A/n: Hi, I'm here with the next chapter, sorry once again for the long wait. I wish I could've been able to publish it sooner, but I was in the hospital.
I needed an emergency surgery and it took me a long time to recover, even today I'm still not completely recovered but at least I can keep working on the story
Hope you enjoy the chapter
When Darkness Falls
The riders were still looking for an island to call their own and thanks to the incidents they went through on the last two islands they visited, they decided to check up really good on any potential candidate they found, which ended in Hiccup and Snotlout running away from a small pack of boars
"Let's explore the island on foot, rest the dragons for a long trip home, I'm a muttonhead!" Snotlout said, trying to do an impersonation of Hiccup
Eventually as they kept running, they arrived at the edge of a cliff just as the boars were getting closer to them
"Okay, 'genius'. What's our next move?" Snotlout asked
"Uh, weapons, we need weapons" Hiccup said but they had nothing at hand
"Got one!" Snotlout said as he tried to take Hiccup's metal leg
"Snotlout! Let go!" Hiccup said as he tried to push Snotlout away
"What? I called dibs, gimme!" Snotlout said
"Get off me!" Hiccup said as he managed to break free from Snotlout's grip
Then, the boars charged at them but luckily Stormfly appeared and scared them off with a stream of fire, which allowed Hiccup and Snotlout to reunite with the other riders a few minutes later and fly off the island
"Okay, so check that island off the list" Hiccup said
"This is so exciting! Searching the high seas for an island outpost to call our own" Fishlegs said
"Yeah, I like that idea. Move away from Berk, get my own place away from you know who" Ruffnut said, glaring slightly at Tuffnut in the last part
"Yeah, you're telling me, sister. I'm sick of you know who, he never knows when to shut up, I want him out of here" Tuffnut said
"Guys, lets focus. We need to find an island that's safe, secure and habitable for both us and the dragons" Hiccup said with a sigh, clearly starting to get tired
"Blah, blah, blah, how many times do we have to hear that?" Snotlout asked
"Until we find what we're looking for" Hiccup said before noticing another island nearby "Let's check this one"
They flew towards the island and checked it out before landing
"Not bad, not bad" Hiccup said "Lots of freshwater, seems like a plentiful food supply"
"And lots of cool blue flowers" Ruffnut said before sniffing the flowers she mentioned "I'm in!"
"Uh, is it me or does that flower looks too familiar?" Blake asked
"Yeah, aren't those-" Astrid began
"Blue Oleanders" Fishlegs said
"The flower that's deadly poisonous to the dragons" Blake added
"So, we're not staying?" Tuffnut asked, just before Barf and Belch sneezed, creating a small explosion
A few minutes later, and after giving Barf and Belch the antidote for the Blue Oleander, the riders encountered another island and flew down to it
"Oh, this island is beautiful" Fishlegs said "I even like those weird dots all over the-"
"Those aren't dots!" Hiccup warned as they all stopped flying towards the island "Those are Whispering Death holes!"
Then, the Whispering Deaths came out of their holes and looked up at the riders
"Yeah, that's a straight up no" Blake said
"Next!" Astrid said, in agreement
They flew to the next island. However, it turned out it was the same island Hiccup and Snotlout got chased by the wild boars, so all of the riders ended up being chased by them
"My bad! Should've crossed this island off the list!" Fishlegs yelled
All of the riders jumped off the cliff, landing on their dragons' backs and flew away as fast as possible
Some time later, they found another island and flew towards it
"This looks pretty good" Hiccup said
"Those cliffs would work, good site line, easily defendable" Astrid added
"This location is great" Fishlegs said
"It's perfect" Ruffnut agreed
"Yeah… too perfect" Tuffnut said, not sounding convinced, which got everyone else's attention "I'm just saying, in the immortal words of the mighty Thor, 'When something looks too perfect, it probably sucks'"
"Tuff, are you sure that's something Thor himself said and it's not something you just made up?" Blake asked
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure Thor never said anything remotely like that" Hiccup said
"Oh, really? How do you know? Do you know Thor? Have you talked to him recently?"
"No, but-" Hiccup began
"Well, because I have and I don't recall him mentioning you" Tuffnut said "Look, I just have a feeling about this place, and I think we all know what happens when I get a feeling"
"We ignore it?" Astrid asked as they all flew down to the island
"Mark my words, there will be something wrong with this island, something mysterious, something horrible, something… something" Tuffnut said
"Ya finished?" Ruffnut asked annoyedly as she rolled her eyes
Later that evening and after checking on the island, the riders reunited at a clearing
"Okay, first thing we need to do is setup the camp for the night, we need try wood for fire, we need freshwater and we need someone on traps" Hiccup said before noticing the other riders were discussing something else
"Snotlout, what is that?" Astrid asked as she saw how Snotlout was drawing an S on the ground
"It's and S for Snotlout, I think it will look nice flying over" Snotlout answered
"That's ridiculous, it doesn't matter what the outpost looks like, it needs to be functional and operational" Astrid said
"Uh, guys, what we really need is-" Hiccup began
"A place for rest, relaxation and replenishing after a hard day's work" Fishlegs interrupted "You're absolutely right, Hiccup. Meatlug and I had some thoughts"
Fishlegs began to look for something in Meatlug's saddle, moment that Blake took to talk with Hiccup
"It's no use, Hiccup, I tried to put some sense into them but they're not listening" Blake whispered as Fishlegs found what he was looking for, a model he made for the outpost
"Is that a hot tub?" Astrid said, as she pointed at a circle of rocks in Fishlegs' model
"No, that's the mud bath, the hot tub ids over there" Fishlegs corrected, pointing to another circle of rocks
Toothless growled, clearly not liking the idea Fishlegs had in mind
"Tell me about it" Hiccup said to his dragon
Then, the twins started to look at Fishlegs' model, looking for something in specific
"Wait a minute, everybody stop, I don't see it" Tuffnut said
"Me neither" Ruffnut said
"See what?" Hiccup asked
"Um, the boar pit, where is it? Where's the boar pit?" Tuffnut asked
"Why?" Astrid asked, obviously confused
"Yeah, why would you even want that?" Blake added
"Everybody needs a little entertainment now and then, don't they?" Tuffnut asked, so Blake and Astrid looked at each other for a moment before looking back at Tuffnut in confusion
"Well, we do know where to heat the boars" Fishlegs said
Suddenly, Toothless fired a plasma blast at the S Snotlout drew to get everyone's attention
"Oops, sorry about that" Hiccup said "Okay, so now that we have your attention, reall need to ser up the camp for the night"
"Wait, what about the-" Tuffnut began
"We'll talk about the dragon outpost design in the morning. For now, someone needs to get the water" Hiccup said
"Ugh, I don't know about you, but I would like whiney Berk Hiccup way better than Princess Outpost Hiccup" Snotlout said to Astrid as he walked away
"I know, right?" Astrid said before giving Hiccup a thump up
Later that night, the riders were sitting around a campfire while their dragons slept, but Toothless suddenly woke up
"What is it, bud?" Hiccup asked
"I'll tell you what it is, rats… rats the size of yaks. Not, it could also- is yaks the size of rats? Yakrats!" Tuffnut laughed "No, no, I know what it is. It's yaks the size of dragons. Right, Toothless? You feel me, T?"
Not wanting to deal with Tuffnut, Toothless groaned tiredly and fell back asleep
"There is no such thing as yaks the size of dragons" Fishlegs laughed but he jumped when he realized that Tuffnut was standing right behind him
"Yakdragons to you, my friend. And when you've heard their cries, you'll believe, trust me" Tuffnut said before shouting to the sky, forcing the other riders to cover their ears
"Tuffnut, you care to stop that? It's annoying" Blake said
"Yeah, and you're not scaring anyone" Snotlout added
"Really? What if there were snakes out there in the dark?" Tuffnut said as he moved his face to be inches away from Snotlout's "Giant snakes, snakes big enough to swallow a man whole and then barf out his bones?"
"Ha! Please, barfing out bones" Snotlout said with a scoff but then he grabbed Hookfang's wing and covered himself with it, which made everyone look at him "What?"
"Yeah, that's right, go to bed. Sleep if you can" Tuffnut said before laying down on Belch's neck to fall asleep
The other riders just either rolled their eyes or shrugged before falling asleep themselves
Later that same night, Tuffnut began to hear some noises
"Aah! What was that?! Tuffnut said as he woke up
He looked around and saw the other riders and their dragons still asleep. Then, he heard something from the near forest, so he walked into it before hearing the sound of wings and seeing a shadow
"Aah! It's in the trees! Yakrats, I knew it!" Tuffnut said before something walked behind him, making him jump but it turns out it was just a chicken "Oh, it's just a chicken… it's a tiny chicken. Well, hello, breakfast!"
Tuffnut was about to grab the chicken but he heard something else behind him, so he turned around and saw a huge dragon flying. Its size could even rival the Red Death itself
"Oh… my… gods" it was the only thing Tuffnut managed to say
Back with the other riders, they were still asleep until they heard Tuffnut yelling and running towards them
"Help!" Tuffnut yelled
All of the riders got up and looked at Tuffnut, feeling confused as he ran towards them
"Chicken! Roaring! Roaring huge chicken! Chicken roar!" Tuffnut said, trying to explain what he saw but he was in shock and clearly couldn't speak properly
"Is he saying he saw a big roaring chicken?" Fishlegs asked
"Not a chicken. Dragon, huge massive" Tuffnut said as he finally calmed down "What's another word? Colossal!"
"But what happened to the chicken?" Fishlegs asked
"Forget the chicken! We gotta get out of here!" Tuffnut said
"Is anyone walling for this?" Astrid asked with a yawn
"I don't know" Ruffnut said, knowing her brother best "I haven't seen him this freaked out since he found a leech on his-"
"Okay, I'm going to stop you there" Astrid interrupted, with some evident disgust
"Okay, fine, let's just check this out so we can all go back to sleep" Hiccup said tiredly, so Tuffnut began to lead them where he saw the colossal dragon
"Okay, when this giant beast rips us limb from limb, I will expect a full apology from each one of you and the handshake" Tuffnut said "No, you won't be able to shake hands 'cause your limbs will be gone"
Then, they heard something in the bushes, so Tuffnut jumped into the bush and try to punch the dragon he saw but it turns out it was just the same chicken he saw earlier
"A chicken? Seriously?" Blake asked
"No, it was here! And it was huge! I'm not making this up" Tuffnut said before looking down at the chicken "Here, tell them. You were standing right there, tell them, chicken"
"Uh, you're scaring me, bro, okay? And we shared a womb" Ruffnut said before she and the other riders began to walk away
"Tuff, seriously, we checked up this island really good… twice and we didn't saw anything similar to that" Blake said
"I can't even look at you right now" Tuffnut said angrily at the chicken before she crowed "What did you just say?" the chicken crowed again "I didn't think so"
The next morning, the riders were ready to start thinking in a good outpost
"Okay, now, let's talk about the outpost" Hiccup said, just before Astrid ran towards him
"Since you brought it up, I've been working on my designs" she said before showing a model of her idea for the outpost. However, it looked like a fortress with skulls at its base, while surrounded by flaming spikes
"Astrid, that kind of looks too similar to Outcast Island" Blake said
"Maybe, but it's just a mother, it'll look better when we finish it" Astrid said "We'll set up lookout posts with interlocking fields of fire and-"
"Never get any rest" Fishlegs interrupted before gesturing back at his model "But here, in my meditation garden-"
"Neither of those is S-shaped, did you not see my design?" Snotlout interrupted
"Boar pit! Boat pit!" Ruffnut yelled
"This isn't going to work out" Blake said as he facepalmed himself with a groan
"Guys, listen to me, we need one idea, we can't design four different outposts" Hiccup said before he seemed to have an idea "Or can we?"
"What are you thinking about this time, Hiccup?" Blake asked as Hiccup looked at the other riders
"You know what? Boar pit, great idea" he said, making everyone look at him
"Whoa, what just happened?" Ruffnut asked
"S-shaped? I love it" Hiccup said, looking at Snotlout
"Don't freak me out, Hiccup. It gives me the willies" he said
"I'm just saying, let's all come up with a design that we each think is the best and there we'll vote on it. Does that sound fair?" Hiccup said
"What are you up to?" Astrid asked
"Nothing, nothing at all, just trying to keep the troops happy. You know what they say: Happy troops are… uh… happy… groups?" Hiccup said
"You just made that up, didn't you?" Blake muttered
"Speaking of troops, ruff, where's your other half?" Hiccup asked
"Don't ask me, all I know is this boar pit is not digging itself" Ruffnut asked
Meanwhile with Tuffnut, he was in the near forest with the chicken he found, trying to find the same dragon he saw last night
"Okay, giant dragon, you are officially on notice. You can run but you can't hide" Tuffnut said before thinking in his own words "I guess you can fly, you can run fly. But either way you can't hide because nothing escapes the watchful eyes of-"
Before Tuffnut could finish his monologue, he walked off the edge of a cliff and fell down straight to some rocks
"Oh! I am hurt! I am very much hurt!" he said in pain before the chicken looked down de edge of the cliff before clucking away
It took him a while but Tuffnut somehow managed to climb back up, but of course he was bruised and his helmet also had some tree branches
"You could have warned me" Tuffnut said, glaring at the chicken
Tuffnut stood up and walked away in order to look for the giant dragon, with the chicken still following him
"Okay, so it's gonna be the hard way. Fine, that's the way I like it, just as the chicken" Tuffnut said
He kept walking until he suddenly stopped himself, this time he managed to see the cliff in front of him
"Ha! See?! Yeah, Tuffnut Thorston is locked now" Tuffnut said as he backed away from the cliff "He ain't falling off another-"
Then, Tuffnut fell from another cliff with a scream
"Multiple ledges!" he said in pain as he kept falling until he finally reached the bottom "This island is very cliffy!"
Later that afternoon, Hiccup was watching the other riders making the models of their outposts
"Do you hear that, Toothless? That's the sound of peace and quiet" Hiccup said, leaning against his dragon "You know, making them work together might be just the best idea I've ever had"
"I don't know, Hiccup. The peace could end any second now" Blake said as he walked towards Hiccup
"Blake, I thought you were also making the model of your outpost" Hiccup said
"I'll be honest, I had no idea of how I'd like the outpost to look like" Blake said, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly
Then, Fishlegs grabbed a rock for the model of his outpost. However, Snotlout was just about to grab that same rock
"Uh, excuse me? My rock" Snotlout said, glaring at Fishlegs
"How do you figure?" he asked
"I need it! That box makes the bottom of my 'S' and I need my 'S'" Snotlout answered
"Really? Your 'S'? your genius architectural marvel?" Fishlegs asked with a scoff
"Give me the rock" Snotlout demanded
"Since you put it like that" Fishlegs said, he was about to give Snotlout the rock but at the last second, he threw it to Meatlug who ate it "There's your rock"
With some evident anger, Snotlout stood up and destroyed Fishlegs' model outpost
"And there's your architectural marvel" Snotlout said
"And I've spoken too soon" Hiccup said as he facepalmed himself
"I told you" Blake said, slightly smugly
They watched how Fishlegs and Snotlout began to fight, accidentally hitting Astrid in the process and making her join the fight too, while Ruffnut walked towards Hiccup
"Hey, Hiccup, I'm ready for a dry run. You want to be the boar?" she asked, so Hiccup backed away in disgust
Then, they saw how Tuffnut came out of the forest, covered in dirt and tree branches
"Whoa, what happened to him?" Ruffnut asked
"Tuff, you went looking for that supposed 'giant dragon' you saw last night?" Blake asked, crossing his arms over his chest
"Instead of digging up our boar pit? Priorities, huh?" Ruffnut said
"Or maybe you did see something" Hiccup said
"Oh, I saw something" Tuffnut said before looking at the chicken "You did too, you little backstabber. Tell them" The chicken just clucked as an answer "Save it, you had your chance"
"Or this whole thing is a bunch of stinky yak dung" Ruffnut said
"You know what? First of all, yak dung, when made in a nice tea can be quite aromatic" Tuffnut argued
"Agreed. But I still think you're just trying to scare everybody, there's no dragon out there" Ruffnut answered
"Yes, there is, Ruffnut. You willing to put your mutton where you mouth is?" Tuffnut asked
"You are not suggesting…" Ruffnut began
"I am. I am suggesting like a hot Gronckle in a lava pit, and you know exactly what that means" Tuffnut said
"Oh Gods, this is going to end wrong in so many different ways" Blake muttered to himself
"What's going on with you two?" Hiccup asked
"Silence!" Ruffnut yelled
"I officially declare Thorston challenge" Tuffnut said
"Thorston what?" Hiccup asked
"This has to be a joke" Blake said, annoyedly
"Accepted, usual stakes?" Ruffnut asked
"Of course" Tuffnut answered
"What stakes?" Hiccup asked
"It's very you don't know" Tuffnut said
Then, both twins spit into their hands and shook them, before getting on Barf and Belch's neck and flying off
"You know, I'm starting to think we should've stayed at that island with the dense forest along with our Timberjack friend" Blake said as he looked how the twins flew off
Hiccup was still processing what happened while Toothless approached him
"I know, bud, I'm losing it too" Hiccup said before thinking in his options
He could either follow the twins or watch the other riders fight each other, since they hadn't stopped yet
"Ruff, Tuff, wait up! How about a couple of impartial judges for the Thorston challenge?!" Hiccup said before getting on Toothless' back and fly behind the twins "For the love of Thor, take us with you!"
"Hey! Don't just leave me here!" Blake said as he saw how Hiccup and Toothless flew away too but they were already too far away, so he groaned in frustration "I'm going to get him for this, I swear!"
Then, Blake saw how the rest of the riders were still fighting each other over a rock, so he looked at Thunder
"Thunder, do your thing" Blake said, so Thunder happily nodded and roared in the face of the other riders, taking them by surprise and making them fall. And of course, stopping their fight "Thank you"
Later that same night, Hiccup and the twins were still looking for the dragon Tuffnut saw, with no luck, even Tuffnut fell asleep while hugging the chicken
"Tastes like chicken. Chicken on a stick. Chicken à la mode" Tuffnut said in his sleep
He was about to fall from Belch's neck but Hiccup managed to place him back in place
"And that's where we should call it a night" Hiccup said, tiredly
"Chicken and ice cream" said Tuffnut still asleep
"Sure! Since we never found that quote-unquote Yakdragon, declare me the Thorston challenge winner and we can all go home!" Ruffnut said
"Uh, okay, sure" Hiccup said "Um, by the power, uh, vested in me, I hereby declare Ruffnut is the- Whoa!"
Hiccup suddenly stopped when a huge roar was heard, that it even woke Tuffnut up and shortly afterwards the same dragon Tuffnut saw showed itself
"I don't believe it" Hiccup said, clearly stunned
"Me neither… Tuffnut wins the Thorston challenge" Ruffnut said just as stunned
"Yes!" Tuffnut yelled happily before looking at Ruffnut "Told you, now pay up!"
Angrily, Ruffnut kicked her brother which began a fight between them until Hiccup stopped them
"Guys, focus! Look where its heading! Straight for campsite" Hiccup said, so the twins looked behind them and realized he was right "If it catches the others asleep on the ground-"
Without warning, the twins flew towards the dragon without giving Hiccup the chance to finish
"Guys!" he yelled but the twins were already too far away to turn back
Then, Tuffnut looked at the chicken as it clucked
"I forgive you too" he said before looking at Ruffnut "See you in Valhalla!"
"See you in Valhalla!" she yelled back
The twins flew towards the dragon, who faced them. However, when they were about to crash into it, it separated itself into several smaller dragons
"What in the name of- it's not one big dragon, it's tons of little ones" Hiccup said but the twins didn't notice it
"If this is Valhalla…" Ruffnut began
"What are you doing here?!" the twins said, looking at each other
"Whoa, check that out" Tuffnut said, finally noticing the smaller dragons
They look slightly bigger and larger than a Terrible Terror, they had small teeth and a rounded tongue. They also have two small horn-like ledges on top of their noses, their tails were short with four, short, thin spikes on it. Also, one of them was slightly bigger than its companions and was white and not black
The white dragon let out a small roar and the other black ones responded to its call, forming another giant version of themselves
"They're joining backup around the white one" Ruffnut said
"He must be their leader, it's amazing" Hiccup said as he flew next to the twins before they flew towards the dragons "Guys, what are you doing?!"
The twins pulled out a net and managed to trap the white dragon with it, which made all the black ones spread and fly away in chaos
"Bam! Problem solved" Tuffnut said as he and Ruffnut flew towards Hiccup "Alright, let's head home"
The twins flew off with the white dragon, so Hiccup looked down at Toothless
"I don't know about you, bud… but I've got a bad feeling about this" he said before following the twins
Minutes later, they returned to the campsite and woke up the other riders to show them the white dragon
"Amazing" Fishlegs said
"It's sort of like a Terrible Terror" Astrid said before the white screeched at her "But bigger and meaner"
"And with the characteristic that they only seem to come out at night" Blake added
"I say we should call them Night Terrors" Fishlegs suggested
"Hey, I saw him first, so I get to name him" Tuffnut said, before the chicken clucked at him "No! You always say that"
Then, Tuffnut looked down at the white dragon and seemed to be analyzing him
"Now, let's think about this logically," he said as he scratched his chin "They come out at night and they're terrifying. Terror of the night. I've got it! Smidvarg and the Gang."
All of the other riders just looked at him blankly until Blake broke the silence
"I vote for the name 'Night Terrors'" he said as he raised his hand, so did the other riders
"Night Terrors it is" Hiccup said
They suddenly heard a dragon roar in the distance, so the white Night Terror tried to release himself from the net with even more strength than before
"What's going on out there?" Astrid asked
"I don't know, or whatever it is, Smidvarg doesn't like it and the Gang ain't paying attention" Tuffnut said
All of the riders quickly got on their dragon and flew towards the roar. When they arrived, they saw the other Night Terrors being attacked by Changewings
"Changewings!" Hiccup said, as Toothless looked angry "I know bud, not exactly a fair fight, is it? Let's even up the odds"
They flew towards the Changewings and Toothless shot a plasma blast, stopping a Changewing that was about to eat alive one Night Terror. However, the Changewing disappeared and appeared behind them
Luckily, it got blasted away by Astrud and Stormfly
"No Bullying on our island!" she said
Thunder shot at lightning blast at two Changewings that were surrounding a small group of Night Terrors, scaring the Changewings off
"Back off!" Blake said
Snotlout and Hookfang attacked another Changewing that was attacking other Night Terrors
"Hey! You can't treat dragons like that!" Snotlout said as the twins blasted away another Changewing with the help of Barf and Belch
"Only we can treat our dragons like that!" Ruffnut said
"That should take care of them" Hiccup said as they all saw the Changewings fly off. However, they also saw how more were incoming
"What about those guys?" Fishlegs asked
Hiccup used his spyglass and looked at the Changewings, realizing that they didn't bother to camouflage, meaning there were a lot of them
"Incoming!" he warned
"How many?" Astrid asked
"Too many!" Hiccup answered
"Why are they all coming here now?" Fishlegs asked
Hiccup started to think for a moment until a Night Terror screeched "It must be the Night Terrors, when we captured the white one, they all split up" he said
"Of course, they flock into a shape of a giant version of themselves as a defense mechanism to scare off predators" Fishlegs said as he facepalmed himself
"And without their leader, they can't do it anymore. They are an easy prey" Blake said
"I knew this was gonna be bad" Hiccup muttered to himself before looking at the other riders "We have to help them. I'll head back for the white Night Terror; he is their leader. You guys hold them off as long as you can"
The riders nodded and flew towards the Changewings while Hiccup and Toothless flew back to the campsite
It didn't take them long to arrive, so Hiccup quickly released the white Night Terror from the net, who began to fly off. But he first stopped to roar in his face
"Yeah, probably deserve that" Hiccup said, slightly stunned
The white Night Terror began to fly towards the rest of the Night Terrors. But two Changewings appear and start to chase him down
Toothless shot a plasma blast, which hit one of the Changewings, stunning it. However, the second one was out of his range
Hiccup and Toothless flew towards the Changewing, who was about to eat the white Night Terror but luckily the twins covered it with gas before sparking it to make an explosion
"You leave our Smidvarg alone" Tuffnut said
"Great job. Okay, you cover Smidvarg from behind, Toothless and I will lead the way" Hiccup said, before noticing the twins were smirking at him "What? Okay, so it's growing on me"
Back with the other riders, they were staring to have a rough time holding the Changewings off
Astrid and Stormfly were guarding a group of Night Terrors but a Changewing slammed into them, making Astrid fall on top of a boulder while Stormfly crashed bellow it, stunned
Then, a Changewing landed on the boulder with Astrid and tried to crush her, but she rolled out of the way. However, she rolled of the edge of the boulder and barely managed to grab on to the edge. Which made another Changewing make its way towards her
"Lava blast!" Fishlegs ordered, so Meatlug shot a lava blast at the Changewing that was going for Astrid. However, this made it chase after them
"Stormfly!" Astrid yelled as Stormfly began to recover
While Fishlegs and Meatlug were escaping, they flew into a group of Night Terrors. They flew out of the group just when Snotlout and Hookfang were flying by, so they slammed into them and crashed on the ground
Some Changewings were flying towards them but luckily, Blake and Thunder appeared and blocked their way
Thunder shot a lightning blast at the Changewings to stun them. He was about to shot another lightning blast to scare them off but nothing came out, he already reached his shot limit which allowed the Changewings to recover
The Changewings were about to shot their acid at all of them but they heard a roar and looked behind them
It was the Night Terrors, who managed to make a bigger version of themselves thanks to Smidvarg's return with them, completely scaring off the Changewings. Making Fishlegs and Snotlout cheer
The next morning at the campsite, the riders were looking at a diagram that Hiccup made
"What's this?" Astrid asked
"A diagram of a new outpost, I got the idea from Smidvarg" Hiccup explained "So, I combined all your ideas into one giant base, and I was thinking we could call it 'The Dragon's Edge'. What do you guys think?"
The other riders looked at each other for a moment before looking back at Hiccup and nodding, clearly liking the idea
"Okay, I just need to point out that this is the first ever time that has ever happened, let's take a look" Hiccup said before looking at the diagram "Everyone gets to make their section of Dragon's Edge whatever they want it to be. Astrid, you can make yours the most heavily-armed bedroom in the known Viking world. Fishlegs, your place is quiet and secluded, overlooking the ocean, very serene, very relaxing, with lots of room for your very own rock garden. Snotlout, your spot is up here. Now, it's not S-shaped, but you can go S-crazy and paint them all over it"
"Yeah, I can! Snotlout!" Snotlout cheered
"Boar pit! Boar pit! Boar pit!" The twins said
"Yes, yes. Glad you brought that up" Hiccup said before showing them the diagram "There's a space for one right under your hut. Just do me a favor and lock up the boars after you are done with them"
"You do care" Tuffnut sniffed, looking like he and Ruffnut were about to cry
"As for you, Blake, since you said you had no idea of how'd like the outpost to look like, your spot is kind of empty. Hopefully that will allow you to properly imagine you do you want it to be" Hiccup said
Blake started to think for a moment before answering "Yeah, I like that. Thanks, Hiccup" he said, before Thunder let out a small roar "Thunder agrees"
"We'll connect the different sections with bridges, zip-lines and gangplanks. We'll have really cool stables with our own landing strip. And, of course, a dragon training arena. And in the center, overlooking everything else, will be the clubhouse, the eye of Dragon's Edge" Hiccup said
Later that night, Hiccup was looking at the work he and the other riders along with their dragons did
"It's really stand take shape" he said "And one more addition to our new outpost. Tuff?"
Not too far away, Tuffnut was sitting and playing with the chicken until he realized the riders were looking at him
"Uh, what?" he asked before realizing what was going on "Oh. Smidvarg!" those words for some reason, made his chicken attack him "What? I can't have friends now?"
Then, Smidvarg showed himself and landed at a perch
"Well, if we're gonna share this island with them, I thought we should share the outpost too" Hiccup explained
"Plus, it doesn't hurt that they seem to have the instinct to protect" Fishlegs said
"They'll be like sentries. Right, Smidvarg?" Hiccup asked
"That's not a bad idea" Blake said, as Smidvarg squealed in agreement
"Okay, so, the Thorston challenge" Hiccup said, before looking at Tuffnut "When is Ruffnut going to pay up?"
"She already has, can't you tell? I mean, look at her" Tuffnut said, so Hiccup looked at Ruffnut, who was sitting on a rock as she looked annoyed "She lost, so she had to switch clothes with me"
"Right… and if you have lost?" Hiccup asked
"Ugh, I'd have to swap clothes with her" Tuffnut explained, as if it was obvious
"Yeah, but you guys are-" Hiccup stopped talking when Astrid cover his mouth with her hand
"Don't go there" Astrid said
"Yeah, just let them be" Blake added
Then, Smidvarg and the rest of the Night Terrors started to fly around Toothless
"What are they doing how?" Hiccup asked
"I have no idea" Fishlegs answered
When they finished, Smidvarg and the Night Terrors flew into the air, creating a giant version of Toothless
"Whoa, awesome!" Ruffnut gasped
"Amazing" Hiccup said
"That must be something you only see once in your life" Blake said
Toothless seemed to like the giant version of himself, so he stood in two paws and posed proudly in front of it, making the riders laugh and Tuffnut's chicken cluck
"Aw, chicken, I couldn't have squawked it better myself" Tuffnut said
The giant Toothless flew higher into the sky and with a roar, it spread and the Night Terrors flew into the night
