Chapter 143

Hiccups POV:

Morning came far too early for me as the light of the morning's sun shone from the window and onto my face making me groan as I realized there was a large weight was on my chest. I opened my eyes and looked down to see at some point in the night I had turned over onto my back and Blanca had decided my chest would make a more comfortable than the bedding. I smiled and just wrapped my arm around her body enjoying the moment of having the woman I love resting on so close to me knowing I needed to embrace these moments since the next few days are going to be busy. It was then our moment was sadly broken by the sound of someone knocking on the front door making Blanca groan as she woke up while I just groaned in annoyance since the moment was ruined. Blanca lifted her head and rubbed the sleep from her eyes as she asked.

"What's going on?" I gently caressed her cheek.

"Just someone at the door dear, I'll take care of it so don't worry." She nodded and got off me before she lay back down. "I'll be back in minute."

She nodded as I made my way out of the room and to the living room where Zhang Yong was now awake and looking around to see what was going on but immediately ran to my side when he saw me. I rubbed his head as I walked up to the front door to see who was here at this hour and ruining my time with my new wife. I opened the door to see a servant girl pushing a large wooden cart that had multiple trays full of food on the top and a large bowl of fish at the bottom showing she was just delivering breakfast. She bowed as I stepped aside allowing her to push the cart inside and unloaded its contents onto the table before bowing to me once more and then leaving with the cart. I looked to the food and smiled since it all looked delicious but I knew I couldn't touch it till Blanca was with me to enjoy it. I walked back into the bedroom and smiled at Blanca's sleeping form that had taken my pillow and was now hugging it close to her body. I sighed hating that I had to ruin her moment of peace and walked up to her gently shaking her shoulder as I whispered.

"Blanca, it's time to wake up." She just moaned and hugged my pillow closer to her body. "Breakfast has just arrived and I don't want yours to get cold." She groaned and sat up while rubbing her eyes before she smiled at me while caressing my cheek.

"Good morning husband." I smiled and caressed her cheek.

"And good morning to you to my beautiful wife." I then leaned towards her as she leaned in towards me until our lips met in a kiss and as much as I wanted to just go back to bed and embrace my wife but I knew breakfast was waiting for us so I pulled away smiling before I gently took her hand and helped her out of bed. "Come on, breakfast is waiting." She nodded as we left the room to enjoy the breakfast that was waiting for us.

One hour later

I was now fully dressed in my regular armor with grootslang coat, enjoying a simple walk with Blanca in the garden as the warmth of the sun caressed our faces and a gentle breeze slowly brushed through our hair. I smiled at Blanca who held onto my real arm while Zhang Yong walked next to me on my right and Toothless sat on the roof watching us from above. We finished our breakfast half an hour ago but nobody had come to collect the plates or the cart yet but I figured they'd be here soon to collect them. It was then the sound of Toothless hopping off the roof and landing before he growled caught my attention and I turned to see a male servant with a scroll standing at the entrance to the garden looking at Toothless with fear in his eyes. I rolled my eyes and walked up to Toothless and said.

"Calm down bud he's not going to hurt us." Toothless stood down but kept his guard up as I turned to the servant and asked. "May I help you?" He bowed and offered me the scroll so I took it before the servant bowed and left as Blanca walked up.

"What's going on?" I shrugged.

"I'm about to find out." I unrolled the scroll and read it before turning to Blanca. "The emperor requests both mine and Toothless' presence at the palace immediately." Blanca looked worried at this.

"But why would he want you now?"

"I don't know but I doubt it's just to ask me if I like the new house." This didn't seem to make Blanca any happier so I gently placed my hand on her face and turned her head to look into my eyes. "Don't worry, I'll be back since chances are he's just going to ask for help restocking his armory or asking me for advice on how to rebuild his country." She nodded as she smiled and rubbed her hand into my hand as she held it there.

"Just promise me you'll let me know what's going on when you get back." I nodded and turned to Toothless before I mounted him.

"I'll try to be back before lunch."

She nodded and we took off towards the palace, which at this speed would take us under a minute to reach, but as we flew I wondered what Chin Wu wanted. I dismounted Toothless when we landed in front of the palace doors where some guards were waiting before they escorted us to the throne room where Chin Wu was sitting on his throne with Ling Cho at his side as usual. This time however there were ten other men one of which was commander Chong Su who were all standing in front of Chin Wu. When they saw me walk in they bowed to me as Chin Wu smiled at me as he said.

"Hiccup Haddock, I am glad to see you have answered my summons so quickly." I shrugged.

"It was easy with Toothless able to fly me here." I then bowed. "And I was all too happy to answer the call of the emperor." He smiled as I stood back up. "May I ask why you've summoned me here since I doubt it was to simply ask me if I like the new house." He sighed as he shook his head while looking down and then looking up at me.

"Hiccup Haddock, I know you have already done so much for my country by not only defeating the General but also the head snake demon and then taking command of her people which makes what I am about to ask you even more difficult." I didn't like the sound of this. "The general may have been defeated but his forces are still out there as are his five remaining commanders who served under him." I nodded. "We ask that you aid us in bringing his forces to justice for their crimes by joining the men in attacks against the remaining camps, help us resupply our armories by forging weapons and helping with the training of new men." I raised an eyebrow as he gestured to the men. "These men are my commanders and generals who shall aid you in leading the attacks should you accept but if you don't then I shall understand as you have already done so much for my country."

"I'll be happy to help in anyway I can your majesty, starting with supplying your army with weapons." He nodded.

"Whatever it is you require it shall be given." I smiled.

"Right now I need some wagons with horses and a large lake or river." They all raised an eyebrow at this last request but before they could ask I held up my hand silencing them. "You'll see." Chin Wu simply nodded before turning to a male servant.

"Get him the wagons he asked for and take him to the Taiye Lake." The servant bowed and walked off to make the arrangements as Chin Wu turned to me. "Hiccup Haddock, I do trust you but the emperor is most curious as to how going to a lake shall help us restock the palace armories." I smiled at him.

"I stocked my ship with weapons before I left my home with the intent of trading but now I'll be happy to donate them to your army and I'm just going to need help unloading them from my ship." He nodded.

"Then we shall join you at Taiye Lake to collect these weapons and help unload them." I nodded before we all left the throne room for Taiye Lake.

Nightfall

Today had been busy to say the least with all that had happened after my meeting with Chin Wu and I had to say I was happy when my day was over and I was allowed to return to my house where Blanca was waiting for me. It all started after we got to Taiye Lake and released my ship into the waters, which got a whole lot of questions from the generals, Chin Wu and Ling Cho. I just told him the dwarves did amazing work before I had the front of my ship lower down so the wagons could enter and we could begin loading up the weapons. The generals and Chin Wu were grateful that I had so many to help restock their forces but it wasn't enough to fully restock their armory. They told me they'd need some time for their scouts to return with information on the location of some of the camps so until then I'd have some down time forging weapons and training the men.

After that I returned home to let Blanca know what's happening and she was not happy that I'd be putting my life at risk again but I reminded her that compared to the general and her former master some normal men were an easy problem to deal with so she calmed down. The remainder of my day was spent forging weapons to help rearm the soldiers while taking breaks for spending time with Blanca, enjoying the lunch that was brought for us and of course getting some drinks since forging was thirsty work. I only stopped forging completely when I ran out forging materials, which was near sunset and spent the rest of my time in the living room with my head on Blanca's lap as we talked with me almost falling asleep since it was so comfortable. Dinner was a peaceful affair with Blanca telling me how she hoped I'd be all right on my little crusade to take down the enemy camps and capturing the soldiers and bringing their commanders to justice. Apparently she had a strong hatred for the commanders since they were cruelest to her kind and had killed many of her kind some of which were her friends.

Now I lay down in bed without a shirt while Blanca laying her head on my chest as she gently breathed while I stroked her hair with my real hand. As I looked down at her I couldn't help but feel bad that I'd gotten roped into helping rebuild an entire country when I should be taking her and her people back to my island to begin a more peaceful life. I knew it may take some time but I would get them back to my island the minute things were settled I was taking them home to give them what I promised them. I knew I'd need to talk to the snakes soon to not only let them know what's happening but also see if they knew anything about the location of the camps and the commanders since the sooner I take them down the better.

1 week later

This week has been nothing but busy with everything that has been happening with me in the Forbidden City which I am happy to say has had a few peaceful times with Blanca, Toothless and Zhang Yong. I'd been spending some time helping train new recruits with the commanders in the palace courtyard and forging weapons at my forge at home. These weapons were forged in the morning after breakfast and collected by wagons in the afternoon to be taken to the armory or to supply the men who were being prepared to be deployed against the enemy forces. It hadn't all been nothing but work to help fight enemy camps, I'd finally gotten around to testing my gifts from the gods and I was impressed with their abilities.

To begin with I'd opened the round container given to me by Shen and seen what the scroll inside contained and I was beyond amazed with both what knowledge it contained and the massive headache that followed. When I unrolled the scroll I found a picture of a Chinese dragon around the borders of the scroll. In the middle of the scroll border however it read.

The dragons fury is a powerful thing but when not provoked remains calm to find peace. To unlock the true power of the dragon one must focus on intelligence, power, accuracy and determination for it is these traits that drive the beast to victory. Channel the dragon that rests within your soul truly become the dragon and master the art that is dragon style Kung Fu.

As soon as I read the last word the dragon glowed gold and then flew off the paper and right into my face before everything went black. When I opened my eyes I found myself on top of a mountain with Shen standing across from me with a smile on his face before he said.

"Let the training begin."

Next thing I knew he attacked me and that was the beginning of my training to master Dragon Style Kung Fu which ended up taking over a year. It was during this time I couldn't count how many times I wanted to see Blanca, Toothless and Berk but Shen told me that I wasn't allowed to leave until my training is complete. When I tried to leave Shen would punish me with severe discipline and when I tried to sneak away he caught me and punished me for it. My desire to see my loved ones again only made me more determined to complete my training and I worked harder than I've ever trained before in my life.

It was during this time that I finally figured out how to activate the new ability the eye of the dragon held which was the ability to see the weak points, pressure points and even vital points on any human, beast or object. I tried it on a giant boulder while focusing on striking a weak point with my real hand while using fist of the dragons' rage, which is a method in which I focus my chi into my fist and release it in a way that it hardens, my skin and bones. When I do this I feel no pain in my hand, receive no injury and can punch with such force that I ended up breaking the boulder in six pieces. Shen brought in some men for me to try it out on and learnt I could destroy their weapons easily by targeting the weak points and when I struck or pinched a pressure point using my thumb, middle and index finger they'd collapse unconscious or paralyzed. I was looking forward to trying this out on the twins when I get home but other than this ability I'd learnt a lot more like how to use it to its full abilities through dragon style using speed, power and of course accuracy. I learnt how to strike these points using moves that were unique to dragon style kung fu.

When my training was finally complete Shen gave me a smile along with his congratulations on being able to awaken the dragon within my soul before he told me to go and be with the people and beasts I love and then there was a bright flash and then I found myself looking up at the face of my beloved Blanca who was looking down at me in concern. I immediately sat up and turned to her telling her how sorry I was for being away for so long and how Shen refused to let me leave but she just looked at me in confusion. She told me to calm down and explained that she found me lying unconscious in the garden just over an hour ago and brought me inside to rest. That's when the headache came but when I tried activating the eye of the dragon I learnt not only did the ability still work but I also still had my dragon style kung fu skills. This just worsened my headache but it at least explained what happened to me, which was some sort of magic allowing my mind to spend over a year training that added up to an hour where my body was. I didn't mind since it meant Blanca and my dragons would think I'd abandoned them but it did lead me to spending the remainder of my day holding Blanca and flying Toothless.

Then there's my jade dragon pipe, which seemed to help me focus and see the holes in strategies that I read over as I smoked it. This wasn't the only thing it did however since I also seemed to find it rather relaxing but it also had abilities that I knew would be helpful in battle since it could let smoke out in large amounts making smokescreens and when the tip is twisted the smoke can become knockout gas, poison gas or a paralyzing gas like with my prosthetic arm. The difference is though the gasses from my pipe spread faster and wider while my arms gas only comes out in small sprays and puffs. Along with this I also learnt that when I take a few deep breaths from my pipe the eyes glow orange showing another ability has activated. When it does I take a few more puffs before pulling the pipe away from my lips and then let a breath out from my mouth and I discover I actually breath fire like a monstrous nightmare. Sadly when I first learnt this ability I nearly lit up two generals and singed Commander Chong Su's beard but they understood I was still learning thankfully.

Finally there is my snake whip, which I had to say was a pretty impressive weapon and would come in handy for restraining people, taking them down and disarming them. To begin with when I struck something with the metal tip of the whip it struck hard to the point where it wouldn't just leave a scratch, it leave a wide and deep dent and launched the target back. When it wraps around something the tighter I squeezed the handle the tighter the whip got around the item and if I rubbed the snakes' head then the fang like hooks on the whip came out and dig in deep. I tried it on a log that was standing straight up and they pierced the wood before I pulled my whip back and it actually ripped the entire log apart. Along with this the head of the snake at the base of the whip can actually slide up to the top of the whip and sink its fangs into the victim leaving them either paralyzed, unconscious or dead depending on my intentions. When I learnt of this ability I learnt of another in which I could control it as if it were an actual snake making it twist and slither anyway I wanted. Besides this the only other ability it had was how it was able to extend to at least twenty feet so I'd easily be able to disarm or stealthily take out opponents at a distance.

Then there's what happens when I channel the crystals through it, which really impressed me since these powers can be pretty dangerous. When a purple crystal is channeled into it gives me the ability to launch my own plasma blasts by cracking my whip in the direction I wanted to launch the blast. When I use a blue crystal it electrifies the whip so when I strike someone with it they're immediately zapped and knocked out. Then there are the red crystals, which ignite my whip making it seem like a whip made of flames, which is both intimidating and lethal. The light green crystals are definitely not something to take lightly either since it makes acid ooze out of the whip so when it's wrapped around something it will leak acid onto it. Finally there are the light blue crystals, which made the whip cold as ice so when it strikes a person or something it instantly freezes them.

Besides that I'd spoken with the snakes about the possible locations of any of the enemy camps the scouts have been looking for and found they had the location of five of them. They were all too happy to give me information on the camps locations and were surprisingly not only understanding but also supportive of me claiming they wanted as many of the generals men brought to justice. They were also grateful when I brought them food so they wouldn't have to endanger themselves by going out hunting for it.

Now I was using my eagle eye and eye of the dragon to look down at a small camp from above on a cliff with commander Chong Su on my left and Toothless on my right. Behind us was a small legion of twenty men with four wagon cages to carry prisoners and another two wagons to carry the spoils of war such as supplies and weapons. Chong Su stared at the camp below before turning to me and asked.

"What do you see?"

"We're looking at around thirty enemy soldiers and ten horses." He nodded.

"Are you sure about taking on this camp alone?" I smiled at him and nodded.

"I've been wanting to test out my new gifts from the gods and if all goes well this camp will be down with in an hour." He nodded before he struck his fist to his palm and bowed.

"Then I wish you good luck my friend." I nodded and mounted Toothless.

"Let's do this bud."

He growled and we took off towards the camp before we flew nearby and I just gave Toothless a pat and I jumped off while spreading my wings. While I glided down Toothless and began circling above the area ready to come in and land when needed while I was down in the camp dealing with the men. I silently landed just outside the camps borders into a bush gaining the attention of one of the guards patrolling the perimeter. I quickly pulled my wings back into my back to avoid making myself easier to spot and alert the guard that I was here. As he approached me I saw he was a typical soldier wearing the same armor as the others did but with my eye I was now easily able to see the weaknesses in his armor. In this case the weakness was an opening exposing skin at the front of his neck meaning I had an opening to take him down quickly and quietly. He pointed his spear at me behind the bush and gently thrust it towards me but I grabbed the end and pulled it in bringing the soldier forward allowing me to punch him in the neck before I spun around behind his back and grappled my real arm around his neck in a headlock. I held on tightly cutting off his airflow and ensuring he couldn't call for help until he stopped struggling when he fell unconscious as I slowly lowered him to the ground.

As I did this I remembered how this move was basic but effective and used on me enough times when I tried to strike Shen for not letting me see Blanca. Seeing him unconscious I quietly activated me spider pack and cocooned him in my threads making sure he wasn't going anywhere before I left the bush to see if I could find anyone else on patrol. I smiled seeing nobody else and hoped during the attacks on all the camps I wouldn't have to resort to Yin's Chaos which was a move that took me six months to master and was only ever to be used as a last resort. The reason is this technique will focus all of my chi into my entire body allowing me to attack with such brutality I'd be considered the equivalent of a monster and registered as a one-man army. I silently made my way into the camp ready to begin attacking and summoning my ninja at a moments notice.

Ten minutes later

I had taken out twenty of the men alone with my knockout gas or nerve strikes leaving ten soldiers left who were sadly now aware of my presence after one of them discovered the unconscious forms of his comrades. Now the remaining ten men whom were all holding their spears surrounded me but I knew I needed to keep my cool or I'd be in serious trouble. For a few seconds there was nothing but us waiting for someone to make the first move with all of us holding still. It was then a man charged at me from the side but I sidestepped avoiding his spear while using my left arm to push it to the side as he reached me allowing me to grab his right arm with both hands and throw him behind me into another guard. The remaining men who were left standing took this as their signal and charged at me and stab their spears forward but I quickly jumped into the opening that was left from the guy I just took down. Acting quickly I grabbed the helmets of the two nearest men and quickly pulled them off before slamming their heads together knocking them unconscious leaving four men remaining.

One stabbed his spear at me but I sidestepped it and quickly brought my leg up before bringing it down on the spear forcing it down the ground and making its wielder lean forward. I then delivered a hard open palm strike into his chest sending him flying back into a tent pole before I turned to the three remaining men who were looking at me in fear. One immediately charged at me spear at the ready but I grabbed the end of his spear and flipped it sending the guard who was still holding it flying over my head. While my back was turned one of the remaining men tried to stab me in the back but I turned in time to dodge the blow and step aside so he ran past me as I used his momentum to force him into the ground before slamming my right knee into his back. This left him paralyzed since I struck a chi point knowing this move was known as the dragons grapple which is using a foes attack to knock them into the ground and then using my knee to strike a chi point temporarily paralyzing them. I then turned to the last man who stared at me in fear before dropping his spear and running away in fear making me just roll my eyes as I released my snake whip and asked.

"Why do they always try to run?"

I then lifted my whip and began spinning it around before swinging it forward and it immediately wrapped around the torso of the soldier pinning his arms to his body. I then began pulling the whip back to me as he struggled making me tighten my grip on the handle making the whip tighten on the soldier cutting off his oxygen. When he reached me he had passed out from lack of oxygen allowing me to pull the whip back into its handle and the handle back into my arm. I then released my spirit bow while taking out a fire arrow before I launched it up into the air and watched it go off signaling Chong Su and the men that the camp was ours. Five minutes later they came marching in ready to help but when they saw me standing next to the soldiers who were all tied up unconscious. The men all stared at the restrained men before Chong Su asked.

"You did all this alone?" I smiled.

"Let's just say I've gone up against a lot worse things then a couple of rogue soldiers." He nodded.

"Any of the commanders?" I shook my head.

"Nothing but we might be able to find something in their documents." He nodded.

"Go home, inform the emperor that the camp is ours and that he can expect a report late in the morning."

"Are you sure you and the men can handle this alone." He smiled at me before he placed a hand on my shoulder.

"You've done more than enough Hiccup, we can handle the rest." I nodded before I mounted Toothless as I turned back to Chong Su.

"Good luck and remember to keep your guard up since some might've been on patrol when I attacked." He nodded and we took off.

2 weeks later

It's been a week since I took down that first camp and since then that single attack had become an entire campaign against the remaining forces and their camps. After that first raid we ended up bringing a lot of resources in such as food, weapons and information on other camps to help us out in finding the remaining forces, trade routes and secret strongholds and prison camps. With this knowledge on the locations of them began the campaign, which Chin Wu and the other commanders and generals asked me to lead since I was able to take down that first one so easily. Because of this campaign against the generals remaining forces I actually needed to be away from my house for days and spending nights sleeping in my tent away from Blanca. It was nights like these I would have liked nothing more than to hold Blanca in my arms as I gently stroked her hair while enjoying her presence.

Speaking of Blanca I think she took things well when I told her I was helping launch a full on campaign against the remaining camps and that I'd be away for days she pulled me into a hug and whispered how she understood. When I pulled away she gently caressed my cheek as she looked into my eyes telling me she knew I wanted to bring all of the generals men to ensure someone like him doesn't rise again from the remaining ranks. She then ran her thumb against my cheek as she told me to be careful and that she'd be waiting for me when I got back with a hot meal and open arms. I smiled before we shared a kiss full of love that turned into a make out session since we knew it would be the last time for days before I went off to deal with the generals remaining forces.

Soon after that Toothless and me took off down the road to bringing down the generals forces one camp at a time and with each victory came more information on locations of other camps and strongholds. This is how what was meant to be a weeklong trip turned into a two-week long trip with me attacking at least one camp a day with three being the highest. Every one of these camps I took down on my own using stealth to begin with and then getting physical only when I got caught which only happened when I had taken out over half the camp. During these times my training with Shen came immensely handy since when I used it the soldiers didn't stand a chance especially when I mixed in my ninja training. I did have to get creative a few times when taking down the camps like one time I took the place down using my kappa shell, illusion spider and my jade pipe. I used my spider to appear as an old man with my kappa shell adding to the appearance as I gently puffed out smoke from my pipe. It was during this time I learnt another ability of my Grootslang coat, which I didn't expect since I figured I'd unlocked all the secrets of my coat but clearly I was wrong.

I was thinking I needed some Chinese attire to complete the appearance of an old man before my coat closed up and seemed to wrap around my legs and arms as it shifted form. By the time it stopped reforming it took the form of a simple hanfu that was black in color with a white belt around the waist. When I learnt this I immediately tried it with other forms for places I've been like in Rome and found it changed into the clothes of roman nobles with a white toga and black sash. I knew this would come in handy in the future since I'd be able to blend into parties without letting on that I was armed incase of an attack.

When I walked into the camp I claimed to be a lost traveller while I puffed out knockout gas into the air and by the time they realized they'd been tricked the gas already begun taking effect making twenty men drop to the ground. When the others charged at me I took a few deep puffs and then pulled my pipe away before breathing fire at them making them back up in shock while some had to dive out of the way. When I took down this camp as expected we walked away with documents, weapons, food and other supplies as expected but what I didn't expect was taking down all the camps on my own and using my pipe to breath fire also got me a nickname among the men. The name they'd given me is Yǐng lóng, which means shadow dragon in Chinese and I had to say I liked the name since I found it fitting and I rather liked it. Sadly with every camp we took I failed to find the commanders no matter where I went and none of the men we interrogated knew anything about their locations.

It was also during these times that I learnt something important about my wedding ring, which made this trip a little more bearable. I learnt that with the ring I just needed to focus on my thoughts of Blanca and my ring would glow before an image of her face would appear above it. I was surprised when the image actually spoke to me and I realized the image wasn't just an image but Blanca on the other end speaking to me. I realized we could communicate through the rings and I was incredibly happy about this since this meant I'd still be able to talk to her when I was away on my trips to new lands where I hadn't been yet. This just meant I'd be able to enjoy talking to her whenever I wanted even when we're apart and to be honest seeing her face and hearing her voice made my time away and fighting a little more bearable.

Now after two weeks of attacks on the camps I was finally on my way back to my house in the Forbidden City after reporting to Chin Wu. I wasn't going alone however since I was escorting the last of the captured enemy soldiers with the soldiers and generals with five wagons full of weapons, supplies and other such things. We were presently walking through the streets leading to the Forbidden City with people on either side of the road as if it were a parade and they were all cheering for us. I was at the head of the men on Toothless with the generals and commanders behind me on horseback, behind them were the wagons holding prisoners with soldiers on horseback on either side and behind them were the wagons containing what we looted from the camps. As we walked through the gates of the Forbidden City I was could not have been happier since I didn't like the attention of the large crowds. Chong Su rode up next to me and asked.

"Is something troubling you Yǐng lóng?" I shook my head.

"It's nothing, I just don't like all the attention." He chuckled.

"If you think you are getting attention now, just wait till they find out that you took the camps single handed." I groaned and ran a hand through my hair.

"Don't remind me." I shook my head. "All I want is to go back to my house, greet my wife, hold her in my arms as I kiss her, take her to bed and sleep with her in my arms again." He nodded.

"I know the feeling all too well." He shook his head. "Trust me on this though, it's these moments that make time with your wife all the more enjoyable." I nodded. "Don't worry though lad, you'll be holding that wife of yours in no time as soon as we've given the emperor an update on our victories."

"I won't consider it a victory until the generals commanders pay for their crimes."

"Don't worry, those roaches shall be forced out from under the rocks they're hiding under soon enough." I nodded.

"I just hope at least one of the prisoners or the documents we looted from that last camp will tell us which rock they're hiding under." He nodded.

Nightfall

Letting Chin Wu and Ling Cho know what happened with the camps and I could tell they were impressed with what I'd done when I attacked the camps alone. After that I helped the generals go through the documents we'd looted from the tents and it was in these scrolls of paper I was able to learn what happened to the commanders. Apparently after their master perished they immediately feared for their own lives and knew it was best to retreat for the time being and rebuild their forces and come back to fight another day. When I read this I threw the report aside in frustration after reading the date and knew they'd more than likely have made it over the great wall by now meaning I couldn't follow them as that wasn't land controlled by the emperor so if I entered it, it would cause trouble for Chin Wu. Ling Cho patted me on the back when he saw my frustration and assured me I'd get my chance at them in time but I hoped it would take a while since all I wanted to do was return to my island and enjoy some peace along with introducing my parents to Blanca.

Speaking of Blanca the minute I walked through my front door she had me in tight hug letting me know how worried she was about me and hoped I wouldn't be pulled into anymore-dangerous adventures, at least until I'd been able to help her people. This I could not have agreed upon more and I assured her that we'd leave soon and have her people living comfortably on my island in a few more days since Chin Wu was arranging a ball to celebrate the capture of the last of the generals forces and to ask me for advice on how to help his people. She understood this perfectly and agreed that as long I kept my promise to her and her people, no matter how long it took she'd understand and it was these words that only made me fall deeper in love with her. Now I was in bed holding her again as I longed to do since the day I left as I silently promised her that I'd get things sorted out here as fast as I could and then take her and her people to their new home on my island. I then drifted off to sleep dreaming of our future together and hoped it would only be days before I could make that future a reality.

AN: Hey all I hope you've all enjoyed this chapter and will keep the reviews coming since I do enjoy reading them and for those of you who are wondering when Hiccup will be heading home the answer is the next chapter. I'm not sure if that is when Hiccups parents shall meet their new daughter-in-law since I enjoy the suspense I create from the wait to see their reaction when they see their son married a snake. Till next time have a nice day and stay safe during these tough times.