A/N: Hello all! The rewrite of 'Dragons: Riders of Berk' is in the process! Not sure when I'm going to start rewriting 'Gift of the Night Fury' but I will post 'Shooting Star' soon. For now, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own How to train your dragon or the franchise
Chapter 1: How To Start A Dragon Academy
This is Berk. For generations, it was Viking against dragon. The battles were ferocious... then one day, everything changed.
Berk was village that was constantly raided by dragons. In this village, killing dragons was everything. Now everything has change. There was new found peace between the two. And this is all thanks to a boy, a girl and their dragons.
Hicca and I met Midnight and Toothless, and together we've shown people here that instead of fighting dragons we can ride them... live with them, even train them.
On top of one of the sea stack were six riders Astrid, Raeda, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut along with their dragons Stormfly, Sparkfire, Meatlug, Hookfang, Barf and Belch. They were joined by two more riders and their dragons.
"Okay. Another best trick competition. Who's up first?" Hiccup said as he, Toothless, Hicca and Midnight landed.
Fishlegs was about to speak up when Snotlout cut him off.
"Me!" He said pointing to himself.
"Actually, I think it's-"
"Me! I'm going first"
This annoyed Astrid greatly "Sweet baby Thor in a thunderstorm, JUST GO ALREADY!" She yelled.
Unfazed by this, Snotlout gave a smirk and started to brag "Oh, don't worry, we'll go alright. And when we go, Hookfang and I are gonna light the sky on-" Hookfang, who was getting impatient, took off without waiting for his rider to finish "-FIRE! Oh, no!" Snotlout yelled as Hookfang started performing daring stunts.
"I'm liking this trick." Raeda said, smiling.
"I'm liking Hookfang." Hicca said as she enjoyed the performance.
Hookfang and Snotlout then rejoined the others "I'm alive...? I'm alive!" Snotlout said with relief but as soon as he saw the others looking at him, he quickly regained his composure. "Of course I am. Because I'm awesome."
"It's my turn! Ready, Meatlug? Let's go girl!" Fishlegs and Meatlugs' trick however was a bit too simply. They just flew around in a circle before landing. Fishlegs didn't seem bothered by this. "Yes, new personal best!" He said as Meatlug licked him happily.
"My turn!" Ruffnut said.
"No, my turn!" Tuffnut argued, starting yet another Thorston argument.
"You tell them this time, bro." Hicca said to Hiccup.
"Guys, same dragon, remember." Hiccup said, before the Thorston twins got in another argument.
"Oh, right." They then took off with their dragon, Barf and Belch, but a few seconds later they started another argument.
"Go left!"
"No, right!"
"N-no, right!"
"No, left!"
After narrowly missing a nearby sea stack, Barf and Belch decided to take control of the flying and threw their riders high into the air, much to the riders delight ", NO! WHOA! THIS IS AWESOME AND SCARY AT THE SAME TIME! I LOVE IT! AAAH!" Tuffnut shouted in mid-air.
Their dragon caught them and took them back to the others.
"We nearly died!" Ruffnut said.
"Yeah, I know... Let's go again!" Tuffnut asked getting excited again.
"Nope. It's my turn guys. Let's go Sparkfire." Raeda said.
She and Sparkfire took off. As they flew towards one of the sea stacks, Raeda got out her bow and arrows and rapidly fired five arrows in a vertical line, all a centimetre a few centimetres apart from each other, on the sea stack. Then Sparkfire flew upwards, in a circle so that they were once again flying towards the same sea stack.
"Alright Sparkfire, now! Spine shot!" She commanded. In response, the purple Deadly Nadder fired five spines that landed right on the spot where the arrows were, causing the arrows to split.
"Good girl." Feeling triumph, Raeda led Sparkfire back to the others. "Beat that." She said smugly to her fellow Nadder rider.
"I got to admit Rae, that's impressive. Our turn Stormfly. You might want to take notes." She then turned to Hiccup. "You too, Hiccup."
Hiccup just smiled in response. "Is that so?" Ever since Astrid apologised to both of them, they put the past behind them and started over again. And it was going well for all three of them.
"Yep." Astrid said nodding her head.
"Hey guys, flirt with each other later. We want to see the trick!" Hicca piped in, causing the two to blush.
Without another word, Astrid took off. "Okay, Stormfly, tail flip!" Astrid commanded. Stormfly complied, flipping her tail into the water. "Now twirl!" The blue Nadder then barrel rolls, shooting forward. "Quick, upwards spiral!" They finished their routine with a spin high into the air.
"Alright, Stormfly!" Astrid praised her dragon as they came back onto the sea stacks.
"Hmm, not bad." Raeda said nonchalantly, although she was secretly planning on practicing similar moves with her dragon.
"Yeah, but can you do it without the dragon?" Snotlout asked. Astrid responded with a punch to his shoulder. "Ow!"
Astrid then turned and gestured to the two remaining riders to go.
"Wow, we've got quite a competition, bro." Hicca said, referring to Raedas' and Astrids' performances.
"Yeah, it looks like we've got quite a standard to meet." Hiccup agreed.
The four of them then took off. Toothless and Midnight dived down towards the ocean. Just when it looked like they were going to hit the water, Hiccup and Hicca pulls up and they shoot forward with breakneck speed. They then come across two conjoined sea stacks. The Haddock twins shared a knowing look before getting ready. Hiccup unhooks his metal leg from the saddle and he and his sister and jumps on the bridge between the sea stacks while their dragons flew underneath. The twins then ran across the bridge and jumped back to their dragons on the other side. Toothless and Midnight wrapped up the performance by shooting plasma blasts into the sky, leaving the other teens amazed once again.
"They won again. They're still the best." Astrid admitted, happy for them.
"Hate to admit this Astrid, but you're right." Raeda said, still awestruck by the performance.
"Another win. Great job, guys." Hiccup said.
"Yep, we still got it." Hicca said happily.
The four of them then flew back to the village.
Yep, dragons. Most people on Berk would say life here is better since we made peace with them. Unfortunately, dragons are still, well, dragons.
When the Haddock twins and their dragons landed in the village, they saw chaos.
"Bad dragon! Let go of my food! Drop it, pesky dragon! Dragons!"
"Get off my roof, you pest!"
"Let go of that! These are my apples!"
"Give me back my dainties, dragon!"
"Don't burn that!"
Suddenly, the villagers stopped what they were doing and ran for cover.
"Incoming!"
"Look out!"
"Dragon poo!"
They ran as hundreds of dragons flew by, relieving themselves.
"Ew, gross, gross, gross, gross! Oh, poop! Oh, that's disgusting!" Hiccup said, trying to avoid being hit.
"And we just got this village cleaned." Hicca said, covering her nose and mouth.
They backed up, bumping into Bucket and Mulch who were using shields as umbrellas.
"Hey, Mulch. Hey, Bucket. Almost good day. Sorry about the, uh-" Hiccup tried to apologise.
"Every day at 3:00. They're regular at least. A tip of the cap." Bucket commented.
"Better than the days when it was "kill or be killed". At least we don't have to clean blood anymore. Hey, we've got some fish for that father of yours. Bucket, give the boy the cod." Mulch told his friend.
Bucket held out an empty sack which was torn at the bottom.
"I ate it already? Was it good? Did I enjoy it?" Bucket asked confused.
Hiccup and Hicca exchanged a look and sighed. Hiccup then tried to explain to Bucket what happened to the fish "Um, no, uh, actually, Bucket, I-I don't think-" However, he didn't need to explain as a Terrible Terror walks away with a cod.
Most of us here on Berk are willing to take the good with the bad. But there are those who will never accept the dragons and will do anything to drive them away.
At night, in a house outside the village lived an old man named Mildew who was trying to sleep. Suddenly his roof started to shake, waking him up. He went outside to investigate and saw a Gronckle sleeping on his roof.
"Dragons. I should've known." He muttered.
He then holds up a half-eaten cabbage.
"Thinks he's at a cabbage buffet." He grumbled. He was definitely going to complain to the chief.
He then turns around and, to his horror, saw that a bunch of Gronckles have devoured his entire cabbage field.
"My whole field! Gone! That tears it, Fungus." He then called to his sheep, Fungus, and grabbed his helmet, staff and sheep and started to walk towards the village with a scowl on his face.
The next day Stoick is giving orders to some of the villagers "Stand the elk up in the back. The fishing boats just came in with a big catch."
"Stoick!" A voice called out. Seeing, who it belong to made Gobber sigh.
"Ah, here's Mildew with the complaint of the day. That is just what I wanted on this fine day." He said sarcastically, not looking forward to whatever Mildew has to say.
"You picked a bad time, Mildew. I'm a little busy storing food. Winter is coming soon." Stoick said, hoping to avoid talking with Mildew.
Mildew ignored that "It's the dragons again. Those demons are not fit to live among civilized men."
"Neither are you, Mildew. Why do you think we built your house so far outside of town? I thought you got a hint." Gobber responded.
This cause Mildew to scowl "Ah, very well, make your jokes. Meanwhile these dragons upend our village carts! Turn people's houses into piles of rubble!" This caught the nearby villagers' attention
"Mildew's right!" One of the Vikings said, agreeing with the old man.
"They even disturb an old man's peaceful sleep! Can't you see these bags under my eyes?" Mildew said, pointing to his eyes
"Go on, Mildew!"
"He's right, he's hideous." Gobber commented.
"These are wild and unpredictable beasts!" Mildew shouted.
" Right you are!"
"They even cracked this man's skull! Completely open like an egg." Mildew said, gesturing to Bucket.
"Eggs? I like eggs! Scrambled! Over easy! Poached!" Bucket asked, oblivious to the situation.
"You need to put those dragons in cages!" Mildew declared.
"I agree!"
"If you don't, they'll eat us out of house and home and destroy the entire village!" he warned.
The villagers yelled in agreement. Seeing this, Hiccup and Hicca tried to intervene.
"They don't do this on purpose. They're just dragons being dragons." Hiccup said.
"Yeah, they can't help it. They've been living like this for years." Hicca added.
"Look, Mildew, if there's a problem I'll deal with it." Stoick said, trying to diffuse the protest.
"Oh, there is a problem, Stoick. And I think I speak for everyone when I say you better do something about it soon." The old man warned.
Back at the Haddock household, Stoick is discussing the new problem with Gobber "We can't just let dragons roam freely around this island. Hey, we could put up signs." The chief suggested.
"Signs? For dragons? I know they are smart, but not that smart." Gobber said.
"No, for the people."
"Signs? For Vikings? We're not big readers, Stoick."
"Then we'll build a huge net and stretch it around the plaza."
"Nets? You do know they breathe fire? Hence, why we struggled to capture them when we were fighting against them?"
Stoick sighed "I know very well they breathed fire, Gobber, I have observed that. Maybe Mildew was right. We have to figure something-"
Overhearing this, the Haddock twins decided to step-in.
"No, no, wait, Dad. What if Hicca and I deal with the dragons?" Hiccup said.
"You two?" Stoick asked, doubtful.
"Why do you act so surprise, dad?" Hicca asked.
"Yeah, who else? If anyone can control them, we can. We're the ones who truly learned how to tame them. I'm the best man and Hicca is the best woman for the job." Hiccup said confidently.
"You're not a man yet, Hiccup. And you're not a woman yet, Hicca."
"Well you're not going to find out if you don't give us the chance!" Hiccup protested.
"Don't forget you're talking to the same kids who took out a dragon the size of a mountain when no one else could." Hicca reminded him.
Stoick considered that for a moment. "Fair enough, I'll give you two a chance... starting tomorrow." He decided.
The next day, Hicca and Hiccup immediately started their new job. They decided to split up to cover more ground.
"Okay, gang, things are going to be different around here." Hiccup announced to the dragons.
He then sees a woman trying to get rid of a Deadly Nadder that's trying to take the basket of bread she's holding.
"Get out! Shoo! For the last time, get your nose out of my bread!"
'Alright time to get started.' Hiccup thought as he ran towards the woman and the dragon
"Hold on, I'm here to help! Just... no! Easy there." He places his hand on the Nadder's nose, and the dragon instantly calms down.
"Alright." Hiccup said satisfied, So far so good
Suddenly, a loud crash is heard which startles the Nadder. Hiccup turns around to see a Gronckle chasing a group of chickens, knocking over carts in the process. As it runs by, the Deadly Nadder also joins the chase.
"Okay... this is going to be a long day. Hopefully Hicca has a better luck than me." Hiccup said. This may take a while
Hiccup then sees another Deadly Nadder and a Monstrous Nightmare fighting near a sheep farm, setting some unfortunate sheeps on fire and causing them to scatter in terror.
"Toothless, stop that fight! I'll put out the sheep!" Hiccup told his dragon who obeyed. "Okay, okay... whoa!"
Hiccup chases the sheep into the plaza, right into the middle of even more chaos caused by the dragons, much to the other Vikings annoyance.
"Get out! Get back here with my cart!"
"Enough of these dragons!"
Unbeknownst to Hiccup and his sister, the rest of the dragon trainers were watching their progress from afar.
"What in the world is he doing?" Snotlout asked
"Uh, this may be a trick question but it looks like he's helping the dragons break stuff." Tuffnut suggested.
"Cool!" Ruffnut said.
Hiccup tries to put out a flaming sheep, but the sheep refuses to stop and just hops right over him, knocking him over.
"Doesn't look like Hicca is having a better luck." Raeda commented as she observed Hicca struggling to keep a Monstrous Nightmare from flaming itself which was setting fire to some of the nearby villages while some Terrible Terrors were flying around with cod.
"Wow, they could really use our help." Astrid said.
"We'll get to it." Tuffnut responded.
"In a minute." Ruffnut added.
"How long is a minute?" Raeda tested.
"An hour." Ruffnut replied with a shrug.
Hiccup finally manages to catch one of the sheep and put out the fire.
"Sorry about that." Hiccup said.
Suddenly, hundreds of dragons begin flying over the village. That only means one thing
"And... it's three o'clock." Astrid stated
Hiccup, unfortunately, didn't have time to duck for cover and his sister wasn't as lucky either.
"Oh, no..."
After the chaos was over and it was night, the Haddock twins were in Hiccups room resting on his bed. Both were completely exhausted from the days' work.
"Oh, everything hurts..." Hiccup groaned. He then lifts his prosthetic foot. "Even this. I never thought it would be possible, but my peg leg hurts."
"You know, with the dragons raids now over, I thought we wouldn't need the fire brigade for a while. Yet, I have been to every part of the village today with a bucket filled with water." Hicca commented
"Hiccup? Hicca?" Astrid called out from outside the room.
Hiccup immediately got up from his bed "Astrid? Perfect. I don't look too beat-up, do I?" He asked.
Midnight was napping in Hiccas' room, Hicca shrugged and Toothless gives him a pity smile.
"Oh, great. Dragon pity. That's the icing on the cake." Hiccup grumbled.
Astrid and Raeda then entered his room.
"Hey, Astrid. Hey, Raeda. What a nice surprise!" Hiccup said
"So, what did you two do today?" Astrid asked although she and Raeda already knew how it went.
Hiccup, didn't know that "Uh, nothing much really. Hung around the plaza... you know." He said, trying to sound casual.
"Yeah we do know actually. We all saw both of you out there. It's hard to believe either of you are still standing." Astrid said.
"And that neither of you are injured." Raeda added.
Hiccup sighs in defeat and flops down onto his bed.
"Ugh...! I'm gonna be seeing flaming sheep jumping around in my dreams for the next month." He said.
"You're not the only one bro. I saw a few flaming sheeps run by today." Hicca said.
"Poor sheeps." Raeda commented.
"Hiccup! Hicca!"
"Hiccup, Hicca, what happened out there? The plaza looks like a war zone."
"I know it looks bad..." Hiccup tried to explain.
"Really bad." Astrid whispered.
"Really, really bad." Raeda whispered.
Hiccup shot both girls a brief pleading look before he continued. "Yeah, but this is only Phase One of our master plan."
"Oh, so you two do have a plan?" Stoick asked sceptically.
"Of course we have a plan, dad, What did you think? We were trying to wing it or something? Have a little faith." Hicca said, keeping up the facade.
"Yes, it is a very complex plan. Lots of drawings, several moving parts, step by step plan. Yeah, it's, uh, pretty wild a-and complex." Hiccup finished.
"How do you guys get away with things?" Raeda muttered in a low voice.
Fortunately, Stoick didn't hear her. "Uh-huh. Well, this plan better work fast, because Mildew's rallying the entire island against the dragons. And if you two don't get those dragons under control, they'll be calling for their heads." He warned as he left the room.
Toothless' head shot up at the last comment. 'They are going to chop of my head? Why? What did I do?'
"Don't worry, bud. Your head's staying where it is. We'll make sure of it." Hiccup said reassuringly.
"You two do realize there are, like, a bazillion dragons out there and only two of you?" Astrid pointed out. "I hope both of you really do have a plan."
"I hope this plan works fast." Raeda said.
"Don't worry, Rae. We're usually good with improvised planning." Hicca said.
"Usually..." Astrid repeated, getting a bit worried.
Hiccup and Hicca actually did manage to form a plan. The next day, they gathered the other dragon riders and dragons in the Arena and explained their plan.
"That's your plan? You two want us to train dragons?" Ruffnut asked in disbelief.
"Here? In the same place where we used to kill them?" Tuffnut asked.
"Right... since we don't do that anymore, this Arena hasn't been used in a while. That's why it's available for us to use." Hiccup explained.
"Actually, the dragons do seem a little nervous being in here." Astrid commented, noticing the way all the dragons except for Toothless and Midnight looking around the Arena with apprehension.
"That's because they're very sensitive about this place. Meatlug especially. She lost a cousin here once." Fishlegs said, while comforting Meatlug. "We try not to talk about it."
"Well obviously since they have been caged in here and only brought out for fights." Raeda pointed out. "Some memories don't fade away very fast."
"Well, they just need some time to adjust to the Academy. Once they see that they are fine here, they'll be better." Hicca said.
"It's amazing your dad let us use the Arena just like that." Astrid noted.
Hiccup suddenly became nervous. "Well, it would have been, if he actually did, yeah, but, he didn't, so that's another thing we should try not to talk about at all."
"Especially in front of our dad." Hicca added.
"Wait, so we're doing this without your father knowing?" Astrid asked.
"There you go, talking about it when you're not suppose to!" Hiccup said avoiding the question. He then changed the subject. "Uh... alright. Everybody, here's the thing. The dragons are out of control and causing destruction to the village. We want them to live in our world without destroying it but they can't do it on their own. We need to step in."
"So we need to help dragons destroy things!" Tuffnut exclaimed, completely misunderstanding Hiccup. "We can totally do that. We're so good at it."
Hicca tried to correct him "No, Tuffnut, that's not what Hiccup is trying to-"
"Okay, here's what we need to do: First, we need to rile them up." Ruffnut said.
"No problem. We anger everybody. They'll be angry in seconds." Tuffnut said.
"Guys, Listen! This is very serious. Mildew is determined to get all of our dragons caged. And I don't know about you, but I do not want that to happen." Hiccup said sternly.
"Me neither." Hicca said.
"It was her fault!" Tuffnut said pointing to his sister. "I don't know what's wrong with her, but she is not sorry!" Ruffnut responded by shoving her twin to the ground.
Hiccup decided to continue. "Okay, then, moving on. The dragons are eating everything they can get." Hiccup said while Hicca grabbed a loaf of bread to demonstrate. "Now, when a dragon grabs something it's not supposed to have, you can get him to drop it by giving him a little scratch just below the chin."
Hicca held the loaf up for Midnight to take. As soon as the female Night Fury took the bread, Hicca gently scratched her chin, causing Midnight to reluctantly let go of the bread. She was actually hungry, but she did enjoy the scratch.
Snotlout, however, did not look impressed. "Maybe that works for the four of you, but Hookfang and me? We do things differently." He then grabbed the bread and tossed it to Hookfang, who caught it in his mouth. "When I want this guy to do something for me all I do is get right in his face and- DROP THAT RIGHT NOW MISTER! YOU HEAR ME? DROP IT!" Rather annoyed, Hookfang dropped the bread...only to take Snotlout in his mouth instead. "See? He dropped the bread without any arguments." Snotlout said in a muffled voice. Raeda started clapping at the demonstration.
"Do you think we should get him out of there?" Tuffnut asked.
"Let me sleep on that." Astrid replied, enjoying what she was seeing.
"Alright. We've got a lot of training to do, but together, we can keep these dragons under control." Hiccup said.
"And with the dragons under controlled, they'll be free from the cages and soaring sky high in no time." Hicca said. Everyone left the Arena, filled with hope.
But they seemed to have forgotten something...
"Uh, hello? Guys? I'm still stuck here if you didn't notice. Is anyone going to help me out here?" Snotlout asked, through Hookfangs' mouth.
Eventually, Hookfang got bored and let his rider go and Snotlout joined the other teens later that afternoon at the plaza, looking for any dragons to tame. Surprisingly, though, the plaza looked empty.
"Huh? That's strange, where are the dragons?" Fishlegs asked, looking around.
"Our job is too easy." Ruffnut said.
"Anyone up for lunch?" Snotlout asked.
Hiccup turned to his twin. "If it is too quiet around here..."
"It is a very bad sign." Hicca finished, getting a bad feeling.
As if to prove their point, and explosion was heard from a distance, followed by a thick grey cloud.
"I bet I know where the dragons are." Raeda said.
"This way." Astrid guided as the group made their way to the source of the cloud.
The teens arrived at the scene and they were met with the sight of angry villagers trying to keep the dragons away from the food in the food storage. To Astrid, Snotlout and Raedas' dismay, they found their own dragons part of the food stealing group.
"The dragons have eaten every single supply of food! We've got nothing left for the freeze!" Stoick exclaimed angrily.
Mildew took that opportunity to step up. "I warned you Stoick. I told you this could happen. But did you listen to me? No. You listened to the words of teenagers instead! And this is the result! Putting those beasts in cages is too much of a luxury for them."
"No! We don't need to cage them. This can be fixed!" Hicca argued.
"Hicca's right, Dad, I swear. We- we were just starting to-" Hiccup tried to say.
But Stoick wasn't hearing any of this. "Enough, you two! How can I trust either you to keep all the dragons in line, when both you couldn't even control your own?"
He gestured to Toothless and Midnight who were digging in the basket for fishes.
"Oh, come on guys." Hiccup said exasperated.
"Seriously not helping here." Hicca said.
Midnight and Toothless raised their heads up and warbled apologies to their riders, before looking for more fishes. They were hungry!
Stoick sighed and turned to Bucket and Mulch. "Bucket! Mulch! Get to the boats and find some fishes to replace the inventory."
"It's far too late for that, Stoick. We took six months to get all those fishes. We'll never replace them in time." Mulch said.
"Don't tell me it's too late! We've got to try or we won't have anything at all!" Stoick replied sternly.
Mulch immediately back-pedalled. "Of course we do! We'll never know until we try!" He then turned to Bucket. "Bucket, don't go telling the Chief it's too late. Why do you have to be so negative?"
"I don't know why I do this to myself."
Hiccup tried to defend the dragons. "Dad, please! You gotta listen. Hicca and I know dragons better than-"
"Not now, Hiccup. I need to solve this food crisis because of those dragons. I didn't want to have to do this, but I have no choice. By tonight, I want every single dragon caged. Understand?"
The teens were shocked and upset about this news.
But Mildew didn't seem satisfied with this announcement. He decided to pour salt on the wounds. "Bah! Caging the dragons? Like that has stopped them before! You need to send them away now!"
The teens eyes widened as the villagers agreed with Mildew.
"Stoick, Mildew's right!"
"Banish them!"
Stoick sighed, knowing what he needed to do. "You're right, Mildew. Tonight, we'll lock the dragons in cages and by next morning, Hiccup and Hicca will send them all back to Dragon Island."
"Dad..." Hicca said in disbelief.
Stoick tried to not to break his resolve. "I'm sorry, Hicca, but this needs to be done."
And there were no arguments.
That night, the teens gathered in the Great Hall, all in melancholy over their soon to be losses.
"I can't believe the dragons are going to be sent back to the island." Snotlout complained.
"It's gonna be so weird without them. I'm used to seeing Stormfly's face being the first thing I see every morning." Astrid said.
"I'm going to miss all the sunset and sunrise flights with Sparkfire." Raeda said.
"Every night before I go to sleep, Meatlug would always lick my feet so happily." Fishlegs said sadly. "Who's gonna do that now?!"
"Tuffnut can do that." Ruffnut suggested, trying to lighten the mood.
Her attempt failed, as not even her own twin brightened up at that "Whatever. When should I be there?" He said monotonously.
Astrid sighed. "Come on, guys. The sooner we do this, the sooner we can get this over with."
"This is the worst day of my life! We're never gonna see our dragons again after this!" Fishlegs groaned as he, Astrid, Raeda, Snotlout and the Thorston twins left.
Hicca and Hiccup stayed behind.
"We can't let this happen! Toothless and Midnight are the best friends we've ever had, aside from Raeda." Hiccup said.
"I know, there has to be something we can do." Hicca said.
"Oh, Toothless, Midnight, I'm gonna miss you two so much..." Mildew said in a mock tone, earning glares, from the Haddock twins. "You two want to know what your mistake was? Thinking dragons could be kept under control. But a dragon's gonna do what a dragon's gonna do. It's their nature. And nature always wins." The old man said, before he walked away.
"Hiccup, when you become chief, please banish Mildew from Berk." Hicca muttered.
"Strongly considering it." Hiccup replied.
Suddenly the doors of the Great Hall opened, letting in cold air which caused the fireplace to be extinguished. Immediately, Toothless and Midnight shot plasma blasts to relight the fireplace.
"Oh! Thank you, Toothless and Midnight." A Viking woman said, grateful. The Night Furies warbled a 'Your Welcome' in reply.
"Right there is perfect proof that dragons can be very helpful." Hicca commented, petting Midnight.
Hiccups' eyes lit up as an idea came to him. "You know sis, both you and Mildew are right!"
Hicca raised her eyebrows in confusion. "Huh?"
"Think about it for a minute." Hiccup instructed.
Hicca did so, and the same idea came to her as well. "Oh!"
"Yeah, come on! Let's go get the others." Hiccup said and the twins ran off with the two Night Furies following them.
'I wonder what those two are planning.' Midnight warbled to her mate while they ran
'Whatever it is, I bet their father is not going to find out about it so soon.' Toothless warbled in reply.
In the Arena, the rest of the teens were saying their goodbyes to their dragons before they close the cages.
"Goodbye, Hookfang." Snotlout said sadly.
"I'm sorry, Stormfly." Astrid apologised, giving her dragon a hug. "Now go." Reluctantly Stormfly followed the other dragons to their cages.
"Ugh. Why do I have this feeling that something in my chest is hurting?" Snotlout asked, touching his chest.
"It's called feeling heartbroken." Astrid replied.
"I don't have a heart! I'm not a girl!" Snotlout said defensively.
"Everyone has a heart, Snotlout, even grown men." Raeda said. She was about to pull the lever to close the gates when Hiccups' voice stopped her.
"Don't close it!"
He, Hicca, Toothless and Midnight ran up to join the others.
"Don't close it! It's not over yet!" Hicca said.
"Why? Were you guys able to change your father's mind? Or are we going behind his back again...?"
"Something like that." Hicca replied, a little nervous.
"If it's another act of rebel, I'm in." Raeda said, getting excited.
"Listen to us. The dragons are gonna do what they're gonna do. They can't help, it's their nature." Hiccup started explaining
"Instead of trying to stop them, we should learn how to work with them." Hicca finished.
The auburn-haired twins explained their new plan to the others.
The next day, Bucket and Mulch were on a boat, trying to catch some fishes. Unfortunately, the two farmers/fishermen had no luck.
"Once again, no fishes." Mulch sighed.
"Did I eat them already? Was it good? Did I enjoy it? Oop- am I being too negative?" Bucket asked, feeling a little confused.
Hiccup and Snotlout then flew towards the boat on Toothless and Hookfang.
"Snotlout, time to go fishing!" Hiccup ordered.
"Got it!" Snotlout said, as he guided Hookfang to dive towards the ocean.
"Ah! Dragon attack!" Bucket yelped as he ducked.
The Monstrous Nightmare dived right into the ocean, scaring the fishes right into the nets!
"Yeah!" Snotlout exclaimed.
"Hey! Thanks, dragon!" Mulch said grateful that he and Bucket no longer have to spend hours catching fishes.
"THAT'S RIGHT! THAT JUST HAPPENED! WE DID THAT!" Snotlout yelled in triumph.
Meanwhile, Hicca is leading Astrid, Raeda and Fishlegs to Mildews' cabbage field.
"Let's go guys! This way!" Hicca ordered.
"Huh?" Mildew asked looking up. 'What are those kids up to now?'
"Good afternoon, Mildew!" Astrid greeted.
"Dragon Gardening service!" Raeda announced.
Astrid and Raeda guided Stormfly and Sparkfire to use their tails to plough through the field. As soon as they did that, Hicca and Midnight flew by scattering the seeds in to the field.
"Three o'clock! Time for the fertilizer!" Hicca said.
Before Mildew could ask, many dragons, including Meatlug with Fishlegs, began flying over Mildews' field.
"Okay, Meatlug, let 'er rip!" Fishlegs exclaimed.
The dragons immediately relieved themselves, providing good fertiliser for the field.
"Smile, Mildew! We just saved you three months of work!" Hicca said.
"And it is free of charge!" Raeda added before the teens flew off.
In a forest, Ruff and Tuff were using Barf and Belch to fire explosives to herd some wild boars back into the barn.
"Yeah! That's how you do it!" Hiccup cheered.
"Guys, we've just done a whole week of work under one hour." Raeda said happily.
"I know! This is awesome!" Fishlegs exclaimed.
"How did you two know this was gonna work?" Astrid asked, Hicca and Hiccup.
"Because they're dragons, it's their automatic reaction. We should use to our advantage instead of our disadvantage." Hiccup explained.
"You know who we should be thanking for this?" Hicca asked.
She didn't get to answer her own question as the teens were suddenly confronted by an angry Mildew and a stern chief.
"There they are, Stoick! Those dragons don't look like they're in cages to me." Mildew said, pointing to the dragons.
"No. They are not. This is not what I asked for." Stoick agreed, he clearly did not like what he was seeing.
"Mildew is definitely not getting a 'Thank You'." Hicca muttered.
"He is so going to be charged for the gardening service." Raeda muttered.
The teens all gathered at the Arena wait Stoick and Gobber while the villagers watched fromt the stands. Both men had stern looks on their faces which left the teens wondering what was going to happen.
"Oh, no! What's Stoick gonna do to us? Is he going to arrest us?" Fishlegs said worriedly.
"No way! I'm too pretty to go to jail!" Ruffnut complained.
"Ha, since when?" Tuffnut joked. His twin shoved him to the floor in retaliation.
Stoick stood in front of the teens. "You all disobeyed my orders and went behind my back... and there will be consequences." He said, looking at each and every teen.
"I told you two this could end badly." Astrid whispered to Hiccup and Hicca. "Ugh, neither of you ever listen to me!"
Hiccup steps in front of his father. "Dad, I am the one who came up with this idea."
Hicca also stepped up. "I didn't stop him, in fact, I even encouraged him, so I am also to be blamed here."
"All of you played a part here, therefore, you are all to be blamed here." Stoick said firmly.
Mildew excitedly watched the scene unfold. "Oh here comes the good part, Fungus. It's about to get ugly." He said to his sheep that baa'd in response.
Stoick continued "You took over this place without my consent. You released the dragons even though I did not allow it. There is going to be a change around here. That's why I-"
He was interrupted by Gobber, who suddenly became excited. "You kids are getting a Dragon Training Academy!"
Mildew and the teens were dumbstruck by the announcement.
"Gobber! You spoiled the surprise!" Stoick reprimanded.
"Sorry, Stoick, you know how excited I can get with surprises." The blacksmith apologised. "But continue on."
"Well, you already told most of it!" The chief pointed out.
"You forgot the part where you tell them about how proud you are of them!"
"GOBBER!" Clearing his throat, Stoick turned to his children. "Hicca, Hiccup- well, basically what he just said. You've all made me proud and you deserve this. This Dragon Training Academy is for you." He then opens the cages, releasing all the dragons.
"Sparkfire, I'm so glad you're not leaving!" Raeda said happily as she hugged her dragon.
"Hookfang! My buddy!" Snotlout cheered.
"Hey, Stormfly! I missed you so much!" Astrid exclaimed.
"Meatlug! Oh, who's Daddy's little baby? Oh, who's Daddy's little..." Fishlegs cooed to his dragon.
"Hey, bud!" Hiccup said, as Toothless tackled him.
"Midnight!" Hicca exclaimed, hugging her dragon.
Mildew was not happy about this turn of events. "Oh, one of these days, I will get those dragons off Berk."
"Now your next task is to train them." Stoick said happily.
"Not a problem, Dad. After all, Hicca and I have got them." Hiccup said, gesturing to Midnight and Toothless.
"Ah-hem?" Astrid said, getting Hiccups' attention.
"And..." Raeda trailed.
"And them as well." Hicca said smiling, gesturing to the rest of the dragon riders and their dragons.
The teens spent the rest of the day happily with their dragons, glad that the dragons were not getting banished.
Dragons can't change who they are. But who would want them to? Dragons are powerful, amazing creatures.
The next day, Hookfang and Meatlug were hanging a sign with a drawing of a Night Fury (courtesy of Raeda) in front of the Arena.
"Berk Dragon Academy." Astrid read the sign. "I like the sound of that."
"Nice touch, Rae." Hicca complimented.
"Thanks." Raeda said, admiring her work.
And as long as it takes me and Hicca, we are going to learn everything there is to know about them. Wouldn't you?