage. "The only problem is we've got to get that collar off first."

"We better hurry," said Fishlegs as he zapped a Celestial Knight with a bolt of lightning. "The Navy is going to show up any minute now."

"I hate to tell you this, but the Navy is already here Dragon," said Trafalgar.

"And who would you be?" Ruffnut asked.

"And what's with the polar bear?" Tuffnut added.

Sure, now sitting beside Trafalgar was a polar bear in a boiler suit, but it had humanlike hands and feet.

"You picked a bad time to revolt," said Trafalgar. "The Navy had this place surrounded since even before the auction began. They've got a base in the archipelago, but I'm guessing they're after someone."

The Navy was attempting to calm the masses as they were evacuated.

"Please leave in a calm and orderly fashion! It's all right. We have everything under control!"

"How does it look inside?"

"We've finished evacuating all of the patrons, but the three Celestial Dragons are still inside."

"Then get them out of there! Damn Pirates, you're not getting out of this one alive!"

"I don't know who exactly they were hoping to catch in here, but I sincerely doubt they were expecting someone to kick a Celestial Dragon's ass," Trafalgar continued. "That was a hell of a show you guys put on. I'm impressed, Dragon."

"Ah, you're Trafalgar Law," said Heather.

"Isn't that one of the names that Shar mentioned to us?" Fishlegs asked.

Hiccup nodded. "That makes them Pirates just like us."

"Even the bear?" Tuffnut frowned.

Heather then turned her eyes to Dagur. "Oh, and the guy standing in the back is Dagur the Deranged."

"Isn't he the one with a higher bounty than Hiccup?" said Skull.

Dagur merely gave them a crazy right smile.

Then suddenly, Saint Shari approached Camie's fish tank, placed a stool against it, climbed on it, and aimed her pistol at Camie.

"Enough of this," she said. "If this worthless fish drove them to such extremes, I have no choice but to kill it."

"She's not worthless! Please, don't!" Disco begged. "I beg you to stop, Saint Shari. Could you at least wait until after the merchandise has been paid for? I beg of you, please stop. Have mercy; I just want to be rich."

Shari then aimed her pistol at him, looking rather annoyed. "Enough, commoner! Silence!"

She then shot him, but just like her father and brother, she was a rousing shot and only shot through the shoulder.

"All right, fish," said Saint Shari, returning her sites to Camie. "It's time for you to pay!"

"Oh crap, Camie!" Ragnar yelled.

Camie moved around her fish tank as much as possible, making it difficult for Saint Shari to aim.

"I'm trying to aim!" Saint Shari snarled.

The Dragon Riders, with long-range attacks, immediately aimed at Saint Shari, but they all knew they couldn't stop her in time.

"Now die," said Saint Shari as she pulled on the trigger.

"Camie!" Octron, Pappagu and Chopper cried.

"Damnit, there's no time!" Astrid cursed.

However, she suddenly collapsed before squeezing the trigger, leaving everyone stunned.

"What?" said the Celestial Dragon aide. "Saint Shari?"

Hiccup sensed something before Shari collapsed, and it was something powerful.

Then, suddenly, a portion of the stage blew away, and everyone saw an old man stepping upon it. If that wasn't enough, tearing through the scene was a giant.

The old man was Rayleigh, and he looked around at the carnage in the stands. "What did I tell you? I know a ruckus when I hear one. Looks like the auction is over. I got the money I came here for. Now, I guess I'll head back to the gambling houses and throw it all away."

"You are one messed up old man," said the giant, looking down at him. "You got locked up just to steal some money?"

"That was the plan," he admitted. "And if it had worked out, I was going to rob whoever bought me too. But I guess it was never meant to be." He then pulled out his flask and remembered it was empty. "Oh right, I forgot I'm out. Trying to find some more booze."

A small smile appeared on his face. "Now that I think about it, that plan stinks. Who the hell would spend money on an old fart like me for a slave."

He then laughed, leaving everyone completely speechless, but all three pirate captains present grimaced as they recognised him.

Rayleigh finally stopped laughing when he saw everyone watching him. "Oh, I didn't realise we had such a captive audience."

"Where did that old man and the giant come from?" a Celestial Knight asked.

"They were supposed to be merchandise for the auction, but they were locked up," said one of Disco's men. "How the heck did they get out of there?" He then suddenly noticed that their slave collars had been removed. "Their collars are gone! There's no way they could have gotten off!"

"What do we do?" a Celestial Knight asked.

"How should I know? It's not our job to catch slaves, and we've got no chance going up against an unshackled giant."

"R-R-Rayleigh?" Octron stared.

"Wait, the Rayleigh?" Chopper stared. "The coating mechanic? Which one is the?"

"Hey, is that you, Octron?" Rayleigh asked, answering his question. "It sure is! I'll be damned! So, Pal, what are you doing here?" He then noticed the bandages around Octron's chest. "Did someone hurt you?"

Octron tried to say something but winced in pain.

"No, no, don't speak," said Rayleigh. "Save your energy."

He looked around, looking at Camie and the collar around her neck, then turned his eyes to Saint Charlie. He then looked at the Dragon Riders and all the men they took down and put two and two together.

"I see now, plain as day," he said. "A terrible situation. Well, you were fighting for what you believed was right, Octron. You must be the good folks that stood by him. All right."

He then looked directly at the stage, and moments later, every single one of the Celestial Knights and Disco's men suddenly collapsed.

"Is he…" said Dagur.

"No way," said Trafalgar.

"I didn't realise you were that Rayleigh," Hiccup gasped.

"What? But how? What did you do to them?" Snotlout stunned.

"Okay, who is this guy?" Ragnar asked.

Rayleigh then looked directly at Hiccup. "Those eyes of yours… they show a warrior spirit. Yes, I wanted to meet you, Hiccup D Haddock."