A/N: I'm leaving my full a/n at the end

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from How to train your dragon

Chapter 22: Cast Out Part II

Previously on Defenders of Berk

There is a slight discord within the Dragon Riders as Snotlouts defiant nature went too far, leaving Hiccup and Hicca no choice but to suspend their cousin from the Dragon Academy. Rebelling from his leaders, Snotlout stumbled onto the Screaming Death and Alvin the Treacherous, who was revealed to be alive this whole time. The former Outcast leader willingly came back to Berk where he was jailed for his crimes. Alvin offered a truce, claiming to have change, but nobody trusted him. Things went bad when Dagur and his soldiers trapped most of the teens in the Academy with a dragon root, causing the dragons inside to go crazy, in order to get Hiccup and Hicca to hand over Toothless and Midnight to him. But thanks to help from Stoick, Gobber and the Berk soldiers, the Haddock twins were able to foil the Berserker chiefs' plan. However, Dagur was determined not to leave empty-handed and ended up taking Stoick hostage back to Outcast Island.

What will happen now?

Dagur, Savage and a few soldiers walked into the Outcast Arena, where they found their prisoner, Stoick the Vast bound in the center. "Hmm. I trust you're finding your accommodations adequate?" Dagur said to the Berkian chief in mock kindness. Stoick remained silent as he glared at the younger chief. Dagur wasn't fazed by this. "Gosh, those ropes look awfully tight." He signalled his soldiers to adjust Stoicks' binding, but instead of loosening them, the guards tightened them even more. If the chief felt discomfort by this, he was doing a great job hiding it.

"Don't go getting too cozy, Stoick." Dagur continued with a sadistic grin. "Look at it this way. By sundown tomorrow, you'll either be back on Berk or at the bottom of the ocean. It's really up to Hiccup and Hicca. Oof, wow, can't feel too good about that." Stoick continued to glare at Dagur, not saying a word.

Dagur then left his prisoner and took out a piece of parchment from his pocket. "Savage, deliver this ultimatum to Berk." His second in command nodded and took the parchment.

The next morning, the situation in Berk was anything but calm since Stoick was kidnapped.

At the Haddock household, Hicca and Midnight were looking for Hiccup and Toothless. All the villagers were gathered in the Great Hall to discuss a plan to bring back their chief and as the older sibling and acting chief, Hiccup was needed to address the villagers. But neither he nor his dragon was anywhere near the Great Hall so his twin and her dragon were sent to go look for him while Gobber tried to calm the crowd in the Great Hall, which was easier said than done.

After looking in her brothers room and finding it empty, Hicca and Midnight then went to Stoicks' room, the second likely place Hiccup would be at. That was where they found the missing duo, where the human was sitting at the foot of the bed and the dragon was staring at the human with a worried expression.

"Hiccup." Hicca called to her brother.

"He was right there, sis." Hiccup said, his eyes downcast. "I could've saved him. I could've done something. I could've-"

"This isn't on you Hiccup." Hicca interrupted. "There was nothing you or any of us could've done to prevent this. We can't dwell on the past. Right now, we're needed in the Great Hall."

She extended her hand to help her brother off the bed. However, he ignored it and got up himself leaving the room with Toothless following him. Hicca and Midnight exchanged a look before leaving to catch up with the boys.

The four of them enter the Great Hall, where they found every villager crowded around the center stage yelling at the top of their voices. Gobber was at the front of the stage trying to calm them down.

The Haddock twins and their dragons pushed through the crowd and found the Thorston twins, who were also shouting with the crowd.

"We want answers!" Tuffnut yelled.

"Tell us the truth!" Ruffnut demanded.

"Yeah!"

"Come on, enough of this!"

"What is going on?" Hiccup asked the blonde twins.

"I have no idea, but everyone's shouting, and I am totally into that!" Tuffnut explained excitedly.

"We're so angry!" Ruffnut yelled.

"Everybody shake your fists! Now look to the sky!" Tuffnut yelled to the crowd.

The fact that the vikings actually did what the Thorston boy told them to do emphasised how angry they were at their chief being kidnapped.

"Really not helping, Tuff." Hicca deadpanned.

That's when Gobber noticed the Haddock twins in the crowd and quickly made a beeline to them and brought Hiccup to the stage. "Everyone settle down. Hiccup will answer all your questions." The blacksmith/ dragon dentist announced.

"Why him?" Snotlout asked, clearly not happy with that.

"He's the acting chief. That's why." Gobber answered as he and Hiccup reached the stage with Hicca, Astrid and Raeda following them. "They're all yours."

"Right." Hiccup muttered. This was the moment he was dreading. How in the world could he address the entire village like this? He may have been better with the dragon riders but he and his twin were both addressing six teens, half of whom actually listened intently to them.

Back to the current situation the vikings started voicing (read: yelling) their demands again.

"What are we gonna do?"

"Where's Stoick?"

"When can we start yelling again?" That question came from Tuffnut.

Hiccup gave a quick glance to Hicca, who silently told him to stay strong. "Good questions. Mostly." At the last word, Hiccup gave a quick glare to Tuffnut before going back to addressing the crowd. "Um, as you all know, Berk is no stranger to hard times. But the best thing is to…"

"Take arms!" One viking interrupted.

"Man the catapults!" Another viking shouted. This started yet another shouting match within the crowd.

Smirking at his cousins' lack of success, Snotlout made his way to the stage and shoved Hiccup aside. "Why don't you step aside and watch a real chief in action? Hookfang?" He snapped his fingers, leading to the Monstrous Nightmare to flame. This moved stunned the crowd to silence. "That's better. Now, here's how it's gonna go." Snotlout turned around as he begun his speech, but unbeknownst to him, he rear caught fire thanks to Hookfangs' flame up, which the crowd definitely noticed.

Ruffnut and Tuffnut snickered at that. "You are on fire, Snotlout." Tuffnut shouted to the Jorgenson boy

"Thank you, citizen." Snotlout replied as he turned back, thinking that Tuffnut meant it as a compliment. He was about to continue when he smelled smoke which was oddly nearby. He finally noticed that he was literally on fire and started screaming as he ran around. Silently, Gobber picked the boy up and put him in a nearby trough full of water, causing Snotlout to sigh in relief.

The vikings muttered to one another, clearly not impressed by the "real chief".

Hiccup decided to try to regain control before things got out of hand, again. "Okay, good. So where were we?" He asked.

"You were about to tell them that they have nothing to worry about, and you have everything under control." Astrid piped in as she, Raeda and Hicca joined Hiccup onstage.

Hiccup then turned to the crowd. "Alright, people, you have nothing to worry about, and everything is under control."

That wasn't good enough for the crowd as the yelling restarted once again.

"It would help to say you have a plan to bring back Stoick." Raeda said to Hiccup.

Unable to take it anymore, Hiccup hurried off the stage and left the Great Hall, an action which went unnoticed by the crowd but not by the three girls with him and their dragons. They went after him.

Hiccup went outside and clutched his head. It was just a few hours of him being the acting chief and already he was losing the confidence from his people. No doubt after what happened today, no one will have faith in him as chief. And what's worse was that Snotlout did a better job than him. Sure the Jorgenson boy also wasn't successful in motivating the vikings but he would have had he not caught on fire. Snotlout just had that confidence to stand up in front of thousands of people and say whatever he wants with no fear. It might make him arrogant, but it was something Hiccup wished he could have.

But that was not what bothered him the most. No what plagued most of his mind the most was the fact that while he is struggling to gain control on Berk, his dad was a prisoner on Outcast Island at the hands of Dagur the Deranged, a sadistic, lunatic maniac who had no problem killing his own father to become chief. Who knows what he could be doing right now to Stoick?

"Hiccup." His sisters' voice called to him. He suddenly found her in front of him. "Listen bro. Don't let this get to you. One setback doesn't mean you should quit. Let's just go back inside and figure this out-"

"No!" Hiccup suddenly exclaimed to the shock of the three girls and the dragons. "I definitely am not going back there and make a fool out of myself once again!"

Hicca, despite her shock, remained calm. "Hiccup, you're the acting chief. You need to address your people and assure them-"

"What I need is for you to stop hovering over me and nagging on me, telling me what to do!" Hiccup exclaimed, before he could process what he just said. His sister was the last person on earth he wanted to take his anger out on, but the stress suddenly became too much for him to bare.

Hicca lost her calm composure and looked more shocked and hurt. "A-alright then. You clearly need to be alone." Without another word she left the group, causing Midnight to snap out of her shock and follow her human.

"Hiccup, that was completely uncalled for." Raeda spoke up.

"I'm sorry, Rae, but right now it's a little hard for me to be all calm and collected given the current situation." Hiccup pointed out.

"Well, how do you think your twin is feeling about this? Do you actually think she's not worried at all?! Of course she is! She is freaking out as much as you are. She was trying to push it aside and be level-headed so that she can reassure you and herself that everything will be fine! Before Gobber called us to the meeting, Hicca spent an hour telling me exactly her thoughts on the situations and the million different scenarios that were going through her head! And let me tell you, a lot of them have scarred my mind."

She paused to give Hiccup a moment to process what she just said, before continuing. "Look Hiccup, we're not blind here. We know you're trying to do your best in coming up with a way to rescue your and Hiccas' dad, becoming a good chief in his absence and dealing with the Screaming Death all at the same time. I can't imagine how I would handle this situation if I was in your place. But you need to remember. We're all here for you, we're ready to help you. And there is no doubt in my mind that Hicca will be in the front of that line with Toothless and Midnight. But if you continue to think that you're the only one who needs to carry the weight and burdens of every problem we face, you are going to crash and burn." With that, she gave Hiccup a reassuring pat on the shoulder and started walking away. "I'll go check on Hicca."

That just left Hiccup and Astrid. "Hiccup…" Astrid spoke up, trying to find something to say that would help the boy. But there was no need as Hiccup cut her off.

"Hicca was right. I need to be left alone." He said walking away to the direction of his house.

Out at the sea, Fishlegs and Meatlug were assigned to look for Berserker ships, hoping to find a sign of Dagurs' next move. Unfortunately they found none. "Hmm. No sign of Berserker boats." Fishlegs said to his dragon. "We should head back and let Hiccup and Hicca know." Suddenly they saw the nearby sea-stacks shaking and heard a familiar roar in the distance. In panic, Fishlegs quickly directed Meatlug to hid behind one of the sea-stacks. And it was just in time as the owner of the roar flew right by. "Uh-oh. That is not good."

Back on Berk, Hiccup and Toothless walked in the empty household. Hiccup was feeling extremely guilty of the way he treated his twin. She was only trying to help him and he shoved her aside. His mind then went back to what the Thorston twins said back at the Academy about Hiccup treating his sister differently when he becomes chief and he snorted.

'Of all the rare moments where Ruff and Tuff were actually right about something.' He thought sadly.

Toothless nudged his rider, trying to offer some comfort to him. Hiccup merely responded with a pat on the snout before sitting on a one of the chairs.

That's when Gobber walked inside. The blacksmith/ dragon dentist didn't know what happened between the Haddock twins but he knew something did happen when he noticed neither Hicca nor Midnight with the boys. Deciding to bring that up later, Gobber decided to help Hiccup with his lack of confidence in being chief. "You know, Hiccup, there's nothing easy about chiefing." He said. "You should've seen Stoick when he first took over. He was like a newborn yak trying to find his feet."

"I find that hard to believe." Hiccup said, wondering if Gobber was making that up just to make him feel better.

"It's true." Gobber insisted. "In fact, there were some in this town that didn't think he had it in him. Alvin, for one. He wouldn't shut up about it. Hiccup, being chief doesn't mean everyone's going to agree with you. Sometimes you have to deal with the Alvins and Snotlouts of the world."

"I feel like that's all I do." Hiccup sighed.

There was a moment of silence before Gobber spoke up again. "They were best friends, you know."

"Who?" Hiccup asked.

"Alvin and Stoick." Gobber answered. "They were inseparable since birth."

"So what happened? What changed?" Hiccup asked, hoping to finally know what happen to make his father hate Alvin so much.

"Everything." Was all Gobber said.

Before Hiccup could press for more, they heard Fishlegs voice outside. "Hiccup! Hicca!" Fishlegs ran in with Meatlug and started panting. "Hiccup!" He panted. "Where's Hicca?"

"She is taking care of other things." Hiccup lied. "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Screaming! Coming!" Fishlegs said in panic.

"Oh. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Take a breath there, Fishlegs." Hiccup instructed.

Fishlegs took a few deep breaths before explaining. "I was on patrol with Meatlug. The Screaming Death... we saw it. It's eating its way... to Berk."

Immediately, Hiccup ran outside towards the cliffs, followed by Fishlegs, Toothless and Meatlug.

"How much time do we have?" Hiccup asked Fishlegs.

"Not much." The Ingerman boy answered. "It was just off Dragon island when we saw it.

That's when Stormfly, Sparkfire and Midnight flew towards the group and landed near them. Their riders got off their dragons and Astrid handed Hiccup a parchment. "This came for you and Hicca. It's from Dagur."

"And the hits just keep on coming." Hiccup muttered, unrolling the parchment. His sister walked towards him and they both started reading the note.

"Well, what does it say?" Raeda asked.

"We have until tonight to deliver Toothless and Midnight, or our father will…" Unable to read any further, Hiccup clenched the parchment in and threw it aside.

"It's a trap. You know that." Astrid said. "If we fly anywhere near Outcast island…"

"Well, it's not like we have any other options." Hiccup interrupted her, feeling the stress coming back to him.

"Are you saying we should walk right into Dagurs' trap?" Fishlegs asked in disbelief.

"Why not? We fly to Outcast Island and half the group will attack and the other half could rescue our dad." Hiccup said, though it was clear he was grasping on straws because he had no idea what to do and time was running out.

"Hiccup, I know you have a history of coming up with insane ideas, but those ideas always had some method to their madness. This one is pure insane. Dagur will expect that. His armada will be positioned and ready for us as soon as we're in sight. Eight dragon riders aren't enough" Raeda pointed out.

"We don't have time to come up with an elaborate plan. Dagur has never been one for patience. And we can't really rally the viking troops thanks to my oh-so-strong chiefing skills, it is completely impossible-"

SLAP!

Silence filled the group as they tried to process what just happened. Hiccup touched his cheek where his twin slapped him and looked at his sister in shock.

"Hicca…" He trailed off, having no idea what to say. Was she that mad at him?]

"You needed a wake up call." Hicca explained. "'It's completely impossible?" When did the word 'impossible' come in your vocabulary? You know what else was impossible? Training dragons, defeating a dragon the size of a mountain, starting a Dragon Academy. Do you know what all those things have in common? We made them possible because we didn't follow the norms of vikings. You didn't need to be the kind of leader dad is. You just needed a plan no viking would ever think doing and you need a team to support you, and you have both! So you need to stop wasting time lamenting over the situation and start coming up with a crazy plan. Don't consider anything impossible."

Hiccup was quiet as he thought over his sisters' words. She was right. They have beaten the odds before, why can't they do that now? And one advantage of their situation was that Dagur revealed in his note that they weren't on Berserker territory, they were on Outcast Territory-

And it suddenly clicked. At that moment he wanted to hug his sister and tell her how amazing she is, but he decided to do that later. Right now they have a mission to focus on.

"I have a plan." Hiccup said.

"Now that's more like it." Hicca said.

Hiccup turned to Astrid, Raeda and Fishlegs. "You guys get Snotlout and the Thorston twins. Tell them to be ready for the Screaming Death." He instructed.

"What about your father?" Astrid asked.

"Hicca and I will handle that. Right, sis?"

"Definitely." Hicca said smiling.

Astrid and Fishlegs went to get Snotlout, Ruff and Tuff. Raeda went to the Haddock twins. "Whatever insane idea you two are about to pull, just promise me you all come back safely with your dad." Raeda said.

"Only if you promise to do the same when you guys encounter the Screaming Death." Hiccup said.

"It's a deal." Raeda said, giving both the twins a hug before running to join the other teens.

Hiccup then spoke. "Look, sis. About what I said to you earlier-"

"Lucky for you I know you so well, to know what was really going on in your mind. Plus the slap makes us even." Hicca said.

"Yeah, that was quite a slap." Hiccup commented, touching the side of his face that got slap.

"Yeah, sorry about that. That was more of an impulse decision. And it left a red mark." Hicca said, looking at said mark. Toothless and Midnight licked the cheek in an attempt to make it better.

"Nevermind. That will fade away. Come on, we're bringing an extra passenger." Hiccup said, leading the way.

The four of them went to the Academy, were Alvin the Treacherous was currently in one of the empty pens. After Dagur kidnapped his dad, Hiccup had a hard time deciding what to do with Alvin despite his assistance, so the younger boy kept him in the pen until he could sort out his mind.

Currently, the Haddock twins and the Night Furies were approaching the pen, with the two dragons growling at the former Outcast chief and Hiccup making sure to be in front of his sister. The Haddock boy explained his plan on the way to the Academy and the dragons were less than happy with it.

"So how'd that town meeting go?" Alvin asked, trying to act innocent. The truth was the ruckus from the meeting was so loud, it reached the Academy. "Sounds like you had 'em right in the palm of your hand." He then noticed the red mark on Hiccups' face and was genuinely curious. "And what happened to your face, boy."

"Never mind any of that, Alvin." Hiccup dismissed quickly as Toothless and Midnight continued to growl. The auburn boy then opened the gate of the pen, setting Alvin free.

The older man took a few steps out and paused, wondering what the kids angle was. "Well, this is awkward. Do I stay? Do I go?"

"Both." Hiccup answered. "You are gonna show us a way into Outcast island."

"We're going there together, Alvin." Hicca said. "We're going to bring our father home."

Alvin gave a smirk to the teens. They finally decided to trust him, eh? This was going to be interesting.

They wasted no time and were soon in the air, with Alvin flying with Hiccup and Toothless. The former Outcast chief was out of his element flying on a dragon for the first time. This caused him to grip Hiccups' shoulders tightly, much to the boys' discomfort.

"You mind loosening up that death grip a little bit?" Hiccup grunted.

Alvin chuckled at that, loosening his grip. "Sorry. They all tend to be death grips." Toothless then flapped his wings high enough, that they actually hit Alvin at his sides. This made Midnight and Toothless laugh, while Hicca tried to conceal her laughter.

"Toothless, no." Hiccup admonished, but it was only an act as the boy secretly patted his dragon. A thought then came to Hiccup. "So word on the street is you and my father used to be best friends."

"Yeah. That was a long time ago." Alvin said.

"So what changed?" Hicca asked.

"Your father and I were young Vikings charged with defending Berk against dragon attacks. Stoick was the chief's son, so he was in command. I was just a soldier." Alvin explained. "Sound familiar?"

"It does. Sounds like me and Snotlout." Hiccup admitted.

"Minus the best friend part." Hicca added.

"Yeah, well, anyway, there was a Monstrous Nightmare attack one night, your father and I disagreed on how to defend the village. Well, I disobeyed orders, and there were a few injuries." His eyes were downcast as he sighed. "Things were never the same after that. When Stoick became chief, it was only a matter of time before he banished me."

Hiccup thought over that information and his current predicament with Snotlout, while Hicca spotted Outcast Island in her sight.

"Well, on that cheery note, we've arrived." She announced.

The dragons flew at the South of Outcast Island, where thankfully there were no soldiers to shoot them down on sight.

"Let's get on with it." Alvin urged.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. We can't just fly over the island, Alvin. They're going to be expecting us." Hiccup pointed out.

"I'm well aware of that." Alvin said. "We're not flying over the island, We're flying under it. Hold your breath."

That was all the warning he gave, before he suddenly pressed on Toothless stirrup, causing the prosthetic tail to close up.

"Hey!" Hicca exclaimed, while Midnight moved them away to avoid getting hit by Toothless.

"What are you doing?" Hiccup demanded as he and Toothless struggle to regain control before they hit the water.

"Dive, dragon, dive!" Alvin ordered.

"No, Toothless." Hiccup said, regaining control of the stirrup and opening the prosthetic tail once again.

"What? I thought you two were gonna trust me. Moment of truth, kids." Alvinn countered.

The Haddock twins, exchanged a look and Hicca nodded to her brother, deciding to trust Alvin on this. Hiccup then turned back to his dragon. "Do it, bud. Just do it."

"Midnight, follow them." Hicca said.

Both dragons dived underwater. There Alvin guided them to a hidden passageway. When they emerged gasping for air, the group found themselves in a tunnel.

"That tunnel will take us directly to the heart of the island." Alvin said to the group.

"Wait. How do you know Dagur hasn't found this tunnel?" Hiccup panted.

"Because I got a man on the inside who assures me that it's clean." The former Outcast chief reassured.

Turns out the inside man was none other than Mildew! The old man was currently trying to feed the dragons in the cages, which proved to be difficult as the dragons either kept trying to take more food or take his staff.

"Mildew? This traitor is your man on the inside?" Hiccup asked Alvin in disbelief.

"Looks like betraying people is his specialty." Hicca commented folding her arms. Midnight and Toothless growled at Mildew, causing Fungus to hide behind the old man.

"Well, he's always been faithful to me." Alvin said.

"Oh, well, there's that warm, fuzzy feeling Hicca and I were looking for." Hiccup said sarcastically.

"Definitely reassuring." Hicca said with equal sarcasm.

Mildew went back to feeding the dragons, or at least trying to. "Mildew, I have to say I never thought I'd see the day you'd be playing nanny to a nursery of dragons." Hiccup said.

"An interesting turn of events, to say the least." The old man said. Suddenly one of the dragons snatched his staff, putting Mildew in a tug-of-war match with said dragon for the staff.

"Quite ironic if you ask me." Hicca commented.

Hiccup then saw one of the cages holding a Whispering Death and with the dragon were several dragon eggs. "So this is where all those Whispering Death eggs you planted came from." Hiccup asked.

"His idea. And not a very good one, at that." Alvin commented, while Mildew looked at the ground sheepishly.

Hicca seemed to be having the same thoughts her brother was having. "So this Whispering Death laid all the eggs."

"Every one." Mildew answered.

"Which would include a large, red egg?" Hicca asked.

"Odd, that one." Mildew commented, remembering that egg. "I was wondering about it. How did it turn out?"

"Eh, big." Hiccup answered.

"And terrifying." Hicca added.

Mildew clicked his tongue and gave out a "hmmm"

Hiccup then went to Toothless' saddle bag and pulled a paper and charcoal out. "What are you doing?" Alvin asked.

"Sending a message home." Hiccup answered as he pulled out Sharpshot (how did that dragon stay perfectly still in the bag the whole time?) "That red egg turned out to be a Screaming Death. It's been destroying whole islands looking for something, and now it's headed to Berk, but... I think I might know what it's really looking for."

Hicca looked at the Whispering Death, then back to her brother with the same realisation. "Of course! It makes perfect sense!"

Hiccup finished writing the note and attached it to Sharpshots' leg.

"All right. Here's our plan…" Alvin started to say before Hiccup interrupted him.

"Uh, no offense, there, Alvin, but your plans... your plans are terrible. Here's what we need to do." Hiccup said as his sister smiled at him with pride. There was the bold brother she knows and loves.

After discussing the plan, with the two older plan reluctantly being impressed by it, the Haddock twins and the Night Furies went to the Outcast Arena. Once they reached, they spotted some guards and quickly hid themselves before they were spotted. Hiccup then released Sharpshot and the Terror flew off to Berk.

"Ready, guys?" Hiccup asked Hicca, Midnight and Toothless, holding his shield.

"Ready." Hicca said firmly, holding her staff, while the two Night Furies gave a nod.

"Okay, it's showtime."

With that, the two teens and dragons charged at the guards and got the first strike before the soldiers could register what was going on. Toothless and Midnight fired plasma blast at the guards, sending them back while Hicca jabbed them with the bulk end of her staff. Hiccup saw a bola flying towards him and quickly blocked it with his shield. Another bola came at Hicca, but she used the sharp end of her staff to cut through it. The Night Furies used their plasma blasts to deflect a few more bolas thrown at them.

It seemed that the Berkians were winning this fight, until Midnight and Toothless got to the center of the Arena. Hiccup spotted something above them.

"Toothless, Midnight, look out!" But that warning came too late as a cage hit the ground, trapping the two Night Furies inside. The dragons tried to blast their way out but it was no use, the cage was dragon-proof.

"Midnight! Toothless!" Hicca exclaimed as she and her brother ran to help their dragons, but the two humans suddenly found themselves surrounded by Berserker and Outcast guards and held at sword-point.

"Welcome back to Outcast island, Hiccup and Hicca." Savage said smugly as he and Dagur approached their captives.

Dagur went to the two caged dragons. "You're both finally mine. All mine." He said happily as the two dragons growled at him with their pupils in slits. "First thing we're gonna do is change the names. It makes no sense. Especially Toothless." He said looking at the male Night Fury. "Look at all those teeth." The deranged teen reached his hand inside the cage to inspect the teeth and narrowly missed getting his hand bitten off by Toothless.

"You will not control me or my mate!' Toothless snarled in his dragon language.

'Just wait till you see what have in store for you!' Midnight snarled.

Dagur, not knowing dragon language, was unfazed by their behaviors. "You'll both learn to respect me, dragons. Or I'll wear one of you as a hat."

"Leave them alone, Dagur!" Hiccup protested.

"If you hurt either one of them, there will be consequences!" Hicca threatened.

Dagur was once again unfazed. "Put them with his father. We'll dispose of them later." He ordered his soldiers who did as they were told.

On Berk, Sharpshot made sure to get the message to the Academy as quickly as possible. And he achieved that by biting Snotlouts' arm. "Ow! Ow, ow, ow, ow! Painful message. Painful message!" The Jorgenson boy yelped as he ran into the Academy, wondering why every Terrible Terror was after him.

Ruffnut and Tuffnut quickly pulled Sharpshot from Snotlout, causing the dark haired boy to fall backwards and Raeda grabbed the note attached to the Terrors' leg.

"Oh, whoa. Is that your skin in his mouth?" Tuffnut asked, looking at Sharpshots' teeth.

"That must hurt." Ruffnut chuckled as she held Sharpshot. She then had a mischievous smirk on her face as an idea popped into her mind. She released the Terror, leading to it attacking Tuffnut!

"Wah! Ow! Argh! Yeah, definitely hurts." Tuffnut yelped as the Terror started biting him.

"Seriously?" Raeda asked Ruffnut, who tried to looked innocent. Shaking her head, the Henderson girl then read the note.

"What does it say?" Fishlegs asked.

"Hiccup and Hicca have an idea to stop the Screaming Death. But we're gonna need to lure it to Outcast island." Raeda informed the others.

"Okay, what could we use to lure it?" Tuffnut said as he finally managed to pull the Terrible Terror away from him. Getting bored, Sharpshot flew away to find some friends to play with.

"It likes eating islands." Ruffnut mused.

Tuffnut thought about that before he got an idea. "Ah! That's it. We need to find a really tiny island and a really big rope. Who do we talk to about that?" He asked Astrid, who just responded by punching him in the face.

"What about the dragon root?" Fishlegs suggested.

"Yeah, and you thought my tiny island idea was dumb." Tuffnut said, rubbing his face. "Dragon root. I mean, a rope can be infinitely big."

But Astrid disagreed with the Thorston boy. "Great idea, Fishlegs. Gobber locked the dragon root up, so we could get rid of it."

"Just one problem. All our dragons go nuts when they go anywhere near it." Snotlout pointed out.

"Um, if you recall, not all the dragons are affected by the dragon root." Fishlegs interjected, walking towards Meatlug. "For example, as a Boulder class dragon, Meatlug is…" He stopped when he noticed the others looking at him, all with smirks on their faces. He then realised what they were thinking. "And I've said too much."

Soon Fishlegs found himself flying with Meatlug and the dragon root trying to draw out the Screaming Death. "Here, Screaming Death! Here! Here, Screaming Death! I've got some delicious dragon root for you!" Fishlegs called out nervously. He then heard a familiar roar not too far away from them.

"Oh, dear." Fishlegs muttered, wondering why he had to give that information on Meatlug and dragon roots. Him and his big mouth.

Back on Outcast Island, Dagur brought Stoick and his kids to the Arena, all three captives bound up to gloat his victory before disposing of them. "Are the other dragon riders here, kids?" Stoick asked his kids, hoping they had an actual plan up their sleeves.

"Well, not exactly." Hiccup answered.

"Oh, the Berk fleet." The Berkian chief guessed.

"No." Hicca admitted.

Stoick pondered over that. No dragon riders and no fleet. "Do you two have any plan at all?"

"We do, actually." Hiccup said.

"Oh, good. Good. Would either of you like to fill me in?"

"Uh, no, we'd just like to watch it unfold, if it's all the same to you." Hiccup said.

"Yeah, why spoil the surprise?" Hicca agreed.

The three captured humans could do nothing but watch as Dagur admired the captured Night Furies. "I have big plans for you, Mr. and Mrs. Night Fury. You'll both be the new symbol of the Berserkers. Every corner of the archipelago will know and fear you two." He was too busy talking that he didn't notice that an Outcast soldier standing besides Hiccup suddenly disappeared down a newly emerged hole. Hiccup, Hicca and Stoick saw this but didn't say anything as Dagur continued, completely oblivious. "Of course, we'll need to change all the sails and shields, and I'll need a new belt buckle. What's that gonna cost?" He wondered before shrugging. Behind him a few more soldiers disappeared, but the young chief still didn't notice. "Well, we'll worry about that after we've burned Berk to the ground. Hey, how about 'Deathkiller? Either of you like that name? Deathkiller? No? Oh, well. We'll keep brainstorming. I mean, there's gotta be 'death' in it, right…" He finally turned back and notice one of his soldiers suddenly disappearing into the ground. "Wha... what's going on? What is this?"

Suddenly a Whispering Death emerged from the ground, revealing to be the one responsible for the soldiers disappearing, causing Dagur, Savage and the rest of the soldiers to back away. More Whispering Deaths emerged from the ground, one of them carrying Alvin and Mildew on its tail.

Alvin threw Mildew to the ground right near Toothless and Midnights' cage. The old man quickly unlocked the cage, setting the two Night Furies free.

"Alvin, Mildew, and Whispering Deaths. This was your plan?!" Alvin demanded in disbelief, wondering if his kids came up with the best or worst plan ever.

"Did not see that coming, did you?" Hiccup responded.

"Just when you thought we couldn't pull of any more crazy stunts." Hicca said.

Alvin let go of the Screaming Death tail and landed right next to the Haddock family. The former Outcast chief quickly cut through the bindings of all three prisoners setting them free.

"Just like the good, old days." Alvin chuckled at Stoick as he cut his bonds last, while the auburn twins ran to their dragons.

Some of the soldiers tried to block the two teens, preventing them from getting to their dragons, but Hiccup and Hicca both got out their weapons and fought back, overpowering them. Toothless and Midnight were blasting away the soldiers.

"Time to end this once and for all, Midnight!" Hicca exclaimed.

"Come on, Toothless!" Hiccup exclaimed.

The two dragons quickly ran to their riders but at that moment, the ground suddenly caved in due to the numerous tunnels underground made by the Whispering Deaths. Midnight was able to fly out of there and grab her rider but Toothless wasn't so lucky as he fell along with Dagur, Savage and a lot of the Outcast and Berserker soldiers.

"Toothless!" Hiccup called out. The shaking ground caused the caged ceiling above them fall. Hiccup immediately grabbed onto the metal bar of the ceiling, saving himself from falling into the newly formed ditched. Midnight saw this and quickly flew towards the boy, but was stopped when a bola suddenly came flying towards her. Luckily the female Night Fury managed to dodge in time and landed where she and Hicca were surrounded by soldiers who were lucky enough to not fall in the trench.

Midnight prepared another plasma blast, when she found that she couldn't fire. Hicca noticed this as well. "Oh, no. Your shot limit." She said before looking back at the approaching soldiers. Readying her staff, she got off Midnight and both girls started fighting against the soldiers.

Alvin and Stoick continued to fight against the soldiers as the ground crumbled. Alvin suddenly found himself falling into the trench when Stoick grabbed his arm and threw him with enough force that he landed at the stands of the Arena right on a Berserker soldier who was standing there with a crossbow. Suddenly Mildew comes out flying as well, landing on another Berserker soldier there.

Down in the trench, Dagur was getting up and noticed Toothless in front of him. "Okay, Night Fury. Come to daddy." He said, approaching Toothless

Toothless tried to fired a plasma blast at him, but wasn't able to. "Six-shot limit. Oh, great." Hiccup muttered, watching everything from above while hanging onto the metal bar.

Toothless glared as the Outcast and Berserker soldiers started surrounding him. "Get me my Night Fury!" Dagur demanded, growing impatient.

The soldiers charged at the male Night Fury but Toothless was able to keep them away. Seeing this opportunity, Dagur charged at Toothless and jumped on his saddle, trying to gain control of the dragon, leading to Toothless struggling to get the deranged teeenager off.

"Toothless!" Hiccup yelled from above.

"Come on, already!" Dagur grunted, trying to gain the upperhand.

Finally, Toothless managed to shake Dagur off. The dragon then climbed onto a ledge above. He looked at his rider, who suddenly lost his grip on the metal bar. Hiccup started falling into the trench and Toothless immediately jumped from his ledge, catching his human on his back. Hiccup quickly put his foot in the prosthetic stirrup and opened Toothless' tail, allowing both boys to fly out of the ditch and land nearby where they found themselves surrounded by more soldiers.

"Oh, great." Hiccup muttered. How could they fend off this many soldiers without Toothless' plasma blast?

The answer came in the form of green gas which surrounded the soldiers. The gas was then lit up, causing an explosion which sent the soldiers flying back. The source of the explosion, Barf and Belch flew around the Arena with their riders, Ruffnut and Tuffnut surveying the scene. "Whoa, this is chaos on a level I've never seen before!" Ruffnut said in awe.

"I know. I want to live here." Tuffnut declared.

"Forever!" Ruffnut agreed.

"Boy, are we ever glad to see you guys." Hiccup said in relief.

"Don't thank us yet. Things are about to get a lot crazier." Astrid said as she and Raeda landed with their dragons by Hiccup and Toothless' sides.

"You better not be trying to go back on the promise you and Hicca made me." Raeda said, before firing an arrow at an Outcast soldier who was charging at Hiccup and Toothless, hitting him in the shoulder. The three teens and dragons then flew up in the air to fight against more soldiers.

Outside the Arena Alvin continued to knock away any soldier who charged while Mildew managed to knock them back by his staff.

At the entrance of the Arena, Stoick was easily able to subdue his opponents with ease.

While all this chaos took place on Outcast Island, Fishlegs and Meatlug were trying to fly to the same place with the Screaming Death right at their tail. "Oh, Thor. Oh, Thor. Oh, Thor!" Fishlegs chanted as Meatlug continued to avoid getting herself and her human eaten by the larger dragon.

Unfortunately, the Screaming Death got close enough that it started to close it jaws around the boy and dragon duo. But just before it could, Meatlug suddenly farted causing the Screaming Death to open its mouth and allow the duo to reach the Island.

"Hiccup, Hicca help!" Fishlegs cried out as the Screaming Death continued to pursue them.

"Why in the name of Odin did you bring that here?" Stoick asked Hiccup as he and Toothless landed close to him.

"This may be the only chance we have to get rid of it." Hiccup explained. "Hicca and I saw the Screaming Death's mother. It's been destroying those islands searching for her."

"That thing has a mother?" Stoick asked in disbelief, looking at the Screaming Death.

"Yeah." Hiccup said, as they both watched as the Screaming Death spotted one of the Whispering Deaths in the ditched, which was its' mother. The Screaming Death then stopped in its' pursuit. "They've seen each other. All we have to do now is get them together and get clear of this place."

"Then what?" The Berkian chief asked.

"I'm hoping it does exactly what Hicca and I think it should." Hiccup answered.

"And what would that be?"

"Something good?"

Hicca then noticed the Screaming Death and the Whispering Death looking at each other. "Now, Fishlegs, now!" She commanded.

"Thank Odin, thank Odin, thank Odin." Fishlegs breathed out in relief. "Root away!" Meatlug dropped the dragon root into the ocean, where it will hopefully never be discovered by a dragon again. (Are Scauldrons affected by dragon roots? Shrug)

Dagur saw the exchange between the two dragons and got the realisation. "Ah, I see. It wants its mommy." He signalled his soldiers nearby and they grabbed their bolas and use them to trap the Whispering Death, preventing it from flying to its' child.

"Dagur, no! You don't know what you're doing. You let that Whispering Death go before you destroy us all!" Hiccup pleaded.

"Why would I do that? Hello, I'm Deranged!" Dagur retorted.

"Well, can't argue with logic like that. Right?" Tuffnut commented.

At a distance Savage was surveying the situation and decided to use this opportunity to retreat. "Well, that's my cue."

"You're not going to get away with this, Dagur!" Hicca exclaimed as she and Midnight charged towards them. However, Midnight was caught off guard by a bola that suddenly latched itself on her tail-fin, causing her to crash to the ground and sending Hicca flying ahead onto the ground. She was about to get up when she was suddenly hauled up and held at sword-point by Dagur!

"Did you think I would forget how you made me lose my Skrill." Dagur asked the girl who was struggling against his hold.

"HICCA!" Hiccup and Stoick yelled. Midnight roared at Dagur.

"Let her go, Dagur. Now!" Raeda demanded readying her bow and arrow

"You're in no position to make threats here, Henderson." Dagur countered, holding the sword closer to Hiccas' neck to prove his point.

Above them, the Screaming Death screeched at the sight of its' mother captured. "Back off, Hiccup!" Dagur warned the younger teen. "You know if I destroy her, that thing will take us all out! And I'll make sure to finish off your sister before that happens."

"He's right. Everyone, back off." Hiccup said, trying to figure out a way to get both his twin and the Whispering Death out of their hostage situation.

The teens and dragons backed off, except for Raeda who still held her bow and arrow.

"Raeda, this will not save Hicca and you know it." Hiccup said, hoping his best friend would listen for his sisters' sake. Luckily Raeda did and lowered her weapons reluctantly.

"Wise choice. Now, I might be interested in a trade." Dagur said, keeping the sword near Hiccas' neck. Hiccup said nothing but just glared at him. "Oh, come on, really? You couldn't see this coming?"

"Never retreat! Never surrender!" A loud voice broke through this tense situation, causing everyone to look up and see Snotlout and Hookfang flying in the air.

"Snotlout!" Hiccup shouted, trying to get the Jorgenson boy to back down. If Snotlout did anything to get Hiccup hurt or worse, Hiccup would never forgive him and would definitely expel him from the Academy.

Hookfang set himself on fire and flew in a circle to form a fireball. He then shot the fireball at the soldiers who were holding the Whispering Death captive, causing them to dive out of the way and setting the dragon free. The force of the blast knocked Dagur away from Hicca, who quickly ran to Midnight and cut the bindings around the tailfin.

The two girls then flew out of the ditch and towards Hiccup and Toothless where the Haddock boy immediately embraced his sister, relieved that she was safe.

"Oh thank goodness!" Raeda said as she and Sparkfire joined the group and the Henderson girl joining in the hug.

Above them, the Whispering Death and Screaming Death were having their own reunion, revealing that the Whispering Death was indeed the reason for the Screaming Death rampage as well as its' mother. The larger dragon then flew to where Hiccup and his group were and glared at them.

Hiccup gulped as he stood in front of the two girls, wondering if the rogue dragon was still holding a grudge against them for the past. The larger dragon then gave out an ear-splitting roar right at the group, before it flew off to join its' mother and the other Whispering Deaths as they flew away from the Island.

"Uh, you're welcome." Hiccup called to the rogue dragon.

"Thank goodness, that's finally over." Hicca breathed out in relief as she leaned against her brother who put an arm over her.

Snotlout and Hookfang then joined the group and the boy got off his dragon. "Okay, I know I wasn't following orders, Hiccup, but I... well, um…" Snotlout started to say before trailing off, realising he didn't exactly prepared a defense for his actions.

"Snotlout, you did the right thing." Hiccup interjected.

"Yeah, I did, but-" Snotlout said quickly before realising what Hiccup just said. "Wait, what? Are you messing with me? I was reckless!"

"Sometimes reckless can be courageous." Hiccup said. "I think I speak for on behalf of my co-leader when we say that your suspension is... well, suspended."

"Yep, definitely." Hicca said extremely grateful towards her cousin.

Hiccup then extended his hand out for his cousin, which Snotlout shook, finally putting their feud behind them.

This peaceful moment was then interrupted by a battle-cry as Dagur suddenly jumped out of the ditch with a spear. He charged at the group, when he was suddenly knocked back by a fist. "Hello, Dagur. Remember me?" Alvin sneered as he unclenched his fist.

"Oh, no. No!" Dagur said as Alvin picked him up by his shirt. "Hiccup! Brother?"

"He is not your brother, you deranged lunatic!" Hicca shouted.

"We'll let you take care of the rest from here, Alvin." Raeda called to the Outcast chief.

Later in the evening, after Alvin regained control of his island and tossed Dagur and the other Berserkers in the cells, Alvin and Stoick stood at the cliffs staring out at the ocean. "Who'd have thought it would've come to this, eh, Stoick?" Alvin said.

"There's more than enough blame to go around, Alvin." Stoick said. "But that's in the past... what you did today for me, for my son and daughter." He extended his hand and Alvin shook it, finally putting an end to their long-time rivalry.

The Berkians all went back to their home where they announced the good news to the rest of the villagers who celebrated the return of their chief and the victory against the Berserkers.

The Haddock family, including the dragons, stood at the cliffs and reflected on the recent events.

"You know, son, you're gonna be a great chief someday. One of the best, I'd wager." Stoick said to Hiccup.

Hiccup chuckled at that, remembering the meeting in the Great Hall and his outbursts. "Yeah. If the last few days are any indication of what it's like to be chief, I'd just as soon leave that to you." He then looked at his sister. "But it does give me confidence to know that when I become chief, I'll have an amazing second-in-command by my side."

"And healer." Hicca corrected with a smile. "Second-in-command and healer."

"And healer of course. Berk would be lost without an amazing healer." Hiccup said wrapping an arm around his sisters' shoulders. "Now all we need is for the baby Night Furies to come back to wherever they flew off to."

Toothless and Midnight warbled their agreements at that, remembering their children.

"And they will." Hicca said with confidence. "Because nothing is impossible."

"Retreat! Retreat! Hookfang!" Snotlout yelled as he and Hookfang flew around, with the Monstrous Nightmare lighting itself on fire once again (sigh) "Ow! Ow, ow, ow, ow, it burns! It burns, it burns, it burns!"

The other dragon riders and dragon flew with them to try and calm down the Monstrous Nightmare (the Thorston twins were no doubt encouraging Hookfang). Astrid and Stormfly flew to the group at the cliff.

"Hiccup? Hicca? We need you." Astrid said.

"Stoick, Silent Sven just broke his silence!" Gobber called, running up to the group. "And you are not going to like what he has to say."

"Go on, it looks like we both have our own chiefing to do." Stoick said to his kids.

"Come on, guys." With that, the teens and dragons flew to join the others..

Soon they were able to calm Hookfang down and getting Snotlout in a trough full of water.

The Haddock twins and Night Furies then decided to take a flight around Berk.

This is Berk.

They flew by the Academy, where Astrid and Stormfly were doing target training. Astrid set-up a plank that was balanced on a barrel, acting as a lever. On top of the plank were three plates. Astrid then launched the three plates in the air and the blue Nadder immediately fired, hitting all three plates dead on. Her rider then rewarded her with a chicken leg.

We've got ice, we've got snow... and we've got more ice. But we've also got dragons.

The four of them then flew by Raedas' house where the Henderson girl was putting some well-designed shields around the outer walls of her house with the help of Sparkfire. Raeda held one shield in each hand held them at a wall above her head. Sparkfire then fired a single spine shot at each shield, hitting them in the center and pinning them up to the wall. Raeda then went and petted the purple Nadder

We train them... learn from them... protect them.

The group then passed by Fishlegs and Meatlug, with the latter lying peacefully while the former updated the Book of Dragons with information on the Screaming Death.

And they protect us. Sometimes from ourselves.

Finally the two teens and dragons flew passed Ruffnut and Tuffnut, the other pair of twins, who were in the middle of yet another fight. Barf and Belch then decided to settle the matter by picking up their riders by their tunics in their mouth to separate them, not that it stopped them.

One thing's for sure. We wouldn't trade this for anything. Would you?

A/N: (Confetti is released) IT IS FINISHED! I finished with the final chapter of Defenders of Berk! Thank you all so much for reading, reviewing and supporting my stories and for being patient with me even when I took long in my updates. And special thanks to reviewers such as Rachel, Arwen the Storyteller, snake screamer, Musical Ninja and the rest (sorry if I didn't mention your names, but I appreciate you guys just as much) for giving me suggestions to help me make my stories more unique.

My new story will be on 'Race to Edge' but right now I was thinking of working to finish my other in progress stories 'Rising Sun', 'Shooting Star' and 'Ruffnut' before I start that. After all, I know what it's like to be waiting forever for a story to be updated.

I was also thinking of some new story ideas. One of them will require some questions from you guys. If you have any questions about my stories you want to ask, feel free to. It was just an idea that suddenly came to my mind, I want to see how it turns out.

Also as this is the last chapter both my polls are now closed and here are the results. The first poll (cue drumroll) the baby Night Furies will be coming back in Dragons: Race to Edge! And the second poll, including the guest reviews, (cue drumroll again), Hicca/Henry and Raeda/Marcus! Sorry for those who wanted the it to be the other way around but majority won. Also I don't know if I mentioned this before but I decided to keep Marcus and Henrys names as they are because I've gotten used to it now. The wonders of fan fiction; anything goes.

Until next time, Bye!