I think its time for a long chapter. I hope this one will suffice; it's word count is 6,707. Seems long enough, don't you think?

Indi looked at his opponent as they circled each other in the ring, his shield gleaming in the morning light. He wiped at the sweat that dripped from his brow.

"Take her out, Indi!" Snotlout yelled from the edge of the arena.

¨Shut it, Lout.¨ Just as Indi took his concentration off of the opposing force, Astrid charged with a valorous war cry.

Indi raised his shield in defense and felt his arm buckle as the axe blade hit his defense. He shoved back, sending Astrid stumbling to one knee.

Astrid grinned and spun her axe in her hand. Indi took advantage of the female's vulnerable position and lunged forward. He raised his shield and swung it, only to have Astrid roll out of the way. Indi snarled as the shieldmaiden got to her feet. He pulled his arm back and threw his shield at Astrid's axe, sending the weapon out of her hand, his shield spinning off to a corner of the area, where it clattered to the ground.

¨Good," Astrid said smiling. Indi nodded and watched as Astrid retrieved her axe. He waited until she moved off to pick up his shield, something he had painfully learned to do, as evidenced by the large bruise on his shoulder.

"Nice work today," Astrid said, slapping Indi on his bruises shoulder, making him wince. "You're a quick learner."

"Thanks," he said. "Have you guys seen Elsa?"

"I saw her outside your hut when I flew by on Toothless," Hiccup said. "I'm actually surprised that she didn't come to watch you train. "

"Well, we've been going through some stuff lately."

"Did you two fight?" Anna asked.

"No," Indi replied quickly. " Not exactly. I don't know what exactly to call it: a misalignment of duties, I guess. I need to clear it up," he continued, putting the shield behind his back and clipping it to a metal latch on the back of his armor.

He strode off to his hut. It was an abnormally warm day, and the dragons seemed to be enjoying it. As he walked up to his hut, he saw Elsa just inside the doorway, sitting in a chair, reading a book.

"Hey," Indi said. Elsa did not acknowledge him, continuing to stare at her book. Indi lay a hand on her shoulder.

"Yes?" Elsa spat.

"Can we talk?"

"I don't know," Elsa said, still not meeting his eyes. "Can we?"

"Elsa, please. We need to talk."

Elsa stood up and shut her book with a clap. She set it on the shelf above the cold and lifeless fireplace as she went back inside. As she sat in a chair located at the head of the table, Indi sat at the opposite end.

"What?" Elsa asked.

"How can I get out of this?" There was no need to identify what "this" was.

"I don't know if you can, Indi," Elsa said. "You made a promise, regardless of whether you were aware of it or not. Unless you can talk Hannah out of it, I can't help you."

"What if I break that promise?"

"Traditionally, if a knight breaks a promise, his name is tarnished. I would have to look through the laws to be sure of any variations or loopholes, but I cannot access them here."

"Elsa, you're using your queen voice. Use your woman voice. What should I do?"

"I don't know Indi," Elsa said.

"Would you be alright with me and Hannah-"

"Indi," Elsa said, looking up at the ceiling. "I really really really don't want you to do that. And as I understand it, Hannah really really really wants to do those things with you."

Indi sighed. "What about a polyamorous arrangement?"

"I don't think any of my ancestors has ever been in more than one affair at a time... Well, except for one of my great uncles a few centuries back; he had three wives and several more concubines. The officials and the family had a hell of a time trying to find out who was the official heir.

"Now, it's not like knights haven't had extramarital affairs before. They have, even during my rule. But none of them were in your situation; being in a relationship with the ruling queen."

"Well, this child won't be an heir, since I'm not king of Arendelle or that princey thing you mentioned one time."

"Prince consort," Elsa recalled. A prince consort did not have as much power as a king, so the queen would still be the head of the country. Of course, Indi would have had to be a prince to even gain that title.

"Yeah, that thing."

"Indi," Elsa said. "Whatever you choose, remember to try to think of the consequences."

A few weeks later, Indi still had not come to a decision. Truth be told, Elsa was eager to not push him, and, thankfully, neither was Hannah.

He was spending the day outside with Emerald and Copal. He happened to be passing Hiccup and Astrid when Snotlout voice came from above as a green Terrible Terror flew by.

"There, there! It headed for Fishlegs' hut!"

As barf and Belch flew over the arena, Ruffnut and Tuffnut jumped of their dragon and slid down the domed roof. Snotlout jumped off Hookfang as he flew by and tumbled down the dome. He landed on his rear at the bottom with a grunt, his helmet landing perfectly on his head. As the twins stormed past, Snotlout got up and chased after them.

"It's nice to see those three training on their own," Hiccup said as Snotlout ran by.

"Not really like them though, is it?" Astrid said. The pair shared a look, before chasing after the three wayward Vikings. Indi jogged after them, whistling for his younglings to follow him.

When he arrived at Fishlegs' hut, he saw Snotlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut all in a pile on top of Fishlegs. Indi ducked as the Terrible Terror flew over his head.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Hiccup said. "Hey! What is going on with you three?"

"And why are you all on top of Fishlegs?" Indi added.

"It's okay. Really." Fishlegs said.

"Ha!" Tuffnut said, holding up a roll of paper. "The Fishmeister has been getting quite the bevy of Terror mails, lately."

Hiccup and Astrid looked at each other, a motion mimicked by Emerald and Copal with Indi. Elsa, Anna, Brynn, and Hannah walked up behind them.

"What did I walk into?" Brynn asked.

"It could be anything," Anna said quietly.

As the four got up off the floor, Snotlout spoke. "And since we haven't been sending them…"

"That begs the question," Tuffnut said, pointing the roll of parchment at Fishlegs. "Who is our sly little friend, here, communication with on the… sly?"

"Uh-huh," Ruffnut muttered in agreement.

Snotlout spoke once more. "And because he won't give up a name…"

"We decided to take matters into our own hands," Ruffnut said, finishing Snotlout's sentence.

"Okay, fine," Fishlegs said. "If you must know-"

"Oh, we must!" Tuffnut said in victory. "We must!"

"Yes, yes, we must!" Ruffnut said.

"Guys," Hiccup said. "Fishlegs doesn't have to tell you unless he wants to. It's his personal private business."

"Well said, Hiccup," Fishlegs said, before noticing the varying degree of looks that his "assailants" gave him.

"Hm?" Hiccup said.

Fishlegs sighed. "I've been corresponding with a certain someone, who has been returning my Terror mails in kind. You happy?"

"Are you saying what I think you're saying?" Astrid said with a smile, pointing at Fishlegs.

"Fishy's got a girlfriend!" Snotlout said in a high-pitched voice as he and Tuffnut did a dance of sorts. "Fishy's got a girlfriend!" He and Tuffnut high-fived.

"Yeah!" Tuffnut said cheerily. "It's fun to make fun of people."

"Woo!" Brynn yelled, pumping her fist in the air. "Go for it, Fish!" Elsa shot her head guard a look, which Brynn ignored.

"Who is she, Fishlegs?" Astrid asked, putting her hands on her hips, only slightly teasing him.

"Who said it's a 'she'?" Snotlout asked with a laugh. Meatlug, who had apparently been stuck in between two poles this whole time, made a confused noise.

"Uh, Fishlegs?" Hiccup said. "Now, I have to admit, I am curious."

"Okay, okay," Fishlegs said. "It's Heather."

Astrid gasped, and everyone's eyes went wide.

"Whoa," Ruffnut breathed out.

"So, wait," Snotlout said, stepping forward. "You're telling me that my future wife, the future Mrs. Lout, who just disappeared after the whole Viggo fiasco, you knew where to find her and you told exactly no one?"

"Yep, pretty much," Fishlegs said. Snotlout gave a short, frustrated growl.

"Look, guys, Heather is out on her own." Hiccup said. "She never stays in one place. We'd knew we'd hear from her eventually."

"Yeah but she and I have that connection," Snotlout said. "She should have written to me."

"What connection?" Brynn asked.

"And who is this Heather?" Elsa asked.

Indi answered her quietly. "Quick summary: dark hair, skilled warrior, rides a Razorwhip name Windshear."

"Fishlegs," Astrid said, leaning forward still teasing him good-naturedly. "Just how many of these 'correspondences' are we talking about?"

Fishlegs hung his head in defeat and walked over to a chest and opened it. Inside was a stockpile of rolled up papers; so many, in fact, that they were spilling out.

"Whoa. Cool." Tuffnut said as almost everyone walked over and began choosing random letters to read.

As Anna stepped forward, Elsa grabbed her by her shoulder. "Anna, a princess does not stick her nose into other people's business." The princess hung her head.

"Fine," Fishlegs said as his friends began to read the letters. "Go ahead. Read 'em all."

That night, Indi returned from another successful hunt with Emerald and Copal. Despite his lack of predatory abilities, he still felt that it was his responsibility to teach his children how to fend for themselves.

Looking around he saw pieces of paper strewn all about Fishlegs' hut.

"Odin above," Indi said, quoting the traditional Viking words.

"Uh, wow," Ruffnut said. "Those are some depressing Terror mails. I may need a mace to the head just to cheer me up."

"On it!" Tuffnut said, throwing a nearby mace at his sister. Ruffnut caught the weapon and glared at her brother.

"Metaphorically speaking!"

"These letters don't even sound like her," Astrid said, motioning to the one she was holding. "She seems worried and confused."

"Think about everything she's been through," Fishlegs said. "The only family she ever knew, gone. Then being out there, all alone, by herself."

Tuffnut interjected. "And lest we do not forget, or forget… finding out her brother is one Dagur the Deranged."

"Yeah," Hiccup said. "I can't say I'd feel any different in her shoes."

"Shoe," Snotlout said, pointing at Hiccup's prosthetic. "Because you… never mind."

"Hey, Heather's risked her life to fight with us," Fishlegs said. "She's helped us save countless dragons. She's the closest thing to actually being one of us. It just seems like we should do something to help."

Hiccup rubbed his chin in deep thought. "Well, hey, what about making her one of us? Ask her to be a Dragon Rider."

"Oh, Hiccup, I think asking Heather to join the Riders would be amazing," Fishlegs said. "Besides, the Nadder migration will be coming through here again and Windshear could be a huge help."

"Well, I think it's a terrible idea," Tuffnut said. "An awful, dreadful, unfathomable idea."

"Very funny," Astrid said. "We're trying to have a serious conversation here."

"So am I," Tuffnut said defensively. "Look, you don't just get to be a Dragon Rider. I'm surprised you didn't know that. We've spent the last five years fighting the nastiest, smelliest, most disgusting and often insane dragons out there. How many times have we almost gotten killed doing it?"

Ruffnut started listed threats off on her fingers. "There was the Screaming Death, the Whispering Death, the Red Death, all the other Deaths. And then there was-"

"We get it, Ruff," Astrid said, cutting the female Thorston off.

"So why does she get to waltz in here, all of a sudden, like she's one of us?" Tuffnut continued. "Doesn't seem fair to me."

"And besides," Ruffnut said. "who said she'd even want to be a Dragon Rider? You know, it's not for everyone. I myself have had moments of doubt."

"Hm." Hiccup said, his lips pursed in contemplation. "You know, Tuff's right. About all of it."

Tuffnut nodded, then look at Hiccup. "What?"

"Well, let's invite her to the Edge," Hiccup continued, walking over to Toothless and giving the black dragon a rub. "Just for a couple of days; to hang out, see how she's doing. Maybe she can help us redirect those Nadders. But nothing permanent happens without us all agreeing. Sound good?"

Indi shrugged. "I'm all for it."

A few days later, after the group sent a Terrible Terror to the raven-haired female, Indi was walking along the raised path, Emerald and Copal darting around him. He had taught them to fetched things and they were currently practicing with sticks, which he would toss off the side of the platform. They would each chase their own respective stick and bring it back.

They were currently nearing Snotlout's hut when Fishlegs' voice sounded out from below.

"She's here! Ho, ho! I saw her from my rock garden! Heather is here!"

"Sorry Snotlout," Astrid said, who was also near the Jorgenson's hut. "Looks like the future Mrs. Lout might end up being the future Mrs. Legs."

"She's here!" Fishlegs' voice sounded out again. "Woohoo!"

"Please!" Snotlout said in arrogant disbelief. "Fish-face?" He pointed with his thumb over his shoulder. "So you're saying she would choose bookworm, Gronkle-riding dragon geek over a real Viking?" He laughed. "Why would you even think that?"

"Astrid cocked her head. "She told me, last time she was here. Mentioned Fishlegs by name."

"Shut up, Astrid," Snotlout said, pouting.

"Hey, Lout," Indi said. "Catch!" He lobbed a stick at Snotlout, which Snotlout caught with ease.

"Indi, if you try to attack someone, you need to things:" Snotlout said. "A good weapon and surprise. You have neither."

Suddenly, Snotlout yelled in surprise as Copal dove from above and tackled him to the ground, ripping the stick out of his hands.

"Good girl!" Indi said as the little dragon dropped the stick into his waiting hand. He moved on to the stables. "Thanks, Snotlout!"

A silver dragon with bright green eyes landed on the platform outside the stables. The rider dismounted and Toothless ran up enthusiastically. The rider pat her dragon gently before stepping away as Toothless bounded forward. The silver dragon snarled, and Toothless cowed away slightly.

"Hi, you," Hiccup said. "We thought you could use a couple of days to rest up."

"Thanks, Hiccup," Heather said. "I really appreciate this."

"Nice to see you again, Heather," Indi said as he strode up.

"Hey, Indi, was it?" Heather asked. Indi nodded. "Good to see you too." Everyone turned as they heard a heavy set of footsteps run up. "Fishlegs!" The large male waved. "Thank you so much for the letters." Fishlegs shrugged bashfully.

The newcomers from Arendelle stepped forward.

"Ah," Hiccup said. "Heather, this is Queen Elsa of Arendelle, her sister Princess Anna, and Brynn, their head guard."

"Nice to meet you all," Heather said.

"Hey, Indi, where's Hannah?" Astrid asked.

"She's hunting," Indi said, turning back to Heather. "A lot has happened since we saw you last."

"Hey!" Tuffnut said. "We should sing the Dragon's Edge welcome song."

"Tuff, we don't have a Dragon's Edge welcome song," Hiccup said.

"Sure we do." Tuffnut pointed at Hiccup. "It's very catchy. I can perform it in several keys and there's sort of a little dance that I do along with it."

"No one wants to hear you sing, Tuffnut," Indi said.

"Yeah," Astrid said as she walked out of the stables. "I think Heather would rather set her gear down and get settled." Tuffnut smiling faced dropped in disappointment.

"Astrid!" Heather said, embracing the blonde shieldmaiden. "I'd love to hear your song later, Tuff."

"Good," Tuffnut said, seeming pleased. "Oh, Heather, you're gonna love it. And now I have time to warm up." He started making strange noises in a variety of tones that Indi hated.

"Good idea," Heather said as Astrid began to lead her away.

That night, a heavenly aroma wafted throughout the base.

Following the scent, Indi was led to the Clubhouse, where he saw Heather setting out plates.

"Oh my Thor!" Snotlout said. "What is that smell?!"

"Dinner," Heather said. "I was hungry. I figured you guys were too."

Elsa walked up behind Indi. "You cook?"

"A bit," Heather said. "Living on your own teaches you how to really quick."

Soon the food was passed out.

As Tuffnut was about to take a bite of some type of meat, a familiar noise was heard. "Buk-awk!"

Everyone looked down to see Chicken staring up at the blonde male. She cocked her head and flapped her stubby wings.

"Uh..." Tuffnut said before pointing to the food in his hand. "This isn't chicken, right? 'Cause I don't do chicken. Everyone knows that."

"Those are yak chops," Heather said as Indi put some into Copal and Emerald's waiting mouths. "The other, other white meat."

"Great," Tuffnut said, turning back to the bird. "I'd never do chick- I don't eat-" Chicken gave a drawn-out squawk before turning and strutting off. "I'm in. Who's hogging the gravy?"

The loud sound of shrieking dragons came in from outside. Looking out the open door, Indi saw a shifting mass of shapes in the night sky.

"Ug, gang, sorry to tell you," Hiccup said. "but we've got more Nadders incoming."

"Oh, come on," Snotlout said. "Now?" He slapped his yak chop against his helmet in disappointment, the bone clanking against the metal.

"Nadders?" Heather asked.

"The yearly Nadder migration takes them through the worst of Dragon Hunter territory," Astrid explained. "We've been herding them away and diverting them to a different route."

"It takes them longer to get them to their migratory home," Fishlegs added. "But at least they actually arrive safely."

"Heather," Hiccup said, rising. "You and Windshear could come with us. We could sure use the help."

Out on the deck, Windshear walked over at hearing her name. Meatlug walked over, garbling, when the silver dragon shrieked at her, making the Gronkle back away.

"Windshear is still tired from the long trip," Heather said. "We'll only slow you guys down."

"Maybe Meatlug and I should stay behind and keep Heather company," Fishlegs said.

"Hey, I can keep Heather company!" Snotlout said cheerily. "Everyone says I'm a great company-keeper." He pointed at Heather, winking.

"Who has ever said that?" Astrid said.

"You don't know everybody. Shut up, Astrid."

Shaking his head, Indi ran to find locate his friend. Copal and Emerald flew overhead, shrieking in excitement.

Running to his hut, he saw found the female lying on the floor. As his feet hit the wood, Hannah lifted her head.

"Hey, Indi," Hannah said sleepily. "Is something wrong?"

"No, there's just more Nadders coming through, a larger flock this time."

Hannah roser to her feet. "Should we get the dracomorphs?"

Indi nodded. "I think that Hiccup would appreciate that." Hannah transformed, and Indi climbed on her back. Hannah flapped with her wings and they flew to a small island just offshore, where a large hut made of ice sat.

Hannah roared and many human heads looked out of the windows. She shrieked, and the heads disappeared. A moment later, eleven dragons of various types flew out of the extra-large doorway.

Hannah took flight, leading the way.

"Hiccup!" Indi said as they neared the Night Fury. The Viking waved as Hannah glided up next to Toothless. "What do you want us to do?"

Hiccup pointed to a group of young Nadders that were near the Edge of the flock. "Make sure they don't break away. Young Nadders are hyperactive and unpredictable; they break away from the safety of the flock quite often."

Indi nodded, noticing Anna and Elsa on Toothless as well. It looked quite tight. "I think we need more dragons."

"You could be right on that," Elsa said.

Indi smirked. "Let's go, Hannah." The silver form shrieked and dove, the dracomorphs following her. They formed a moving wall around the young Nadders.

After the Nadders were finally set back on course, the dracomorphs went back to their shelter. As Hannah landed back at the Edge, Indi saw something that he did not expect to see: Meatlug and Windshear going after each other, and Heather and Fishlegs were both holding back their respective dragons.

"Whoa," Astrid said. "What happened here? Why are these two fighting?"

"I-I don't understand," Fishlegs said. "Meatlug loves all dragons. She gets that from me." As Meatlug tore away from her rider and charged at the Razorwhip, Fishlegs cried out. "Meatlug, no!"

"Wow," Tuffnut said. "Never thought I'd see our sweet little Meatlug turn into the green monster."

"What does that even mean?" Astrid said.

"Uh, she's jealous. Is that not obvious to everybody else? Green with envy? Huh?"

"That's ridiculous," Snotlout said. Why would she be jealous? It's not like you two are-"

"Did you see Meatlug's face when we were reading those Terror mails?" Tuffnut asked. "That, my friend, was the face of a woman scorned."

"Maybe it's Windshear," Heather said. "I knew this wasn't such a good idea."

"Uh..." Hiccup said as he walked up, Toothless, Anna, and Elsa behind him. "What wasn't such a good idea?"
"Meatlug just went after Windshear," Fishlegs said.

"Elsa," Indi said, turning his head to the queen. "Wall please." Elsa nodded, and threw out her hands, quickly creating a wall of ice between the two dragons.

"It was awesome," Tuffnut said. "I mean..."

"But, is Meatlug okay?" Hiccup asked. "Can she fly?"

"She's fine," Fishlegs said. "Why?"

"Let me guess," Snotlout said. "More Nadders?"

"Heather we could really use you," Hiccup said. "This is a big group that's coming in."

Heather wrapped an arm around her dragon's neck. "I don't think that Windshear can-"

"Windshear will be fine," Hiccup insisted. "We'll keep an eye on her."

The next morning, Indi and Hannah were in the air. The flock of Deadly Nadders was not as big as Hiccup initially thought; it was actually slightly smaller than the one from last night, and Indi felt that they could leave the dracomorphs behind. Despite his role as a dinomorph having been lost, he was still a firm believer in keeping other dinomorphs and dracomorphs out of unnecessary risks.

"Okay, guys," Hiccup said. "Tight formation."

"Hiccup, let us take the lead on this," Astrid said from atop Stormfly. "They're more likely to follow one of their own."

"Good call, Astrid," Hiccup said. "Let's take up our flanking positions and make sure there are no stragglers that break the flock."

As Snotlout and Hookfang went to the left of the flock, Snotlout called out. "Comin' in hot! Blowin' out snot!" Fishlegs and Meatlug went to the right.

As Indi and Hannah went ahead of Heather and Windshear, Indi glanced back and saw Windshear shriek at several Nadders, sending them flying back into the mass. Heather reached out and pet her dragon, calming her. "Easy, girl. You're fine."

"Guys!" Hiccup voice said. "Small pack breaking off! Get them back!"

"Woohoo!" Tuffnut said as Barf and Belch flew forward. Indi heard a screech and looked back to see Windshear swing her tail, sending several barbs at the twins. The sound of spikes hitting metal sounded out, and Indi saw that the barbs had buried their tips in Tuffnut's helmet.

"Uh," Tuffnut said.

"Heather!" Hiccup shouted, more out of concern than chastisement.

"Something's wrong with her," Heather said. "I'm so sorry, Tuff. I don't know what's-"

"I guess that throws your green monster theory to the wind," Snotlout said.

"Hiccup, we're not doing you guys any good," Heather said.

"Heather, it's fine," Astrid said. "Sometimes the dragons just get a little skittish."

"No, I've seen her skittish," Heather said. "That's not what this is. I'll see you guys back at the Edge. I have to figure out what's wrong with my dragon." The silver dragon peeled off, turning back in the direction of Outpost Island.

"Okay, guys, Nadders first, then we deal Windshear," Hiccup said. "Ruff, Tuff."

Looking back, Indi saw that the twins both had their heads bowed and they appeared to be muttering.

"Wall of Fire!"

The twins cheered as their led their dragon forward. Barf let out a stream of green gas around the group of Nadders that were breaking away. Belch lit the gas, and the resulting arch of flames sent the dragons back to the main flock.

"Good job, gang," Hiccup said. "Now let's get them back on course where they'll be safe."

As they landed, Indi saw Elsa waiting for him.

"Hannah, I need to talk to Elsa."

Hannah transformed. "Could I be a part of this conversation."

Indi slowly inhaled. "This is actually official business." Hannah nodded in understanding and took off. Indi turning to walk up the wooden deck. He looked up at Elsa. "How'd you get here so fast?"

"Hiccup had to drop us," Elsa said. "He wanted to do some training with Heather and Windshear."

Indi nodded in understanding. "We need to talk."

"About what?" Elsa asked, her eyes flicking to Hannah, who was already soaring away.

"Not that," Indi said, knowing fully well what Elsa was thinking.

Elsa visibly relaxed and turned inside the hut. As they sat down, Indi cleared his throat.

"I think we need to take the dracomorphs to Arendelle." Elsa raised her eyebrows, and Indi continued. "I don't want them in these fights with the dragon hunters."

"Why the sudden change?" Elsa asked.

"It's my duty to think about these things," Indi said simply, making Elsa smile.

"Well, I can talk to Hiccup about this when he gets back. Perhaps we could arrange a time to go."

Indi nodded. "I also think that Arendelle could do with the added benefit of having a bit of extra firepower around to defend against attacks." Elsa chuckled at the pun. Thunder rumbled in the distance. "By the way, where are my younglings?"

"With Stormfly," Elsa said. "Also... have you and Hannah..."

"No," Indi said. "Care to go for a walk?"

"It's about to rain," Elsa said.

"And you control ice," Indi said, motioning to her hands. Elsa smiled and stood.

When they were about halfway to the stables, a sheet of water fell from the sky. Before Elsa could create an ice canopy, the water reached them. Once Elsa managed to focus her abilities enough, she quickly made a shelter for them.

"I blame you for this," Elsa said, wiping the water from her face.

"I don't care," Indi said.

Elsa made the ice canopy disappear, and made herself an umbrella out of ice. Indi turned and walked off, water running down his face and making his hair flat. Elsa chuckled and walked along.

Once they made it to the landing area in front of the stables, Indi heard Hiccup's voice come from inside.

"Okay, so that didn't go quite as planned, but I promise that tomorrow-"

"There's not gonna be a tomorrow," Hannah's voice said.

Indi and Elsa walked into the stables silently.

"Oh. Heather-" Hiccup started.

"Clearly, this was a mistake," Heather said. "We just don't fit in here."

"What are you talking about?" Hiccup said. "You fit in great. Besides, do you really want to do that to Fishlegs?"

"No, of course not. But it's obvious that Windshear can't work with the other dragons and someone is gonna get hurt. I knew this wouldn't work." Heather cradled the silver dragon's head. "It's just better if we go."

"I have an idea," Indi said. Hiccup turned around. "I think it could work, but don't quote me on this just yet." Indi turned and ran out the stable doors.

The next day, Indi walked up to the stables. There were Heather, Fishlegs, and Windshear, who looked to be ready to go with all of the supplies ties to her back.

"Am I interrupting something?"

"No," Fishlegs said.

"Good," Indi said. "Hannah, go ahead." The blonde female walked up to the Razorwhip and started growl softly.

Windshear answered with a small croon. The resulting exchange was quite magical.

"What is she-" Heather started.

"Shh," Indi said.

Soon the exchange was finished, and Hannah turned to the trio. "Interesting. Heather, when you and Windshear were together over the years, did she protect you?"

"Quite frequently," Heather said, her eyes slowly widening in realization. "That's all she knows how to do."

"Of course!" FIshlegs said. "While you were working with the other dragons, Windshear was just trying to protect you." He promptly climbed on Meatlug. "Okay, girl. Let's get to work."

"Fishlegs, where are you-" Heather began.

"I have an idea," Fishlegs said as he settled down into the saddle. "I'll never ask you again, but please, just this once, trust me, Heather."

Heather glanced back at Windshear as Fishlegs and Meatlug took off.

"On it!" Astrid said as Stormfly dove down, herding a young Nadder back into the main flock.

"Hey, where's Fishlegs?" Snotlout asked. "Isn't this the second time this week he's missed all the super-fun Nadder herding?"

"He's saying goodbye to Heather," Brynn said as Toothless and Hiccup came to a hover nearby.

"Which is way harder on him than it is on the rest of us," Hiccup said.

"So cut him some slack," Anna said from behind her sister.

"I'm just saying we could use the help," Snotlout said.

"Yeah," Tuffnut said. "Especially with that dragon ship coming towards us." Elsa looked, and sure enough, a dragon hunter ship was advancing.

"They must have figured out what we're doing with the Nadders," Astrid said. "and decided to head us off."

"It's only one ship," Hiccup said. "We'll take care of them, no problem." A Razorwhip call sounded out through the sky.

"Uh, I hate to keep bringing down the room, or the, you know, outside," Tuffnut said. "But that isn't exactly the case."

Elsa turned to see three more ships coming from the opposite direction.

"Then perhaps we could be of assistance," Indi said from Hannah's back as the dragon flew past them. Indi shifted the shield on his back.

"Oh, how nice of you to show up," Brynn said from behind Astrid.

"Sorry," Indi said. "We were doing an experiment, but it seems to have worked."

"What experiment?" Hiccup asked. "You know what, tell me later. Guys, get above the clouds. We need to regroup."

Indi nodded, and Hannah climbed higher. Suddenly, a cord shot up from the deck and wrapped around Hookfang's leg, pulling the large red dragon and his rider down.

"Hookfang!" Snotlout yelled. "Come on, Hookie. It's just a little rope." Hookfang twisted his head and neck around, before releasing a stream of semi-liquid fire at the cord, but the line stayed even through the heat.

"That's not just a rope," Elsa said. "It looks like it's made of reinforced iron."

"That's what I said!" Snotlout shouted desperately. "Come on, Hookie! It's just a little rope made out of some kind of reinforced iron."

The call of a Gronkle sounded out in the distance. Everyone turned to see a Razorwhip and a gronkle flying towards them.

"Wait, is that-" Snotlout started.

"Fishlegs riding-" Hiccup continued.

"Windshear?!" Astrid concluded. "What are they doing?" She turned to Indi. "Did you have something to do with this?" Indi simply smiled.

"Doesn't matter," Hiccup said. "Right now, I'm just thankful they decided to show up."

Meatlug dove down, releasing two shots of lava onto the deck of a ship.

Sensing the fight about to ensue, Hannah snarled and dove, landing on the deck of another ship. Several hunters charged and Indi threw his shield. The weapon spun, and hit the hunters in the head, moving in an arch with each hit, until it came back to Indi's waiting hand.

"Nice, Hiccup," Indi said in approval. Looking over at the next ship, Indi watched for a moment as Fishlegs and Windshear single handedly took out a ship, the silver dragon slashing ropes and slicing masts.

As the masts and sails tumbled down, Hannah took flight and shot a blue fireblast at the ship, igniting it, before turning and flying back to Hiccup and Astrid and their passengers.

"Ha, ha!" Hiccup said. "Well done, Fishlegs!"

"What I miss?" Indi said.

"Did you not see what just happened?" Elsa said.

"No," Indi said, lifting his shield. "I was testing this out."

"Fishlegs and Heather are using Windshear's protective instincts to our advantage," Astrid said. "Switching dragons was the trick!"

"Now even if there are other dragons around," Hiccup said. "Windshear's gonna do what comes naturally."

"Protect Heather," Brynn said.

"Exactly," Indi said.

"Did you know about this?" Elsa asked. Indi nodded. "How?"

"Hannah's a Razorwhip, remember," Indi said, reaching down and giving Hannah's shoulder a pat. She translated Windshear for me."

"That's genius!" Hiccup said.

Suddenly, a volley of arrows came up from below.

"Okay," Indi said. "Hiccup, come with me. We'll take out the ship on the right. Astrid, you and the twins take out the other two. It looks like the lovebirds are already saving Snotlout's carcass." Hannah screeched and dove, Toothless following.

"Fire away, Hannah!" Indi yelled. The silver dragon beneath him unleashed a torrent of blue flames as Indi shielded her flank from several incoming arrows.

The mast of the ship exploded into a small fireball.

"Elsa!" Indi said as Toothless shot a plasma blast. "Climb on Hannah."

"Mid flight?!" Elsa yelled incredulously. "Are you insane?!"

"Quite possibly," Indi said. "It's alright. Just put your arms up and we'll fly over and I'll grab you." Elsa carefully let go of Hiccup and Hannah flew over. Indi reached down and grabbed Elsa's wrist, before straining himself as Hannah pulled away. Pulling with all his might, Indi lifted Elsa just high enough that she could climb on.

Once she was safely behind him, Indi turned. "I need you to freeze their ballistae."

Elsa nodded; she hung onto Indi's shoulder with one hand and leaned over. She reached out with her free arm, taking aim around Indi, and released a stream of magic. A moment later, the deck exploded into a field of ice complete with icicles, the largest of which went right through the weapons that were mounted to the deck.

Hannah shot a blast at the primary mast of the ship, rendering it mostly immobile.

"Now sink it, Elsa!" Anna said from her spot behind Hiccup on the Night Fury.

Elsa made a fist and fired, sending a mass of super hardened ice through the ship's hull, the crunch of wood breaking against ice sounding out satisfactorily.

"Guys, look out!" Hiccup yelled. Looking in the direction of the Night Fury, Indi and Elsa saw a net be unleashed at the dragon.

"Anna!" Elsa yelled.

As the net neared the dragon, Toothless shot a plasma blast through the ropes, and barrel-rolled through the hole. The net fell into the water, where the flaming ropes sizzled out harmlessly.

"Dragon Riders!" Hiccup said as Toothless came out of the roll and hovered next to Heather and Meatlug. "Let's clean this mess up, once and for all." The Night Fury dove, leading the charge.

As Meatlug released a lava blast at one ship, Elsa shot ice through the deck of a ship, creating a hole that went clear through into the ocean.

As the twins filled a ship with green Zippleback gas, Stormfly was guided over and lit the gas with superheated flames, making the ship explode into a gigantic fireball that lit up everyone's features with an orange glow.

As Snotlout and Hookfang flew over a ship, the red dragon dropped fire onto the deck, making the hunters leap overboard.

¨Well, that was fun," Indi said as the dragons and their riders turned to fly off.

Back in the Edge Clubhouse, the sun was beginning to set and the group was settling down for supper.

Tuffnut stabbed a two-pronged fork into a yak chop and licked his lips.

"Okay, I have to know," Fishlegs said. "Is this a goodbye dinner or a welcome-to-the-team dinner?"

"Either way," Tuffnut said. "I cannot go back to eating regular food after..." he swallowed. "...these delicious chops." Elsa had to agree; Heather's cooking was quite good and she had come to enjoy it.

"It's not a goodbye dinner Fishlegs," Heather said. "I'm staying."

"I thank you,"Tuffnut said, leaning back in his chair. "And my palate thanks you as well."

"You know,"Heather said. "Fishlegs and Indi really deserve all the credit."

"Stop, you," Fishlegs said. "You're embarrassing me."

"Yeah. Stop." Snotlout said from a dark corner. "Fishlegs? Indi? What in the name of Thor could they have possibly done that I couldn't do."

"If Indi figured out how to translate Windshear, and if Fishlegs hadn't figured out how to integrate Windshear into our pack-" Hiccup said as he gave Toothless and Windshear each a basket of fish.

"Yeah," Tuffnut said. "We'd be back to eating Ruff's cooking." Ruffnut chucked a yak chop as hard as she could at her brother. Tuffnut caught it and gave his sister a two-fingered salute. "I'll take that. Muchas gracias, muchacha."

"Blah, blah, blah," Snotlout said. "Whatever."

"More yak chops, Snotlout?" Heather asked, moving the plate over to the dark-haired male.

"Yes, please!" Snotlout said enthusiastically as he accepted the plate. "And can I get some more of those green thingies? They're amazing."

"Beans, Snotlout," Astrid said. "They're called beans."

Indi looked up when a motion caught his eye. A Terrible Terror flew into the building and dropped a roll of parchment on the mantle.

"I didn't send it," Heather said. Hiccup picked up the paper and unrolled it. His eyes scanned the paper.

"What is it?" Astrid asked. "Are you okay?"

"It's from Dagur," Hiccup said. "He's been looking everywhere for his sister. And he wants our help in finding her."

"Well, that shouldn't take long," Tuffnut said with a small laugh, before pointing at Heather. "She's right there."

"I knew he would come looking for me," Heather said, clearly deeply troubled.

Glancing over at the newcomers from Arendelle, Indi saw the confusion in their eyes. He leaned over and spoke quietly. "We'll explain later."

"Well, maybe that's not such a bad thing," Hiccup said. This shocked Indi; from what he'd been told, Dagur was an absolute nutcase. This was affirmed by the disbelieving look that Heather gave Hiccup. "Or maybe it is. Look, Heather, you're one of us now: a Dragon Rider. If you're not ready to be found, we'll make sure you won't be."

Heather sighed, before looking off at the sun, which was starting to dip below the horizon.