Chapter 11: One Final Flight
Grimmel managed to score all the dragons on the Dragon Trapper's ships and now the trappers on board are in the process of pushing them into cages. Cloudjumper landed on the deco on one of the ships with a Trapper rocking him into a cage.
"Move!" The Trapper ordered while poking Cloudjumper with his spear, causing said dragon to roar at him furiously.
'Don't you dare!' Cloudjumper roared at him while ready to blast him away.
'Cloudjumper! Don't!' Toothless roared as Cloudjumper turned to him in confusion. 'Do as they say! One sudden move or attack, and Midnight's a goner!' He stated as he gestured to Midnight, who regained consciousness as she gave them pleading looks.
"Ah. That's right, Alphas. No surprises." Grimmel nodded to them with a smirk.
'Please, Cloudjumper. Just go along with it.' Midnight cooed Cloudjumper nodded in understanding as he walked up to the cage, but not before swatting his tail at two of the Trappers.
One by one, the dragons found themselves put into cages and it did look as if the Trappers had finally one.
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On the cliffs of New Berk, the Haddock Twins and their friends were now wearing their armor and had their wings ready.
"So… jump off the cliff… in these," Ruffnut said while extending her wings to the Haddock Twins. "That's the best you two got?" She asked.
"No. But it's the only way for us to go down there and draw their attention while Stoick and the Pride come in for the surprise attack." Hicca explained with a small smile. "Grimmel thinks we are nothing without our dragons, so, let's test that theory of his."
"And besides, you guys are the best we've got. Since the very beginning." Hiccup said with a small smile.
"Aww." Ruffnut said with touched smile. "I'm with them! Who else!?" She cheered.
Tuffnut was slightly annoyed as he was about to shout that. "Ruffnut, that's was my line.
"Are you guys sure we can pull this off?" Valerie asked while looking at her flight suit. "I mean, most of us hardly have any practice with these things."
"When have that ever stopped us?" Heather asked with a smirk. "We do this on a daily basis. So this is nothing new."
"And when we try something crazy, we always succeed in impressive odds." Henry added with a determined expression.
"He's right." Mira's voice said as she walked up to the Dragon Riders with an encouraging smile. "You Dragon Riders have done so much for the dragons for years, you've all done the impossible time and time again and saved countless other dragons. You can still win this. You all have the hearts of dragons inside you."
"She's right. And while you tell the others and ride on Valkyrie, you can join in while we fight the Trappers while on the ground." Hicca said with a smile.
"And give my brother a piece of my mind." Mira said with a smirk. "Me and the Pride are on standby. Once you all land on the ship, say the word."
"Or in this case, see the action." Henry chuckled.
"And from my calculations, we should be able to reach the ships long before we hit the water." Raeda said with a thoughtful look.
"Well, I all for a battle, and this will be even more exciting." Ragnar commented.
"Anything for our dragons." Heather said with a determined look.
"Then we better get going." Hicca said with a determined smile. "Dragon Riders, let's fly!" She declared as she and Hiccup ran first.
"Let's go!" Hiccup called.
"Try to keep up!" Astrid yelled.
"Time to show them what we got!" Henry added as the four jumped off the edge of the cliff.
"Wait for us, guys!" Raeda called as she and the other riders soon jumped off the cliff and extended their wings and began gliding down towards the armada.
"I'm doing it!" Tuffnut cheered as Mira watched them go with a proud smile.
"Good luck, Riders." Mira said before she then turned to the Pride with a smirk. "Alright, Furies, it's time to show the world that the Night Furies are not extinct and show them what they're made of! For all of Dragon and Humankind! Who's with me!?" She called as Stoick, Midnight and Toothless' five cubs, and the whole pride gave roars as Valkyrie came up to Mira and nuzzled her as she cooed, which Mira smiled. "Let's go get our family back." She said with a smirk.
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At the armada, Grimmel started lowering Toothless down while the hunters were preparing to apprehend him. Ragnar began to approach him, but Toothless growled at him. 'Stay back!' He growled as Ragnar toppled over.
"Aww," Grimmel laughed. "You didn't think I'd actually hand you either Night Furies, did you? They're mine to kill." He said with a sinister smirk.
"That snake!" Griselda snarled.
"I intend to finish what I started, Grimmel smirked. "Best of luck controlling them without the Alphas." He taunted.
"Hold on, guys!" Hiccup's voice yelled in the distance.
"We're coming!" Hicca's voice yelled next as Grimmel turned and saw the Riders gliding down towards them.
"Waa-ah-Wah!" Tuffnut yelled as he briefly lost control and held onto Valerie's leg.
"Tuffnut, get a hold of yourself!" Valerie yelled as she shook Tuffnut off. "Just keep straight!"
"Aagh! I could have used some practice!" Snotlout panicked.
"I told you to keep your training up, Snotlout!" Raeda yelled out.
"Oh, I should have skipped breakfast!" Fishlegs called, feeling sick.
"Keep it in, Ingerman!" Henry yelled out as they flew closer.
Grimmel turned the harpoon towards them, ready to shoot them out of the sky, but he wasn't fast enough when he was kicked out of his seat by the Haddock Twins double kick. He quickly grabbed the wooden beams of his airship as watched as the Dragon Riders flew past him.
"You like that?!" Hicca taunted as she jumped off a figure-head and landed on a mast with Hiccup beside her, "Okay Toothless, bring it!" She called.
"Bring the big one, bud!" Hiccup called as well.
Toothless managed to shake off his head muzzle and nodded with a fierce expression, "DRAGONS, TO BATTLE!" He roared so loudly it echoed for miles.
Cloudjumper gladly accepted the order before he burst out of his cage and breathed fire at the Trappers. In the chaos, the other riders' dragons, Grump, Skullcrusher, Skully, and Windshear escaped from their cages and took to the air while Cloudjumper, Grump and Skullcrusher flew off to get their respective riders.
Just then the Dragon Riders jumped onto the ship as the Haddock and Thorston Twins, Raeda, Snotlout, Valerie, Astrid, Henry, Heather, Ragnar and Fishlegs landed as they did a pose while Fishmeat, who was still in Fishleg's pouch, came pout and immediately snarled at the Trappers.
"Perfect timing." Hiccup said as each of the riders grabbed their weapons the Trappers kept as they saw all the Trappers regained their composers.
"You guys sure we can handle these guys without our dragons?" Ragnar asked uncertainty. "Because even with our skills, the odds are still against us."
"The odds?" Hicca asked with a smirk, "We're Vikings? Since when do we care about odds?" She questioned.
"Never, that's when!" Tuffnut declared with his sword raised.
Astrid gave Hicca a bump on the shoulder, "And that's why you're gonna my sister-in-law," She said with a smirk as Hicca smiled.
"Thanks, sis." Hicca said with a smirk as the Trappers then charged at them.
"Alright, gang, game faces!" Hiccup called as they drew their weapons, but then they turned and saw Snoutlout got his cape stuck on a wooden dragon carving.
"Snotlout, seriously?" Raeda asked in disbelief that he got his cape stuck again.
Snotlout gave a sheepish chuckle, "A little help, babe?" He asked before he turned to the others. "You guys start without me. What are you waiting for? Get in there!" He encouraged.
Raeda sighed. "I'll get him down. Save a few hits for us." She said as she started climbing up to Snotlout.
"Sure thing, Rae." Henry said as he turned back to Trappers, "Now, CHARGE!" He ordered as the Dragon Riders charged into battle as they then started fighting the Trappers as Hiccup and Hicca stood side-to-side as they used their Inferno weapons and blocked the weapons of the trappers as they fought each one together in sync while the others fought their own trappers as they looked up to their dragons still suspended by the airship.
"Hiccup, you think Toothless did the you-know-what before he and Midnight were captured?" Hicca asked as she blocked a sword and punched a Trapper back.
"Oh, trust me, sis. When Toothless saw his mate get caught and the cards played against him, he managed to push passed his limits." Hiccup said as he punched and blocked another blade.
"Well, how long before help arrives? Because something tells me we need all the help we can get." Hicca said. "And if Grimmel sees the Pride, he might use Midnight to keep them back since Toothless couldn't do much with her in danger."
"Oh, don't worry. Like last time, they'll be here shortly." Hiccup assured as they kept fighting.
Grimmel managed to reach back to his harpoon and saw Toothless looking up at him. He quickly manned the harpoon and aimed it directly at Toothless, but before he could fire, a plasma blast was shot at him, and he knew that wasn't Toothless or Midnight. "W-What?! Where did that come from?!" He questioned before high-pitched screams could be heard, which brought him and the Trappers' attention.
"Night Furies!" One of the Trappers yelled.
"Get down!" Another yelled before a plasma blast was hit to the deck, causing an explosion at knocked some of the trappers away.
"Furies of the night and day, coming in hot!" Mira's voice called out as she was riding on Valkyrie and the rest of the Pride.
"What?!" Grimmel yelled with a rageful look when he saw his sister. Stoick flew by Grimmel with an angry snarl, as the man's face turned shock, "I remember you," He said, recognizing Stoick's scars.
'Dad?' Midnight asked in surprise to see her father.
'You kidnapped my daughter and her mate and hunted our kind down! I'm here to make you pay!' Stoick roared as he then fired at Grimmel, who quickly jumped out of the way as it destroyed the harpoon, as well as the chain connected to the Deathgripper connected to it. The airship had now caught on fire and was spinning out of control has it was now uneven with one less dragon supporting it. 'Hang on, sweetie, and your magesty! We'll get you out!' He called Toothless and Midnight as he and the pride flew around Grimmel's airship.
Grimmel quickly jumped towards the netting before the fire could reach him as he then saw Valkyrie and Mira flying towards him. "GRIMMEL!" She yelled as she jumped off Valkyrie and tackled her brother who still held onto the net as she managed to grab it too as she took her brother by the arm. "THIS TIME, WE'RE ENDING THIS!" She yelled as she punched her brother, who shook his head but still kept a firm grip on his net to hold onto.
"You just don't know when to quit, do you?!" Grimmel yelled as he saw the Pride flying around him as he quickly tried to whistle, but one of the furies fired another plasma blast at him, which made him stop as it missed him, but the impact caused him to lose his footing and hang onto the wooden support. "Where did these Night Furies come from?! I wiped them all out?!" He yelled in disbelief at seeing more Night Furies around him.
"Yeah, that's where you're wrong!" Mira called with a smirk as she threw a small dagger at Grimmel, who barely dodged it. "I've saved many more Night Furies over the years longer as you, brother! And some of them managed to survive your slaughter and went into hiding like the Hidden World. And also, the two Alpha Furies you have tied up down there, they have five cubs!" She yelled.
"Wait, they have cubs?!" Grimmel yelled in shock.
"Five to be exact, and frankly, they're ticked off at you for taking their parents!" Mira exclaimed as Darkie, Starlight, Nightshade, Shadow, and Blaze swarmed in and started hitting Grimmel with their heads, which made the Night Fury Killer to grunt in pain as he was hit on multiple sides.
"I'll just try again! I'll kill them! I'll kill them all!" Grimmel yelled as he managed to avoid another strike.
"Yeah, good luck with that!" Mira mocked as she then managed to fight her brother again as they held onto the net while hen the Deathgrippers were too busy trying to support the airship and keeping the Pride back to assist their master as they were heading closer and closer towards the water.
The three remaining Deathgrippers began to fire across the ship where the Dragon Riders were fighting. This added more confusion as more dragons had managed to escape their cages and now they were looking for some well-deserved payback.
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Astrid, Hicca, and Heather were currently dodging flaming acid and falling beams while fighting Trappers, and they couldn't be happier, "Gotta say, it's been way too long since I got a decent fight!" Heather said as she blocked a sword with her axe and had a wide smile on her face.
"You know it's only been a year since Drago's attack on my Mom's sanctuary!" Hicca exclaimed as she blocked another strike and did an airkick.
"Well, either way, I love being in the heat of battle!" Astrid yelled as she swung her ax around. "You know, this keeps happening when we fight a big bad!"
"And we'll take him down just like all the others!" Heather said as she ran up a falling beam and jump-kicked another Trapper off the ship, "Cause we still have two weddings to plans," She finished while shouldering her axe.
The other two girls smiled before they looked behind Heather and their eyes widened when they saw a Deathgripper taking aim, "Um, Heather?" Astrid started nervously.
"We might want to get a rain check on those plans." Hicca finished as Heather turned and saw the Scorpion-like dragon getting ready to fire.
But then out of nowhere, an orange blast of goo struck the Deathgripper and cocooned its instantly as it stuck to the sail of another ship.
"What the…?" Astrid said in surprise.
Hicca's eyes widened before she smiled, "I know that attack anywhere," she said excitedly.
Just before Astrid or Heather could say anything a familiar Death Song flew close to the deck, "Garff!" the three girls cheered as Garff cooed at them before flying off to join the battle alongside him was his father.
"How did Garff get here so fast?!" Heather asked in excitement before Raeda came to them and saw something up ahead.
"Uh, girls, it's not just Garff, look!" Raeda called as they looked ahead in the distance and saw what looked millions of dragons flying towards the Armada, among them were Thornado, Bing, Bang, Boom, Smidvarg and Darkvarg's flock, Hunterbolt, the Fireworm Queen, the Titanwing Deadly Nadder and many other dragons they met on their adventures.
'Attack!' Hunterbolt roared as all the new dragons started helping the Berk Dragons fight back.
Hiccup and Henry rushed up to the girls, "Guys, how did all these dragons know to be here?" Henry said in amazement.
"Toothless sent out an Alpha Distress call to any and all dragons that could help! Just like the Berserkers' Bewilderbeest!" Hicca said with a wide smile.
"How would he know how to do that?" Heather asked in amazement.
"Like I said before, Toothless is full of surprises," Hiccup said before looking behind the girls, "Watch out!" He said before throwing a spear at a Trapper trying to attack them from behind.
"Thanks." Astrid said with a smile before her eyes widened. "Look out!" She called as a Trapper came up behind Hiccup, but Astrid quickly tossed her Warhammer at him. Hiccup moved his head to the side and the hammer made contact with the Trapper's head, knocking him out cold.
"Thanks." Hiccup said as he lifted up his visor.
Astrid then approached him with a smile on her face and grabbed one of his grenades containing Zippleback gas, pulled the trigger with just her mouth and tossed it on the deck. Hiccup smiled back and tossed his Inferno into the gas, causing a massive explosion, causing the Trappers to run.
The two of them stood there looking at one another lovingly as a blazing inferno erupted all around them as the three girls looked at them with warm smiles. "Okay, these two are putting love to a whole other level." Heather commented.
"Do they even know that we're still here?" Raeda asked with a smirk on her face.
"I think they're lost in their little world to know." Hicca said with an amusing smile. "I would do the same if it was me and Henry." She added.
Henry rolled his eyes and turned to his future brother and sister-in-law. "Hey, love almost married couple, I hate to ruin the moment, but I think we have two dragons to rescue." He said while pointing towards Grimmel's flaming airship.
Hiccup nodded and looked to Astrid, "Think you can give us a ride, Dear?" He asked amusedly.
"Sure thing, honey." Astrid said with an amusing look as she gave a whistle before Stormfly and Hunterbolt came flying in and she made several hand gestures towards the Haddock twins, telling them to carry them.
"We'll handle the battle on the ground, you two go and get your dragons." Raeda said to them.
"Be careful babe," Henry told his future wife.
"Hey, we're Haddocks. We've gone through tougher spots." Hicca said with a chuckle as they all shared a small laugh before she and Hiccup jumped and grabbed hold of Stormfly and Hunterbolt as they flew by and they began to make their way towards the airship where Mira and the Pride were still fighting Grimmel before two Deathgrippers slammed into Stormfly and Hunterbolt.
The Haddock twins were sent flying but they managed to land on the burning netting on the airship. "Well, at least we made it." Hiccup said optimistically but they didn't get a good hold as they slid down, but they grabbed the wooden support beams.
"You said that too soon since this thing is on fire, bro!" Hicca exclaimed.
"True, but when has that ever stop us?!" Hiccup asked as Hicca nodded before they looked down to Toothless and Midnight as Mira and Grimmel are still fighting close to each other as Mira was holding onto Toothless' rope chain while Grimmel held onto Midnight's. "We're coming, guys!" He called.
"Mira, just buy us some more time!" Hicca exclaimed as she and her brother reached Toothless.
"You don't think I'm trying!" Mira exclaimed as she punched her brother before Grimmel managed to kick her off the chain, which sent her falling before Valkyrie came flying by and grabbed her.
"You two still think your dragons cared about you?" Grimmel questioned the Haddock Twins as he grabbed hold of Midnight.
'Get off of me!' Midnight growled as she tried to shake him off, but Grimmel pulled out one of his darts and injected her in her head shackle.
"Midnight!" Hicca yelled when she saw what Grimmel did to her.
"Let's just see who she will follow!" Grimmel yelled as he removed the chains around Midnight's restraints as Midnight was now drugged by the Deathgripper's venom, completely under his control, as her pupils slithed and the two of them flew away.
"No!" Hicca cried, reaching out to her dragon as she growled. "Oh, Grimmel's so gonna get it!" She yelled in rage.
"We'll save her, sis! But first, we need to get Toothless loose!" Hiccup said as Hicca nodded as the two jumped down and slid towards Toothless and began to free him from the restraints. "We're sorry, bud. For everything." He apologized to his dragon.
"We just wanted to keep you two safe and not lose you at the same time." Hicca said as she and Hiccup kept trying to get Toothless free.
The Deathgrippers completely lose control of the airship as they are now all crashing down towards the sea. This made it extremely hard for the Haddock Twins to free Toothless from the restraints, but they managed to do it just before they hit the water as Stoick saw them and looked down as he flew down and dived into the water after them. For a brief moment, nothing happened, but then Toothless and Stoick shot out of the water, stretching out their wings as Toothless had Hiccup on his back while Stoick had Hicca on his.
"Ah, thanks, Stoick." Hicca said gratefully to the Titan Wing Night Fury as he warbled to her saying 'you're welcome'.
"Okay you two, now let's go get her!" Hiccup said.
"Time to save Midnight and stop Grimmel once and for all!" Hicca declared as Stoick and Toothless gave might roars as they flew away from the Armada and headed straight back to New Berk, which was the same direction Grimmel took Midnight and the remaining Deathgrippers followed them hot in pursuit.
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Meanwhile, Valerie, Ragnar and Heather were fighting the trappers together. "Why is it that everytime we take on bad guys or war lords, this happens?!" Heather exclaimed.
"Is this a thing for you guys all the time?! Because this is like the third time this happens!" Ragnar questioned as they kept fighting.
"Hey, we're Dragon Riders, we do this 24/7!" Valerie exclaimed as she punched a Trapper back. "Though, some back up would be nice right now!"
"Then wait no longer!" A voice yelled out.
They looked up and saw Dagur riding on top of Sleuther with Mira riding behind him. He wasn't alone as Alvin was there as well on top of Groundsplitter along with Attali and their tribes.
"Dagur! Everyone!" Heather cheered at the sight of her brother and their allies.
"Let's get this party started!" Alvin yelled while raising his battleaxe.
They then joined the battle as they started fighting the Trappers as Atali landed next to the three Riders.
"Sorry we didn't come sooner. It was a long distance from here to our respective islands." Atali explained while hovering over the Trappers and taking them out.
"Hey, we're just glad you all made it in time!" Heather assured as she blocked a strike and Ragnar kicked the Trapper away.
"There are a few of dragons trapped at the west side of the armada! See if you guys can free them!" Valerie exclaimed while pointing to said west.
Dagur saluted and gestured for the army to follow him to the west side of the fleet as the Riders kept the hear off them on the east.
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On the ship, the Trappers were engaging Snotlout, who managed to get free thanks to Raeda, and the Thorston Twins, and Valerie. Ruffnut used her spear to block the attack from a Trapper and Snotlout hit him on the head with a stone mace.
"Number two, coming through!" Snotulout yelled before tossing the hammer to Tuffnut.
"Surprise!" Tuffnut yelled as he sidestepped in order to avoid the blade of a Trapper and then stuck him in the back of the head with the mace. "Sorry about that. Hot potato, Val!" He called as he tossed the hammer to Valerie.
"Thank you, Tuffy!" Valerie called as she whacked some Trappers away before disappearing and then sneakily took out a handful of them in camouflage with her Changeling skins before she turned visible again. "Here, Snotlout!" She called as she tossed the hammer back to Snotlout.
Snotlout then slammed it on the lock of a cage containing the Crisom Goregutter. The Trapper in front of the cage brace themselves, but he was standing completely unharmed. Though his relief was short lived as the Crimson Goregutter walked out of the cage and stepped on him.
"On free, four to go!" Snotlout called as the Crimson Goregutter took to the air.
Raeda and Henry then joined them, "Don't look now, but we've got back up!" Henry called, pointing up to the new dragons above them.
"Aw yeah! Dragon Family Reunion, time!" Tuffnut cheered, seeing many familiar scaly faces among the flock.
"Hahahah! A second reunion after two years! It's a Dragon Revolution!" Ruffnut cheered as the dragons then started attacking the Trappers while aiding the Dragon Riders in battle.
Fishlegs then showed up as he saw the Trapper overlooking his friends on the bridge and that when he noticed that they were so busy trying to free the last dragons that they were now completely surrounded.
"I've got your backs!" Fishlegs yelled as he grabbed hold of a rope and swung down towards the deck and slammed into the Trappers, knocking them out cold while one of them fell overboard as Fishlegs let go and smiled at them. "Yeah, it almost like we're a team." He said with a smile before the rope swung back and knocked Fishlegs to the leg as he was sent to the ground.
The impact also caused Fishmeat to roll out of his pouch and Ivan approached them with a cold smile. "You brought a baby to a battle." He said while pointing his blade down at Fishmeat, which the baby dragon growled at him.
"Ah, ah." Fishlegs said while wiggling his finger. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." He said with a smirk.
Ivan then heard some roaring as he turned and saw the Crimson Goregutter, Darkvarg, and the Quaken trio flying towards him. Ivan screamed and immediately ran for his life in a panic and the the big dragons slammed into the masts, knocking them over.
Darkvarg then grabbed Fishmeat and brought him back to Fishlegs, "Whoo! Way to go, Fishlegs and Darkvarg, Darkvarg and Fishlegs!" He sang while pointing to the White Night Terror as he put Fishmeat in his pouch. "Gods, I love those dragons." He said fondly.
With the Thorston Twins, they are still fighting before a Razorwhip came down and started slashing at them, knocking the trappers away. "Ohohoh! Razorwhip baby!" Tuffnut cheered as the Razorwhip turned to them, "Hey, this is gonna sound weird but, have we met before?" he asked, thinking he'd knew this Razorwhip somewhere.
Ruffnut took a closer look at the Razorwhip's eyes before her eyes widened, noticing the golden marking on it. "Wait, Wingnut?!" She asked as the Razorwhip roared with a smile as she nuzzled Ruffnut. "Ahah! It is you girl!"
"That's Wingnut? Wow, you got big." Tuffnut commented.
"She sure did! Oh, there's my girl!" Ruffnut called as she nuzzled Wingnut, who purred at her touch. "Now sick these Trappers!" She called as Wingnut did just that as she slashed at each trappers as Ruff sighed fondly. "They grow up so fast."
With Snotlout, he was fighting off the trappers before he heard a roar and saw Girl Hookfang and the Firework Queen flying towards him as they used their fire abilities to take out the trappers that were coming towards him. "Aw yeah! 1 billion pounds of fire power is back baby!" He exclaimed.
The three Warlords were seening the chaos caused by the Dragon Riders and the dragons. Then they suddenly turned when they saw Valka, Eret, and Gobber landing on deck on the backs of their dragons, wearing their armor.
"Sorry we're late for the party." Gobber said with a smirk.
"You're right on time." Chaghta said as he and the other warlords drew their weapons.
Valka, Eret, and Gobber then jumped off their dragons and riased their weapons for battle.
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Meanwhile, The Haddock twins, Toothless, and Stoick were still chasing after Grimmel. They are now flying through an active storm cloud and Midnight tried to resist, but Grimmel held a good amount of control over her thanks to his venom.
Grimmel turned his head and saw both the Haddock twins and the two Night Furies chasing after him in hot pursuit and he smiled. "That's it, that's it." He said as he turned into the storm cloud itself.
"He's trying to lose us in the storm," Hicca realized.
"We won't let him get away!" Hiccup yelled as they remianed close on their tail as they swerved through the clouds. Toothless fired a plasma blast to try to knock Grimmel off Midnight's back, but he quickly turned and the plasma blast struck her, which caused Midnight to moan in pain.
Stoick then flew in front of Toothless, 'No! Hold your fire!' He told the younger Night Fury.
'W-Why?! I was trying to…' Toothless roared before Stoick continued.
'You almost injuried Midnight!' Stoick pointed out as he gestured to his daughter, who moaned in pain from the blast, which made Toothless' eyes widen from that.
"Hiccup, we can't shoot any more plasma blasts with Grimmel on Midnight's back!" Hicca exclaimed when she saw this.
"I know. But how are we gonna get him off her back without hurting her?" Hiccup asked in concern.
Hicca looked at Stoick, "Got any advise, big guy?" She asked.
Stoick gave a growl of confirmation and looked to Toothless, 'If you will allow me to take the lead, your majesty?' He requested.
Toothless looked at him for a moment, surprised that he still thinks of him as a king as he gave a small nod. 'For Midnight, anything. What's the plan?' He asked him with a determined look.
Stoick gave a smile at him. 'Remember that lightning trick I showed you?' He asked as they kept chasing after Grimmel.
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Meanwhile, with the rest of the Dragon Riders, they are still doing battle with the Trappers. "Fear the facial hair!" Tuffnut yelled as he jumped out of nowhere behind a Trapper.
The Trapper then spun around and slashed at Tuffnut, thankfully his hair protected him as it was sliced clean off, which made his hair slice in two like how he used it. Tuffnut quickly removed his visor and looked at his new long dreadlocks. Anger filled in the inside of him as he roared furiously at the Trapper, who started to back away from him in fear. The Trapper then immediately ran away with Tuffnut chasing after him before a massive orange Typhoomerang landed in front of the Trapper and roared in his face, scaring and distracting him long enough for Tuffnut to pounce and whacked him many times until he was out cold.
"Yeah! Nobody messes with my facial beard!" Tuffnut declared while pointing at the unconscious man, before looking up to the Typhoomerang, "Nice job Torch! I mean, Rawr!" He roared as Torch roared next.
Gobber was not too far away from where Tuffnut is as he was clashing with Ragnar the Stone. "Oh, aye! I've missed this!" He called as he used his axe prosthetic to block Ragnar's sword.
"Me too!" Ragnar yelled and pushed Gobber back.
Gobber tripped and slammed into the railings at the side of the ship. He then noticed a Hobgobbler sitting just above him. "See that there?" He asked while pointing to the dragon.
"Aw, cute." Ragnar said with a smile.
"That's a bad omen, you're cursed." Gobber said with a smug smile.
Then suddenly emerging from the side of the ship was an entire flock of Hobgobblers and the one sitting on the railings gave the order to attack. Ragnar then watched as the Hobgobblers flew down towards the deck and began eating the wooden boards as Ragnar screamed and ran off as they followed him.
"Yes!" Gobber cheered them on. "Good on ya!" He added as he lifted his peg leg and saw the Hobgobbler chewing on it and chuckled. "I guess you're not so bad after all." He said with a smile.
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Astrid, Henry, Heather, Valarie, Ragnar, and Raeda are still fighting the Trappers as they kept on pushing them back as they try to get to the wheel. "There's too many! We can't get to the wheel!" Henry called.
"We need something big guys!" Valerie called as she ducked under a sword, "And I mean really big!" She called.
They then heard a really loud roar as Raeda recognized it and smirked, "Did you say, 'Big'?" She asked as she looked to the sky as a large, white snake-like dragon with blood red eyes and a mouth filled with six rows of teeth flew down and grabbed mouthfuls of Ships and crushed them like nuts, "Screamy!" She cheered as Screamy turned to her and gave a slight roar.
"Never thought I'd be so happy to see that face again!" Astrid said with a wide smile.
"Ditto, sister." Heather said with a smile.
"Alright, Screamy, now show these creeps why you're called the 'Screaming' Death!" Raeda ordered loudly.
Screamy nodded as he turned to the Trappers below on the ship as it gave a mighty loud roar, which caused the Trappers to cover their ears in pain as the earth shook, which gives Screamy the chance to swipe it's tail at them, knocking them back as it then wrapped it's tail around a few and tossed them into the water. Then multiple Whispering Deaths came flying in and dug through the decks of the ships, sinking them.
"Wow, Screaming Death's gotten better." Valerie commented.
"He does that everytime we see him." Raeda said with her hands on her hips. "I'm so proud of him."
"Well, let's go before more Trappers try and stop us!" Ragnar called as they rushed up to the wheel while knocking away some more Trappers that got in their way. But as more about to attack them, some plasma blasts hit them away as the Riders turned and saw the Pride Furies flying around while taking out many Trappers. "The Pride!" He exclaimed with a wide smile.
Henry then turned to Astrid, "Let's take the wheel, Hofferson!" He declared.
"Way ahead of you, Grimborn!" Astrid replied as the two rushed to the steering wheel. The helmsman immediately turned and a second later, his face made contact with Astrid's fist and then Henry kicked him away, knocking him out.
Then the two spun the wheel as fast as they could and then plunge their weapons into the wooden floor, locking the whell. They then watched as the ship made an intercept course with another ship and smashed right through it.
All the Trappers were beginning to panic and many of them were jumping overboard as the ship was beginning to fall to pieces. The warlords then watches as one of the cages slid towards them and they try to make a run for it, but their backs had pressed against another cage and tehy soon foundthemsves trapped within the sliding cage along with Ivan.
"Alright, Riders! Let's finish this!" Henry yelled as he and Astrid joined up with them as they continue to fight against the Trappers, who were now becoming disorganized and disheartened. They then cheered as the dragons had managed to escape all the ships and had set them to blaze as the Pride then quickly took out many ships as they could as each blasts sunk them and now they were making their way to New Berk.
(Linebreak)
With the Haddock Twins, they were still chasing Grimmel and they were flying through the snowy peaks of New Berk. If trying to attack Grimmel without harming Midnight was hard enough, the Deathgrippers showed up behind them.
"Oh, we've got a problem." Hiccup said to his sister and the two Night Furies.
"Oh, great, the DGs." Hicca muttered. "They're the last thing we need!"
The Haddock twins started moving around to avoid the Deathgrippers as Stoick and Toothless swatted them with their wings and tails as a couple of them crashed into one of the peaks. They fired some plasma blasts at a nearby cliff and causing a small avalanche to land on top a few more.
They then continued to chase after Grimmel, but then suddenly emerging from out of nowhere from bhined one of the peaks was two more Deathgrippers and they slammed right into them. Toothless and Stoick kept fending them off but the others rejoined in pursuit and were closing in on them.
Down below, the Berkians then noticed the air battle above them and began to cheer their chief and healer on.
"Take him down, Haddocks!" One of them cheered.
Toothless and Stoick were each about to use their plasma blasts, but before they could aim straight, a couple of them landed on their back and they raised their stingers and try to strike them, but they tried to avoid.
"Hiccup, this isn't working!" Hicca exclaimed. "Right now, I'm starting to see why they're called Deathgrippers!"
"I know! We need a better plan." Hiccup said as some more Deathgrippers started huddling around them. "And quick." He said as more and more caught the two Furies and their riders in their grip.
Stoick grunted a bit looked to Toothless, 'Your majesty, the Chief and the Healer, they're armor is made from Night Fury scales, correct?' He asked.
'Yeah it is, but why…' Toothless trailed off before understanding, 'Oh, I get it.'
'Then it's time we show the world why we're called the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself.' Stoick said with a determined expression.
'Yes we should.' Toothless nodded as he and Stoick then focused and open their spines on their bags as electricity began to flow through their bodies, much to the Haddock Twins' surprise.
"Uh, what are you two doing?" Hiccup asked, not liking the look of the electricity coming off the two Furies.
"W-What's happening?" Hicca asked nerovusly as the Deathgrippers grasped onto Toothless and Stoick as they began to pull them down towards the ground. "We're gonna crash!" She exclaimed.
"Okay, okay." Hiccup said, slightly panicking.
And then, Toothless and Stoick then gave mighty roars with everything they got and then suddenly, two bolts of lightning struck them from the fund of the clouds above them. Seconds later, there was an explosion that sent all fo the Deathgrippers flying and both the Haddock Twins and the two Furies vanished.
In he settlement, the Berkians just stared in confusion while wondering what happened to their chief and healer.
Grimmel turned and saw his Deathgrippers falling but didn't see the Haddocks Twins or the Night Furies. He continued looking behind to try and spot them, but in fact, they were in front as Toothless and Stoick decamouflage themselves, and since the Haddock Twins armors were made of Night Fury scales, they have tthe same effects.
'We're coming, Midnight!' Toothless roared as Grimmel turned and saw that they were now heading straight towards him. The Haddock Twins launched off their respective furies and stretched out their wings and glide towards them. Grimmel aimed his crossbow and fired at the two, Hiccup and Hicca managed to avoid the darts as they cut through their wings while Stoick avoided one of them, but Toothless wasn't so lucky as he was hit.
Despite the cutting on their wings, the Haddock Twins still managed to slam into Grimmel as they knocked him off Midnight. Hicca held onto Midnight as Hiccup grabbed her leg while Grimmel did the same to Hiccup as they were dangling off Midnight.
"You'll kill all of us!" Grimmel yelled as Hicca grasped onto Midnight's muzzle.
"Hiccup, we're too heavy!" Hicca cried out as she tried keep hold on Midnight. "I can't hold on much longer!" She finally managed to get the muzzle off but Midnight was still disoriented to fly.
"Fighting over dragons?! That's your plan!?" Grimmel asked as Hiccup saw Toothless was unconscious while Stoick flew next to them.
"A chief protects his own," Hiccup said as he turned to his sister. "You ready sis?!" He asked as Hicca looked down to him.
"You know our motto, bro." Hicca said with a small smile. "Where one goes…"
"The other follows." They both said together with small smile.
"What are you both jabbering about?!" Grimmel questioned.
"This!" Hicca called as she threw the muzzle down at Grimmel as Stoick turned to her.
'Hicca? What are you doing?' Stoick asked in surprise as Hicca gave a sad look.
"Save them." Hicca pleaded as she let go of Midnight, which caused both her, Hiccup, and Grimmel to fall towards the ocean.
Stoick looked in shock as he never clearly witnessed humans sacrificing themselves for dragons before as he quickly grabbed Midnight and rushed off to save Toothless. The Haddock Twins watches as Stoick was a bit too far for him to grab Toothless, but then appearing from thin air was Daybreak who caught Toothless on her back as she and Stoick carried the two a nearby ridge.
The Haddock Twins smiled as they didn't care what will happen to them next, because they knew that Toothless and Midnight are now safe.
Grimmel however, refused to give up; if he couldn't kill the NIght Furies, he was going to settle things by killing the Haddock Twins before they even hit the water. The three of them were now wrestling in midair and Griddle began to tear their wings off and damaged more of their armor.
"You've just sent us to Valhalla, children!" Grimmel yelled.
"What it's worth, we have no regrets, as long as the dragons survive!" Hicca yelled.
"And if we're going to Valhalla, at least we go, knowing your days of Fury hunting are over!" Hiccup yelled next as they kept wresting Grimmel as the hunters grabbed onto Hiccups' prosthetic leg.
Just then, the Haddock Twins heard familiar pitch tones as they looked up and saw Stoick and Daybreak flying down towards them as quickly as possible with determined expressions.
'Hold on!' Daybreak called, increasing speed.
'We're coming!' Stoick roared.
Acting fast, Hiccup quickly reaches for his leg and quickly detaches it.
"Nooo!" Grimmel roared in rage as Stoick then fires a blast and catches Hicca at the last second while Daybreak catches Hiccup as Grimmel falls into the water as the blast explodes where he fell.
And they begin to fly up as Daybreak looked down at them and crooned. And Stoick turns to Hicca with a gummy smile.
"See?" Hiccup said, breathlessly. "We knew you both come around."
"So, you finally understand that dragons and humans are equals, huh?" Hicca asked with a smile.
They flew up the cliff and over the edge as the two dropped them to the ground near Toothless and Midnight as the other Night Furies was with them. As the 2 dragons landed, Stoick two up as soon the Riders and the other dragons and the rest of the pride appeared, along with the entire village.
And then Haddock twins turn to Toothless and Midnight as they were waking up. And Hicca helps her brother over to Toothless as the they sat next to them.
And Hiccup laid in front of Toothless. "Hey, good morning bud." And Toothless begins to wake up. "There you go." And he moved over and Toothless laid his head over his lap. "Boy, you're full of surprises."
"You never cease to amaze me girl." Hicca said as Midnight groggily rubs her head against her.
And then Daybreak and Stoick approached them.
The twins looked at each other and nodded, "They're all yours." Hiccup placed a hand over Daybreak's head.
Hiccup then stood up and Astrid helped him stand while Henry stood next to Hicca.
And Daybreak and Stoick both helped Toothless and Midnight to their feet.
And Gobber nudged Eret and chuckled.
Raeda then noticed Snotlout scowling at him, rolled her eyes and leaned on his shoulder, "You know, Eret maybe rule with brains but, just between us... you have the brawn, handsome." Raeda whispered to Snotlout with a wink and smirk.
Snotlout's eyes widened as he realized what Raeda said, "Number 1." Snotlout said with a satisfied smile.
The 3 juvenile Night Furies turn to each other confused by that before turning to their mother who was just as confused.
Mira then walked up to the other Riders as they turned to her. "He's gone, isn't he?" She asked as she turned to them. "My brother, Grimmel?" The Riders gave them sympathic looks to her as they nodded to her as she sighed. "I had a feeling Grimmel would get his eventually. Just didn't know when."
"We're so sorry, Mira." Astrid said solemnly. "It must be really hard for you."
"No. It's okay. My brother died long ago. With that Night Fury I couldn't save." Mira assured them as she turned to the Pride and the Night Fury family as she gave a small smile. "I'm just glad his final hunt is over." She added as she wiped her tears away as the others gave her supporting smiles.
Toothless and Midnight continue nuzzling each other affectionately before the latter nuzzled her father. And Astrid rested her head over Hiccup's shoulder, and they turned to each other and they pressed their foreheads together.
Hicca smiled and then turned to Henry who was smiling too and they did the same.
And then Midnight's older brother and his mate nudged them a bit as they laughed a bit. "Sure, always room for one more." Hicca joked.
Toothless and Midnight rubbed their bodies against each other before pressing their heads against Daybreak and Stoick. Darkie, Nightstar, Shadow, Starlight and Blaze then ran back to their parents as the family of Night Furies nuzzled, happy to be reunited once again.
And then they turn to the Haddock Twins, and with seemingly uneasy looks. They then heard a roar in the distance, and turned in the direction of the Hidden World, as the dragons all had guarded expressions, "The World Serpent," Hiccup said seriously, recognizing the roar.
"He's still down there," Hicca added, remembering even though they had defeated Grimmel there was still one more threat to dragonkind out there.
Toothless and Midnight continue to look in the direction of the Hidden World, and then turn back to Hiccup and Hicca.
Knowing what they meant, Hicca helped her brother walk over to the two.
"You're right, bud." Hiccup stroked him. "It's time."
"We all knew this day would come." Hicca added, stoking Midnight's head too.
Astrid and Henry frowned confusingly from that.
"We were so busy, fighting for a world that we wanted." Hiccup said. "We didn't think about what you needed." The two then glanced at Daybreak and Stoick.
Hicca holds her dragon's head sadly, "You've looked after us for long enough. Time to look after yourselves."
"Wait, what are you guys talking about?" Henry asked in confusion.
"Henry, did you forgotten what was in the Hidden World that is trying to feed on the dragons?" Hicca asked with a sad look. "We can't stay down there, and we can't let the dragons suffer if they don't have their king and queen or the rest of the Pride to protect them."
Henry then remembered what they saw down there as he frowned. "Jormungandr," He said grimly.
"So, the only way for either of us to be safe, is…if we make the tough choice." Hiccup finished sadly.
Astrid and Henry then turns to Valka, and Gobber remained quiet. Hicca then turns to the other and gestures to their dragons.
They all understood what she was saying and didn't want to do it, but it was for the best.
Astrid went over to Stormfly, unstrapped her saddle and pulled it off her. "Oh, Stormfly." Astrid sadly hugged her. "My good girl."
Henry goes over to Wildstar, Sandstorm, Sandtrapper, Scout and Lockjaw, and removes their saddles, "It's about time I let you guys look out for yourselves." He said as each dragon moaned sadly and he pats their heads, "Yeah, yeah, I know, I don't like this any more than you do." He said, while sniffing.
Raeda removes Sparkfire's saddle as she sadly growls, not wanting to say goodbye, "Oh, I know Sparkfire, I know." She said as she sniffled and hugged her dragon, "I love you too."
"Alright, Grumpy." Gobber removes Grump's saddle. "Off you go."
Eret unstraps Skullcrusher's saddle. "So long, you big ugly beast. I'll miss you."
Heather sadly pulls Windshear's saddle off her. "I guess this is it, Windshear." She gave a sob and clears a tear as Windshear looks at her sadly. "I'll miss you, Girl. I'll never forget what we've been through together." She promises as she holds Windshear's head.
Dagur then strips Sleuther of his saddle too, "Farewell my friend. Until we meet again, in Valhalla." He says solemnly as Sleuther nuzzles him.
Ragnar took off Skully's Saddle and patted his nose, "Take care of yourself, big guy," He said softly as Skully gave a solemn growl.
And soon, all the other Vikings removed the saddles of their dragons.
"Oh, Cloudjumper." Valka said sadly.
Cloudjumper sadly growls.
Snotlout removes Hookfang's Saddle as the Nightmare looks at him sadly, though Snotlout was an arrogant, rude and bossy muttonhead, he was his muttonhead. "You're not just another sword Hookfang." The Jorgensen boy sighed, placing a hand on his snout, reciting the words he said the first time he thought he lost his dragon.
Fishlegs pulled Meatlug's saddle off too. Meatlug whined as if saying she didn't want to leave, "Oh, Meatlug. Nothing could ever replace you." Fishlegs weeps as he hugs her.
Tuffnut sadly nudged Ruffnut as they removed Barf and Belch's saddles. "See ya Belch," Tuff said sadly.
"Keep causing trouble Barf," Ruffnut added as the Zippleback nuzzled their riders.
Valerie removed Camo's saddle as the Changewing gave a sad look and she hugged him, "Goodbye Camo, I'll never forget you," Valerie promised while letting out a weep.
Hiccup placed a hand on Toothless' head while Hicca does the same for Midnight.
"Go on, bud." Hiccup said. "You and Midnight lead them to the Hidden World and help drive Jormungandr." Toothless softly crooned. "Once he's gone, you'll be safe there. Safer than you could ever be with us."
"I know its not what either of us want, but," Hicca chokes a bit as Midnight warbles sadly, "As long as people like Grimmel and Warlords are out there, you'll never live in peace, at least not here. And the Hidden World will never be at peace unless the World Serpent is stopped."
The two then stroke their dragons and Toothless and Midnight croon, as if trying to tell them they didn't want to go. "It's okay, we love you too. And we want you to be free."
And Toothless sadly crooned, 'Hiccup.'
'Hicca…' Midnight cooed with a sad look.
"Our world doesn't deserve you..." Hiccup sadly said. "...Yet."
"Hopefully, someday it will be." Hicca adds shedding some tears. "We'll work hard, teaching each new generation of humans and dragons how we can coexist and maybe someday, they will be able to achieve our dream."
Toothless and Midnight glanced at Daybreak and the Night Fury Pride, and then hug the Haddock twins and press foreheads together.
"Go, you guys." the Haddock Twins said with their hand on their snout. "Go."
Hiccup and Hicca slowly and reluctantly back away as Toothless and Midnight closed their eyes as their hands move away. And then turned to each other again as Hiccup and Hicca sadly smiled and nodded.
Darkie, Nightstar, Shadow, Starlight and Blaze walk over to the twins and sadly croon. Hiccup and Hicca kneel down and rub their heads.
"Take care of yourselves guys." Hiccup asked them.
"We'll never forget you." Hicca promised. The five youngsters then walk over to their family.
Mira then approached them, with a sympathetic look, "They'll be safe with us." She promised, extending her hand.
Hiccup gave her a serious look before grasping her hand, "They better be." He warned.
Mira nodded as she moved over to Valkyrie and mounted on her and signaled it was time to leave.
And Toothless glanced at Daybreak, and Midnight to Stoick and both nodded. Toothless roars outs and all the other dragons roared as well.
Toothless and Midnight turns to Daybreak as she flew off with Luna, as Midnight's mother followed her as well as her sisters, the 3 juveniles and the three cubs. And then Barf and Belch flew off following them, and Fishlegs placed Fishmeat in Meatlug's mouth as she flew off too. And Hookfang takes off as well as Skullcrusher, and soon Gothi's Terrible Terrors, Stormfly, Sparkfire, Camo, Cloudjumper, Windshear, Sleuther, Skully, Meatlug, Barf & Belch, Wildstar, Sandstorm, Sandtrapper, Scout, Lockjaw and all the other dragons flew into the air as well. Midnight's brother's mate nuzzled Astrid before flying off with her 3 Night Furies cubs. As the dragons fly away Fishlegs waved goodbye. And they all watched as the last dragons flew off as Eret patted Gobber's shoulder.
Hiccup and Hicca watched as the last dragons flew away as Mira, Valkyrie, Toothless, Midnight, Stoick and her brother were last remaining, they all turned to the twins as they sadly smile at them. Stoick then walked up to Hiccup as they eyed each other.
Hiccup looks to the scarred Titan-Wing, who seemed to understand the sacrifice he was making. Hiccup placed a hand on his snout and smiled, "Take care of them for us," he asked as he looked into the Dragon's eyes, almost seeing the man they named this dragon after, in them, "Stoick, who could never be conquered."
Stoick, then rubbed his head against Hiccup, solidifying the promise he made to the boy. Hiccup hugged him back as they pulled away.
Stoick heads back to his children and Toothless. Mira gives a farewell salute, "Goodbye my friends, until we meet again." She said before she and the 5 Night Furies took to the air. And flew off with the other dragons.
And everyone sadly watched as the dragons slowly flew further away.
Hiccup and Hicca smiled with tears falling down their cheeks, knowing that even though it was hard, it was the right thing to do.
And the dragons continued flying off, to the Hidden World where they can finally be safe.
