I AM SUCH AN IDIOT.

OH MY GOSH I AM SUCH AN IDIOT.

THIS CHAPTER WAS SITTING IN MY DOC WAITING TO BE POSTED, AND I THOUGHT I'D POSTED IT DAYS AGO, BUT I DIDN'T.

I'M AN IDIOT.

I was like, "Huh, that's strange, no reviews for chapter 8 yet, I wonder why...?" and then I actually CHECKED and realized I hadn't posted SQUAT.

Sorry guys! I am so sorry! :(

Anyways, LAST CHAPTER, WHOOT WHOOT! :D And, as promised, shout-outs! :D

ShadowSpirt020: Thanks! :D Yeah! Find the cure! :D

Dimensional Girl: Don't we all? :D

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Zoha Ven: Hahaha, yeah, that does sound kinda strange when you put it like that...XD I'm glad you're enjoying it! :D Yeah, one more chapter to go after this one, and then I can post a new story! :D That's always something to look forward to. :D Thanks for reviewing! :D

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SilverGhostWolf: Oh my gosh, yeah, those Berserkers are going to GET IT. XD GO DRAGON RIDERS! :D

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22ablanchard: Hahaha, yeah, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy watching Hiccup crazy. :P

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Crystallion12: Haha, one moment we're angry with Rusty and the next moment we're cheering him on! XD

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The Berserkers continued through the forest. The moon hung high in the sky above them, indicating midnight. The smoke had cleared, and they headed on, crossbows in hand, watching their steps lest they trigger another one of Ruffnut and Tuffnut's boobytraps.

"Careful, men!" Dagur warned. "The dragon riders will stop at nothing to destroy us, so everyone watch the skies, and fire as soon as you see them!" He paused, thought of something, and then grabbed Savage and shoved him in front. "You! Lead the way!" demanded Dagur.

"Why me?" asked Savage furiously, narrowing his eyes at Dagur.

Dagur narrowed his eyes right back. "Because," said Dagur, "I SAID SO! And the fact that your life has less value than mine. That could be a bit of a defining thing, too. Now, get, or your life won't last much longer!"

Savage gulped. "Right, sire," he said, snapping his hand up into a salute, "of course, sire, sorry, sire-"

"GET!" ordered Dagur, giving Savage another harsh shove, and Savage didn't argue a second time. He headed on, Dagur walking just behind him, and the remainder of the Berserkers following in pursuit.

"I can see their defensive wall from here, Dagur," said Savage, squinting, and then, pointing. "Once we make it over that, the rest should be easy."

"Oh, goodie!" cheered Dagur, grinning widely and clapping his hands together joyously. "That's what I wanted to hear! Scale the wall, and kill anything that moves! Don't hesitate, because if you do, I won't!"

The men headed towards the base of the towering rock wall, and just before they began climbing, a roar issued from overhead, and then men froze where they stood, looking up at the sky in horror.

"Huh," said Dagur, once the roar ended, though it still echoed in the distance. "That didn't sound like one of Hiccup's dragon…" He paused, and then, he shrieked, "HURRY! HURRY! CLIMB THE ROCK WALL, YOU FOOLS!"

The men scrambled to do as Dagur had asked, but none of them got far before the Golden Flash swooped overhead, raising its tail threateningly. The soldiers shrieked and ran in all directions, scattering and ducking to avoid the dragon's swooping talons and whip-like tail.

"Cowards!" screamed Dagur. "It's just a dragon!"

But even Dagur had to admit, the Golden Flash was pretty intimidating. It was bigger than even a Titan Wing Monstrous Nightmare, and with its curved, jagged talons, looked more horrifying than any other dragon Dagur had ever seen before.

"Fine! Looks like I have to handle this myself!" said Dagur, and he pulled out his crossbow, aimed it straight at the Golden Flash, and was just about to pull the trigger, when suddenly, a rockslide of boulders came crashing from the side of the rock wall, and Dagur was forced to spring backwards to avoid getting crushed.

Though he saved himself, he didn't manage to save his crossbow, and it was smashed beneath the many boulders that came crashing down on it. Dagur looked at the giant pile of rocks, and then, up at the top of the rock wall.

…

"Yes! Success!" cheered Astrid, throwing her hands into the air.

"I have no idea what just happened!" said Hiccup, also throwing his hands into the air. "But it sounded pretty successful! Are we ready for the next round of rocks?"

"Just about," said Astrid, looking down at the field of battle, and then up at the Golden Flash still circling overhead. "Wait for it...wait for it...and...now, Stormfly!"

Stormfly growled her acknowledgement and flicked her tail, knocking over a large pile of stones they had stacked. The rocks were knocked off the side of their defensive wall, and rained towards the Berserkers below.

"It's working!" said Hiccup, and then, he remembered that he still had Fishlegs' satchel full of Monstrous Nightmare gel and Zippleback gas. Formulating an idea, he grinned.

"Astrid," he said, "what do you say to Monstrous Nightmare gel on the next round of boulders?"

Astrid quickly caught on, and then, she grinned. "You fiendishly clever genius, Hiccup," said Astrid, and Hiccup pulled a jar from the satchel, and she took it from him, uncorking it. "Ready?"

"Ready," Hiccup agreed, and Astrid dumped the contents of the jar and two more jars of Monstrous Nightmare gel onto the boulders, and then, Stormfly lit the gel on fire and pushed the boulders off the side of the defensive wall.

…

Flaming boulders bounced off the sides of the wall, towards the Berserkers below like gigantic, threatening tumbleweeds blowing in the wind, and the Berserkers, screaming, turned and ran for their lives. The boulders THUMPED! to the ground and set nearby trees ablaze; one stray boulder rolled a good twenty feet, lighting a long, wide stretch of forest floor on fire.

Dagur and the men still standing aimed crossbows up at Hiccup and Astrid, but unfortunately, they forgot all about the Golden Flash, still circling above their heads. The dragon swooped down, screeching like a deranged wildcat, tail slashing and talons spread, ready to snatch Dagur straight from the ground.

Dagur and the remaining men dodged; the rest of the men, holding burnt arms and trying to put out fires in their hair and on their pants, raced back towards the ships. On their way, they triggered another dozen of Ruffnut and Tuffnut's traps, one of which involved a giant barrel of Monstrous Nightmare gel, and another that involved five barrels of Zippleback gas.

The barrels burst open as they fell from trees and smashed against the ground, and Zippleback gas clouded the area.

The area full of flaming trees and floating embers.

…

Hiccup and Astrid stared as the Zippleback gas was ignited, and a ginormous mushroom-cloud the size of a small island was formed due to the amount of smoke. Astrid's eyes were wide, and though Hiccup couldn't see, his were, too.

"Wow," said Astrid, shaking her head. "That was a crazy explosion."

Hiccup nodded his agreement; he hadn't seen it, but he had heard it. Then, a thought struck him, and he frowned. "Oh no…" he said.

"What?" said Astrid. "What oh no?"

Hiccup shook his head. "We have become…" He paused, "...the twins."

…

On the burning ground below, the Golden Flash roared at nearby Berserkers, feining a pounce on the nearest ones to scare them into retreating. The Berserkers turned tail and ran for their lives, pursued by their fellows, until finally, only Dagur remained.

He was surrounded by fire and boulders, and he raised a balled fist up at the top of the rock wall.

"YOU WILL REGRET THIS DAY, HICCUP!" Dagur screamed to the wind. "YOU WILL REGRET THIS DAY!"

The Golden Flash lashed out at Dagur, and Dagur, barely avoiding getting stung, turned, yelped, and raced off, back through the forest, back towards his ships.

But before he got far at all, he triggered one last trap, and a large barrel of golden, sticky something poured onto his head.

Dagur stuck out his tongue, trying to flick as much as the stuff off of him as he could. "What is this?" he said, and he licked it experimentally. "Is this...HONEY!?"

…

Up on the defensive rock wall, Astrid burst into laugher, and Hiccup watched her, following the sound of her cackles. "What?" he asked blankly. "What happened? What's so funny?"

Astrid couldn't even speak, she was laughing so hard. She would never get that image out of her mind: Dagur the Deranged, waddling quickly like a penguin being chased by predators, covered from head to toe in honey, surrounded by fire and chased by the Golden Flash.

"What, Astrid?" said Hiccup, confused, and Astrid only laughed harder.

"I'll...I'll...I'll tell you...tomorrow," said Astrid, still laughing, and it was still ridiculously hard to get the words out due to her laughter. "Oh my Thor…"

Hiccup turned towards the sound of crackling, burning fires, and one of the many trees in the forest fell over, ablaze. Hiccup winced. "Did we win?" he finally said, when there were no more shouts of Berserkers or sounds of crossbow arrows shooting through the air.

Astrid's laughter finally faded, and she thought about what Hiccup had said. "I think we won," she said, a bit shocked, because how had that happened? when they were so outnumbered.

Then, when she registered their victory, she was filled with triumph. "We won, Hiccup!" she shouted, and before he could say anything else, she hugged him tightly, feeling exhilarated. "We won! We won!"

"Yes!" Hiccup said, embracing her back tightly. "Not bad for two dragon riders on short notice, aye?"

"Not bad at all," said Astrid, and she pulled away, beaming at him, and he beamed right back at her.

…

Snotlout, Fishlegs, and the twins burst through the doors of the Clubhouse the next morning, Snotlout carrying a jar with him while the twins and Fishlegs had their mouths hanging open in shock.

Hiccup and Astrid looked towards the door (or, Astrid looked; Hiccup merely turned his head towards the noise), and Fishlegs, the twins, and Snotlout looked right back at them.

"Hiccup! Astrid!" said Snotlout urgently. "Someone burned down part of the forest! It looks horrible! What happened...?" Snotlout suddenly froze, staring at Hiccup and Astrid in confusion.

Hiccup and Astrid looked exhausted, and there were smudges of charcoal from smoke on their faces, along with ash in their hair. A few scratches littered their faces and arms.

And across the room, Rusty the Golden Flash was sleeping soundly with Toothless and Stormfly snoring nearby.

Now, Snotlout's mouth hung open. "What...happened?" he blurted.

"We'll tell you later," said Astrid, standing and making her way over, snatching the jar from Snotlout's hand. "Is this the cure?"

"Yep," said Fishlegs, "it's the cure."

"And you would not believe," said Snotlout, "what we went through to get that."

"It was actually kind of cool," said Tuffnut. "Snotlout totally enraged this Whispering Death, and the Whispering Death tried to turn us into kabobs. But we escaped, so that was good, but...yeah."

As Tuffnut was still talking, Astrid grabbed a nearby cup, yanked open the jar, and pouring the remedy into it.

"That destruction outside is beautiful," said Tuffnut. "True beauty. I love what you're doing with the place."

"It wasn't what we wanted," said Astrid, and she crossed the room again, grabbing Hiccup's hand and thrusting the cup into it. "Here's the cure."

Hiccup smelled the contents of the cup and frowned. "Are you sure this is the right thing, guys?" he asked. "Last time you brought back the cure of eel pox, you ended up making it a thousand times worse."

"It wasn't a thousand times worse," grumbled Snotlout, crossing his arms. "Just drink it, Princess. Don't think about it."

Hiccup gave him a pointed look, and then, he downed the cure in one swallow. He squeezed his eyes shut and shivered, slamming the cup back down on the table. "Yeah…" he said, shaking his head. "Too late...I thought about it…" He shook his head again.

"So?" said Fishlegs, twiddling his thumbs. "Did...did it work?"

Hiccup opened his eyes, blinking. For a few moments, all he could see was black, but then, slowly but surely, the black faded out, and he was met with the faces of Snotlout, Fishlegs, Astrid, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut.

"It worked!" he said, grinning. "I can see!"

"Wow!" said Snotlout. "And here I was thinking the twins Loki'd a fake cure into the jar when I wasn't looking."

"Um, but Hiccup…?" said Fishlegs. "Could you please explain to us why half of the forest is burnt down, and why the Golden Flash is sleeping in the Clubhouse?"

Hiccup and Astrid exchanged glances, and then, after sharing knowing grins, looked back at their friends.

"Yeah," said Hiccup. "Looks like we have a lot to talk about."

Author's Notes:

So, this is done! :D I hope you all liked it! Yeah, I did a bit of a longer ending chapter this time, which was nice. Normally my ending chapters are really short, so it's nice to make a change to that. :D

AND I HAVE A HEADCANON ABOUT THE TWINS AND HICCUP, SO IF YOU WANT TO HEAR IT, LISTEN UP:

I have a headcanon that Hiccup likes to take a little bit of extra time to spend with the twins. So, we all know that Astrid didn't respect the twins until later on in second season of RttE, and Snotlout definitely doesn't respect them (he was Tuffnut's "Best Friend" for a little while in season 1 of RttE, but there was nothing about that in season 2).

And I think Fishlegs tolerates the twins more than he respects them…

SOOOO I have a headcanon that Hiccup would spend extra time with the twins, just to make sure they still felt like a part of the team and not outcasts, like Hiccup felt while he was growing up. So whenever the twins go out to catch boars for their boarpit or prank Snotlout's hut when he's not looking, Hiccup tags along, just so they don't feel like they're always doing things alone.

JUST IMAGINE IT, THOUGH. Imagine Hiccup hiding out somewhere while the twins set their pranks, and imagine him smiling and giving them thumbs-up when they turn around to ask his approval, because they're like his little brother and sister and he loves them like they're family and he wants to make sure they never feel like the aren't part of the team.

GAH.

XD I don't know, maybe it's just me. XD Anyways, I hope you enjoyed "Blind Man's Bluff", and I'll see you all next story! :D

Cheers!

-BeyondTheClouds777