The Thunderdrum released a concussive roar at the riders; the soundwaves forming a whirlpool ripple in the air. The riders exclaimed in fright as they tried to dodge the blast, flying off in different directions. Astrid and Stormfly swooped downwards, the Nadder aiming its tail.

"Stormfly," Astrid yelled. "Spine shot!"

Stormfly squawked as the spines on her tail shot up. She flicked it, the spines darting at incredible speed, aimed for the Thunderdrum's underbelly. The tidal class dragon flew out of the way before the spines hit. Enraged, the Thunderdrum prepared another soundwave attacked, but was interrupted by a fire blast. Turning around, the dragon saw Snotlout on Hookfang advancing towards them.

"Snotlout! Snotlout! Oi, Oi, Oi!" he chanted.

The Thunderdrum charged towards them. The dragon swerved out of the way before they impacted, whipping out its tail and flicking Snotlout out of his saddle.

"Hookfang!" he screamed as he fell. The Monstrous Nightmare dived down to catch him.

Seeing that there was one rider down, the Thunderdrum continued the assault on the others. It turned back to find the Zippleback in front of it, already spewing out its signature gas. "Blow it, Belch!" exclaimed Tuffnut.

Belch sparked the gas, igniting it, the explosion blasted straight in the wild dragons face causing it to falter in its flight. Distracted, Meatlug and Fishlegs came in from the side and used a tail bludgeon. The Thunderdrum roared in annoyance and pain; it angled itself prepared to charge at Fishlegs, but was stopped as a stream of fire shot up in front of it. Looking down, it saw Snotlout on Hookfang.

"No one throws me off my saddle, but Hookfang!" Snotlout yelled. Hookfang let out another stream of flames.

The Thunderdrum dodged the attack and flew down low to attack from under, but was interrupted by a wave of spines. Looking up it saw Astrid and the other riders, hovering in front of it. Knowing it was outnumbered, it retreated back into the dense forest.

Watching the wild dragon fly away from them, the rider let out victorious smiles and sighs of relief. Glad that the Thunderdrum was gone, they could get back to the task at hand.

"Alright guys," Astrid announced. "Lets hope we don't get anymore distractions. We need to find Toothless, and get Hiccup back. Hopefully, we're not too late."

Looking back to the mountain, she prayed they weren't.

Numb was the first thing that came to Hiccup's mind. He gasped as his eyes shot open, but quickly closed them as his head throbbed in pain. He went to lift his hand, to try and ease the pain, but was shocked to find he couldn't. Confused, he looked down and realised, with a yelp of surprise, that he was encased in the amber again, with the back of his cocoon attached to the wall. He was sitting on the ground, his legs free of the amber, but his chest and arms remained still.

He sighed, "Why do the gods hate me?"

Looking around, he couldn't see the Deathsong anywhere. Taking the chance, he began to try and struggle out of the amber. He tried twisting his body, but soon found out that he only had the space to allow him to breathe. He began to try and dislodge his cocoon from the cave wall; if he get it off the wall he would be able to at least walk around and try to find something to help him get out.

Hiccup eventually grew tired and gave up on detaching the amber from the wall. He leaned his head back against the rock walls and let out a sigh. Taking advantage of the quiet and isolation, he began to analysis the Deathsong's behaviour. He knew that he should expect the unexpected from dragons, especially from new species. But, this took the cake. An aggressive, cannibalistic dragon that lured in dragons to trap and eat them, was now treating him like how a mother takes care of a hatchling. It was absolutely confusing.

The fact the that this dragon, supposedly, thought that he was its hatchling was a little unsettling. Hiccup struggled to find a reasonable explanation for its actions; making scenarios, testing theories in his head and piecing clues together. He remembered about the large area where the Deathsong lured the dragons, and when they first witnessed the the dragon. From what he could tell, the Deathsong was the only one on the island. It had no friends or family. And, when he looked in its eyes, he saw loneliness. The Deathsong was a dragon others feared, it was probably the only dragon that lived on the island; the dragons it trapped didn't live on it, they were lured with the song. All the water on the island was fresh water, and didn't contain any fish; same with the ocean surrounding the island. Hiccup couldn't know for sure that the Deathsongs diet relied on dragon flesh, or, maybe, (just maybe), it had no other choice. But, one thing was certain:

This dragon was alone.

Just like he was most of his life.

The riders made their way to the mountain, passing over tree-tops and more rock canyons. Astrid was gripping her saddle tightly, her face scrunched in concentration. Something had been on her mind ever since they fought the Thunderdrum. If she remembered correctly, Thunderdrums were hard of hearing, they were practically deaf. So if the Thunderdrum couldn't hear the Deathsongs musical call, then what was it doing here?

She looked over to her right, where Fishlegs was flying Meatlug. "Fishlegs!" she called. "Do you have any idea what a Thunderdrum could be doing here?"

"Hard to say, Astrid." he answered back. "Thunderdrums, are classified as Tidal Class dragons, but, they are able to live on land with ease. This island could be its home. But, their usual habitats are sea caves and dark tide pools, so it wouldn't be likely that this is its home. And the ocean around here doesn't home enough fish that would sustain a dragons diet." Astrid could see that Fishlegs was starting to get where she was going.

"Right," she agreed. "And Thunderdrums are hard of hearing. There's no way that Thunderdrum got lured in by the Deathsong."

"That's true!" Fishlegs exclaimed. "No wonder it hasn't been caught by that dragon." Fishlegs' face changed in confusion. "But, if it doesn't live here, then..."

Before Fishlegs could finish that thought, he interrupted by Snotlout.

"Save your nerd talk for later, Fishface! We've got more important things to handle than a stupid Thunderdrum!"

"Like what, for example?" Astrid challenged.

"Oh, i don't know. Maybe, a Night Fury named 'Toothless', perhaps?" He said pointing down to the base of the mountain, where Toothless was trying to climb up it.

"Toothless!" Astrid crowed happily. "We found him"

"More like, I, found him." Snotlout pointed out.

"Well, we found the Deathsong," Tuffnut stated.

Ruffnut chuckled. "Yeah, its even heading straight for Toothless!"

Everyone looked to where they were referring to, and saw that the Deathsong was indeed heading straight for the Night Fury. And, Toothless was completely unaware.

"Oh no! Astrid! Toothless is defenseless without Hiccup controlling his tail fin." Fishlegs panicked.

"I know Fishlegs, we've gotta help him"

Astrid urged Stormfly to go faster and swoop down lower, the others following her lead. They zoomed over the forest and flew straight for the Deathsong. As they grew closer to it, Astrid was confident that they would get the element of surprise. However, at the last second, the Deathsongs eye caught them in its view and it whipped its tail out, hitting Stormfly, and causing the other riders to falter and scatter.

Astrid yell in panic and fright as she and Stormfly fell to the ground. They hit the floor with a heavy thud, Stormfly taken the brunt of the fall. Astrid groaned as she got up; her first response to check on her dragon. Stormfly, growled in pain as she got up, and immediately went to her rider. Astrid was about to climb back onto the saddle, when she heard the Deathsong roar; and only a second later, a blast of hot amber hit her and Stormfly.

Astrid grunted as she tried to move and struggle, even-though she knew it was pointless. She froze as a shadow loomed over her. Looking up, she found the Deathsong glaring down at her, with its teeth bared.

Ready for the kill.

Hey guys, looks like i did it again. Waited a whole f**king year to update this. I'm really sorry. But, i thank you for all your reviews, especially the latest one from 'Felicja', you guys should thank them for that, cause they got me back to this.

I don't know when the update is but if you guys guilt trip me enough, i should be able to get another one out.