A/N: Finally started with RTTE! (opens a party popper) Once again, thanks so much for your patience. I can't guarantee any updates because of college among other things but I will definitely do my best. As for updating my other story 'Newcomer' the thing with that story is that it's a standalone. It can't really give any spoilers for RTTE or vice versa and it was solely there to provide a backstory for Henry arriving on Berk and a little insight on his character. My plan for Henry is for him to be a lone wolf, so he may not be immediately with the other dragon riders for a while, plus Wildstar still needs to recover from her wounds, so they aren't really going to be a part of the adventure in the beginning. Just have to stay tune for that. As for Marcus' character, I feel like I may have an idea for that but I'm not sure. I'm open to suggestions for him, just as long he's not 'too perfect'. I want him to go through a character development of his own, just like Henry will. Does that make sense? I feel like it does. Anyways, Enjoy!

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

Chapter 1: Dragon Eye of the Beholder Part I

Three years have passed since Berk defeated the Berserkers and in those three years, the Berserkers, including their chief Dagur the Deranged, were still kept in prison on Outcast Island, with no chances of being released anytime soon.

"Meal time, maggots!" An Outcast guard announced passing around some grub to the prisoners.

One of the prisoners, who wasn't a Berserker and who was in the cell next to Dagur, noticed the food the Berserker chief was given. "But that's not bread! Why does he always get special treatment? Oh Mr. Big-shot. Mr. Berserker Chief." He complained.

Dagur calmly got up, went to his side of the bars and held his food up in offering to the other prisoner. "Oh hey you want some? Come here, I'll give you some." Hesitantly, the other prisoner walked close to his bars and reached out to grab the food, allowing Dagur to grab his arm and pull it through the bars. "I've been meaning to tell you something for the last three years; Your. Voice. Is. Really. Annoying." Dagur gritted out, slamming the other man against the bars with each sentence. He then shoves him away and takes out the napkin that came with his food. He unfolds the napkin, revealing a key hidden in it and with it, he opens his cell door. He then flexes his shoulder. "Gosh that feels good."

Dagur then starts attacking the nearby Outcasts guards. "He's escaped! Dagur's got out! Sound the al-" One of the guards yelled before he was knocked out by the deranged teen himself. The Berserker chief looked up and saw more guards charging at him.

"Oh goodie! A challenge." Dagur smirked before giving out a battle cry and charging at the guards. The guards fought with no mercy, but Dagur was still able to surpass them as the other Berserker cheered at their chief from behind bars.

Finally Dagur approached the last Outcast still conscious.

"No. No, Dagur don't! I'm the one that gave you the key." The guard reasoned.

"Which makes you a traitor." Dagur stated before knocking the guard out. "I hate traitors." He then opens the doors of the prison, getting a good view of the sun for the first time in three years. "It's a new day, Hiccup and Hicca. Hope you're both well rested."

On a very familiar looking island there was a Night Fury soaring through the skies, enjoying the very familiar rush of the wind along with his human companion. They were Toothless and Hiccup Haddock.

"Okay, Bud. Let's try the new move." Hiccup said turning the stirrup. Toothless dipped down, and then flew up. "Woohoo! Yeah, baby! That's it, Toothless. Push it, you've got it! Climb higher!" Hiccup cheered as Toothless flew higher and higher. He was too busy enjoying the rush, that he failed to noticed his harness getting unhooked from the saddle until he started slipping out. "What the... oh no, not again!" He exclaimed as he fell off. "Uh hey, Toothless!" Toothless noticed his human falling, so he dove down and flew parallel to Hiccup.

"Hey." Hiccup greeted his dragon calmly, as if they weren't free-falling. "So, just plummet, or, uh any ideas?"

'No I want us both to drown.' Toothless snorted, not that Hiccup understood that.

Hiccup then flipped over and reached out for the saddle. Toothless moved closer, allowing his human to take hold and pull himself back to the saddle. The human then linked his prosthetic back to the stirrup and flew upwards before they could reach the water.

"I seriously have to get my own pair of wings." Hiccup mused.

Toothless grumbled at that, knowing exactly what his rider was going to do.

"Oh, quiet, you. Don't even start." Hiccup hushed.

The duo then flew back to Berk.

This is Berk

Toothless soars over village as villagers wave at the duo from below

This is Berk, too

Toothless then flies over dragon stable, which is currently under construction

And so is this!

They then passed a dragon feeding station, which was currently occupied.

And this also.

Toothless then glides over windmills

Yeah, it's been three whole years since the war with the Berserkers. And Berk has changed a lot. But then again, so have we.

Raeda opened her own art shop 'Rae's Gallery' and business has been booming ever since.

In the building right next door to the forge, Rae walks to the window where vikings are gathered around. "Next customer." She announced.

"That's me! That's me!" One said, pushing through the crowd, holding out his ticket.

Snotlout works at the armoury now. Gobber gave him the title of "official weapons tester."

Snotlout tests a catapult by using it to launch himself. "It works!" Snotlout cheered as he flew in the air.

The Thorston twins, to absolutely no one's surprise, have decided to dedicate their lives to Loki.

Said blonde twins quickly pushed a cart of sharp weapons right at the spot where Snotlout was going to land

The Jorgenson boy immediately noticed this. "Uh, Hookfang! Hookfang!" Luckily for Snotlout, his dragon was able to get to just in time.

The God of Pranks. Lucky us.

"You just have to cut it that close, don't you? Hookfang! Ugh!" Snotlout complained before addressing the twins. "There will be repercussions for this! Repercussions!"

The Thorston twins just laughed and hi-fived each other. "Yes!"

Raeda watched the entire thing and just rolled her eyes and shook her head before getting back to work.

And then there's Fishlegs, who has really found his calling, teaching the children of Berk the history of dragons.

Fishlegs and Meatlug were walking around Berk with a group of kids who were sitting on Meatlug.

"And if you look closely at the walls of the Great Hall, you'll still see puncture marks where the Speed Stingers attacked." Fishlegs explained as they walked to the Great Hall. "Interesting fact about these dragons-" He then paused in his explanation as Stoick walked out of the Great Hall. "Oh! Oh, look, kids! We're in luck. Here come two of Berk's most famous heroes."

That caught Stoick's attention. "Ho ho! Heroes? I've got some Chiefing to do, but I guess I could spare a moment-"

"Hiccup and the amazing Toothless!" Fishlegs announced as the male Night Fury soared over them. The kids cheered at that.

"...eh, to introduce my son and his Night Fury!" Stoick laughed awkwardly. "Hooray."

And Hicca has also gone to her calling. She working as Gothi's apprentice, studying for her medical exam which she has to give in two years time. I rarely see her these days. Something which I never thought I'd say.

In Gothi's hut, Hicca was revising the all the medicinal herbs with her mentor as Toothless flew above the hut.

Toothless then flies them over sea, where Stormfly and Astrid join them.

"Hey, there you are." Hiccup greeted the two girls

"Hiccup, I've been chasing you since the armory." Astrid said.

"Well, I thought we'd try out the far North today." Hiccup said, not letting Astrid explain further. He was really excited to get started on searching for new dragons. This was definitely important to Hiccup. He wasn't ready to settle down like the others have. The Haddock boy was convinced that there is so much more out there beyond the Archipelago that's just waiting to be explored. But it does feel very different without the others with him, especially without his twin. At least he still has Astrid and Hiccup definitely does not mind that at all.

"Uh, can we talk about something first?" Astrid asked, hoping he would say yes.

"Yeah, sure, if you can catch me." Hiccup challenged, before Toothless sped off. Sighing Astrid got Stormfly to chase after the two boys.

As soon as they got a good distance from Berk, Hiccup started surveying the area through his spy-glass.

"I'm just going to say it, I have a really good feeling about today, Astrid." He said to Astrid.

"You say that every time we go searching for new dragons." Astrid pointed out. "Hiccup, can we have a second? I wanted to talk to you about-" She then got interrupted.

"Look, look, look, look! Did you see that? There's definitely some movement up ahead." Hiccup said excitedly. "Long neck... Large head... Behind that rock formation."

"Yeah, anyway, I wanted to tell you." Astrid said, trying to tell him the news. She didn't get a chance to however, because Toothless suddenly sped off. The shieldmaiden just rolled her eyes as Stormfly flew after them once again.

"This is it, Toothless! A new species of dragon, bud!" Hiccup said excitedly as they got closer. They went around the rock formation only to stop when it turns out that what they saw wasn't exactly a new dragon.

"Loki'd!" Ruffnut and Tuffnut shouted at Hiccup, hi-fiving each other.

"You totally thought "Barch" was was a new dragon!" Tuffnut taunted.

"Oh, come on! Did not!" Hiccup retorted defensively. "Let's go, bud."

"Wow, who yakked in his mutton?" Tuffnut asked his twin, as they watched the Haddock boy fly off with his dragon followed by the Hofferson girl and her dragon.

Dismayed by the stunt the Thorston twins pulled, Hiccup told Toothless to land on a sea-stack to calm down.

They were soon joined by Astrid and Stormfly. "Hiccup, those guys are muttonheads." Astrid reassured, referring to Ruffnut and Tuffnut. "But you have to admit, we've visited every island, every sea stack and every rock in the archipelago. And we haven't spotted a new dragon in a long time."

"This can't be all there is! There has to be something more out there!" Hiccup argued.

"What if there isn't, Hiccup? What if we're done? What if the search is over?"

"It can't be. I mean, remember Henry's dragons? We haven't seen anything like them before."

Henry is a new guest on Berk. Having unexpectedly crash-landed with his five dragons a few weeks ago, he and his dragons were welcome to stay until one his dragons, Wildstar, healed from her wounds. But this new stranger was still a stranger to everyone on Berk as he rarely comes out of the Academy where he and his dragons were currently staying at, except for the the Great Hall for food and even that was during the times there weren't many people there.

Astrid sighed. "It's not like Henry's been forthcoming with his dragons. And also, it's over for me. I've been trying to tell you. Stormfly and I... we're joining the Berk Guard."

Hiccup takes a second to process the news before he forces a smile "Oh. That's great... I'm happy for you guys…"

But Astrid saw right through him. "Look, maybe you should give some thought to what's next for you and Toothless." She advised before mounting Stormfly and flying back to Berk to get themselves prepared for their first day in the Berk guard.

After spending some more time on the sea-stack, Hiccup and Toothless finally decided to head back to Berk. When they arrived at their island, it was evening time and they stopped by at Raeda's art Shop.

The Henderson girl smiled when she saw them. "Hey guys! How's it going? Find any new dragons?"

"The only dragon we found out there was 'Barch'." Hiccup admitted with a sigh.

"Ah, you got Loki'ed by the Thorston twins again." Raeda said in understanding.

"Yep."

"Oh, by the way, Hicca stopped by a while ago to say that she's going to be late for dinner. She's got to do research on the herbal medicines available in the north." Raeda informed Hiccup.

Hiccup gave a humorless laugh. "Once again."

Raeda gave him a sympathetic look. "She knew you would react like this. She wanted me to tell you that she really wishes she hasn't been skipping out on you so much, but she can't help it with her workload. She really wishes she could have a day-off."

"It's fine I understand. Hicca can't do everything at once. She tried and look how well that turned out."

Before Astrid, Hicca was the last of the Dragon Riders to leave. She still wanted to study medicine, so at first she multitask. This, however, ended up with her staying up most of the night to catch up on her studies and missing a lot of meals. She fainted as a result and after that Hiccup, Stoick, Gobber, Midnight, Toothless and the others firmly decided that she needs to give up something from her schedule. She reluctantly chose to leave exploring new lands, which Hiccup repeatedly reassured her that it was okay.

Raeda then noticed her best friend's down expression. "I'm taking a wild guess and say that Astrid told you about the Berk guard?"

"Yep, that would be correct. It's just going to be me and Toothless from now on." Hiccup sighed. "Just flying through the wind, hoping to find...something at least.

Raeda noticed a couple of villagers walking towards her shop and brought out a sign to hang on the outer wall that says 'On Break'. "Sorry." She said to the customers who walked away, reluctantly. She then turned her attention back to Hiccup. "Look Hiccup, I don't blame you for wishing there was something more out there. When I left the group, it was a bittersweet moment for me. My best memories are flying with Sparkfire and you guys, getting ourselves into situations, getting ourselves out of dangerous situation. And I would give anything to relive those moments. But the fact is, is that adventure over and now it's time for a new, completely different, but also exciting adventure to begin. And you know very well what adventure I'm talking about.

Reluctantly, Hiccup nodded.

"I'm not saying it will happen to you today or tomorrow, but it will happen someday. You can't avoid it forever."

"I know, I know, you're right, Rae." Hiccup admitted. "I'm just not ready to let go, still."

"I get it. It was the same for me." Raeda reassured. "But I don't think of it as a 'Goodbye forever.' it's more of a 'Goodbye for now.'." With that, she took off her 'On Break' sign and the previous villagers came rushing back to her stall. Hiccup left with Toothless, letting Raeda do her job.

Night-time came and Hiccup and Toothless were just wrapping up their night-flight. Hiccup looked down below at the of Berk as Toothless got closer to the ground. His eyes met the sight of the Dragon Academy. What was once a dragon-killing Arena was then turned into an Academy to study said dragons and was currently accommodating Henry and his five dragons

"I guess it's just you and me for now, bud." He said to his dragon. The Night Fury warbled back in understanding. He too, was also missing his dragon friends, especially his mate Midnight.

The next day, Bucket and Mulch were out fishing.

Bucket was trying to pull a net in from the water, but seemed to be struggling. "I can't get it!" He grunted.

"What's the problem, Bucket?" Mulch asked, coming to his side.

"I'm not sure, Mulch! I can't raise the net! Something's pulling that end down!" Bucket grunted, still holding on to the rope.

They both looked at each other with wide eyes as they reached the same conclusion. "SEA MONSTER!" Bucket then let go of the net, which was quickly pulled in the water. Then the water, was suddenly squirted at the two fishermen.

The Thorston twins and Barf and Belch then emerged from the water, laughing at the two unfortunate men.

"Loki'd!" The blonde twins taunted as they hi-fived each other.

"Oh, you!" Bucket said as he and Mulch glared at the two trouble-makers only for both men to be surprised when they realised that the twins had company. "Johann?"

"Help me!" The poor trader moaned weakly.

Completely oblivious to their new passenger and his plea, the Thorston twins continued to laugh. "Oh man, you should see the looks on your faces. Priceless!" Tuffnut said to Bucket and Mulch.

"Full Loki'd!" The blonde twins said.

"Bet you've never saw a full Loki coming, am I right, Johann?" Tuffnut asked the older man, before he and his sister realised who they were talking to. "Johann?"

Back on Berk, Hiccup and Toothless both arrive back at the Haddock Household where they find Stoick the Vast at the table.

"Hiccup! What are you doing home so early?" Hiccup and Hicca's father greeted.

"Oh, I just... wanted to spend some time with my dear old dad." Hiccup explained awkwardly. Which wasn't entirely a lie. He finally decided to take Astrid and Raeda's advice from yesterday and move on from exploring. The only problem is actually admitting it out loud, especially to his dad. "Yeah, you know, we never get to talk anymore. So…"

"Alright. What is it?" Stoick asked, bringing his full attention to the boy.

"What's what?" Hiccup asked, playing dumb.

"What is it?" Stoick asked more clearly.

Hiccup chuckled nervously. "Can't a son spend some quality time with his dad?"

"Not this one." Stoick stated as-matter-of-fact. "Not usually, at least. So, let's hear it."

Hiccup sighed. His dad knew him too well. He might as well get it out and over with. "All right. Did you know Astrid just joined the Berk Guard?"

"I heard that. Good for her." Stoick commented.

"And the other riders have got their different things going on?" Hiccup continued.

"What are you saying, son?" His father asked.

"I'm saying, I don't know. Maybe it's time for me…"

Hiccup was interrupted when their door was suddenly slammed open, revealing the Thorston twins supporting a weak Trader Johann.

"Johann! What happened to you?" The Berkian chief asked with concern.

"Ooh... Dagur!" Johann groaned weakly.

That got Hiccup's full attention as a Toothless growled at the very name. "What about Dagur?" The Haddock boy asked.

"He's out! He's more Berserk than ever! And from the way he was talking, Hiccup. You and Hicca are number one on his revenge list!" Johann warned before he passed out.

The group wasted no time. They called for the rest of the Dragon Riders and brought the unconscious trader to the Academy. Henry was fine with them bringing Johann to the Academy and even left with his five dragons for a walk, something they don't usually do during the day. The Berkians may believe that he may be doing it to give them privacy, but in truth, he didn't want a passerby to recognise him and spread word of his whereabouts around the Archipelago. Though the odds of that happening was slim, Henry was definitely not going to take that chance. Especially with certain people out there waiting to get a hold of him.

"All we got from Johann before he passed out was this, Dagur escaped from Outcast Island by commandeering his ships." Hiccup explained to the other Dragon Riders while Hicca did a medical check-up on her new patient. "He threw Johann overboard about here." He pointed to an area on the map

"Oh, so what you're saying is Dagur could be anywhere by now." Snotlout asked, though it was more of a statement.

"Well, technically, yes." Hiccup admitted

"Oh, great. Great, great, great. So So that just leaves... I don't know, let me think about this... the entire ocean to search! No, thank you!" The Jorgenson boy complained.

"Quit complaining Snotlout. At least we know that Dagur is out there. We can be on better guard now. Plus there is a really strong chance he could bring an Armada to Berk for his revenge." Raeda pointed out.

"Miss Hicca." Johann asked weakly, blinking a few times.

"Johann, you're awake." Hiccup said.

"And feeling much better, thank you for asking." Johann stated as he got up with Hicca's help. "Thank you, Miss Hicca. More importantly, I have more than a strong suspicion of where our nefarious foe may be heading." He said pointing to an area on the map.

"Outside the Archipelago?" Hiccup questioned.

"No! Just inside the fog bank on our outer group of islands." Johann corrected.

"We've never been out that far." Hicca stated.

"When Dagur commandeered my precious ship, he also came into possession of a very important map... one that leads to a graveyard of ships hidden in that fog bank." Johann explained.

"Wow! That's the first place I'd go." Snotlout said sarcastically.

"If I may be allowed to finish?" Johann asked, getting annoyed at the obnoxious boys' interruption.

"Johann, last time we allowed you to finish, we ended up on Breakneck Bog. So, no... no finishing." The Jorgenson boy answered.

"Enough!" Hiccup cut in. "What's so special about the graveyard and why would he go there?"

"Well, you see-" Johann started.

"The short version, please." Hiccup asked, interrupting the older man.

"It's where I store all my treasures and wares." Johann stated simply, surprising the other teens.

"Wow, concise, to the point. Who knew he had it in him?" Tuffnut wondered.

"Which reminds me of the first time I was labeled as 'concise'!" Johann said, getting ready to start another one of his tales. "He was a young man, very ugly, I actually-"

"Johann." Hicca interrupted, getting his attention.

"Yes?"

"Focus. Is there anything else?"

"As a matter of fact, there is one ship you must avoid at all cost. It's called... The Reaper. Riddled with booby traps from stem to stern. Barely made it out with my life the only time I dared venture aboard." Johann narrated. "Oh, wow!"

"Okay, Toothless, let's go." Hiccup said to his dragon, before turning to the others. "Unless, of course, any of you can make time out of your busy schedules to capture a dangerous maniac?"

It was a no-brainer for the others to choose to go with Hiccup and Toothless and soon enough, all eight teens were in the air with their dragons off to their destination.

Hiccup smiled at his he looked at his group flying in the air, a sight that he didn't think he would see for a long while. "This is pretty great, huh, bud?" He said to his best dragon friend. "Seems like forever since we all flew as a group. Let's see how rusty they are." He then shouted out "V Formation!" Immediately, the rest of the teens steered their dragons so that they could form a V-shape with Hiccup and Toothless. "Not bad. Diamond Formation!" They did the same thing, this time forming a diamond shape.

"How rusty does this guy think we are?" Tuffnut asked his twin.

Answer was a little bit rusty because Fishlegs, who was positioned with Meatlug below, ended up getting squished between the Gronckle and the Zippleback. "Uh... guys? A little tight on the diamond, are we?"

Hiccup chuckled. "Just like old times."

"Five thousand pounds of flaming muscle coming through!" Snotlout shouted as he and Hookfang flew ahead.

"Ever classic." Hiccup said as he watched his cousin fly off, no doubt will rejoin the group once he realises he has no idea where he is going.

Hiccup then turned to his twin who was flying alongside of him with Midnight. "What do you think, sis? Like old times?"

"Definitely, and I'm loving it." Hicca answered smiling. "As much as I love studying medicine, it's nice to get a break once in awhile."

The group finally arrived at the Ship Graveyard when night time came.

Hiccup looked around in amazement. There were different ships with crest on the sails that the Haddock boy did not recognise. "I knew it! I knew there was more!"

"Some of these ships, I've never seen anything like them before." Astrid observed.

"Okay, everybody fan out! If anyone sees any signs of Dagur, sound the signal." Hiccup ordered the others.

The group split up and searched. The dragons were clearly bothered with the atmosphere as their riders tried to calm them down. Meatlug even spewed some lava out because she felt scared, much to her riders dismay.

Snotlout smirked as he noticed the other dragons distress. "Haha, Hookfang! These guys are awful sailors!" He definitely was not paying attention ahead of him as he ended up crashing into the mass of one of the ships as Hookfang continued to fly. "Oof! A little help here...Hookfang!" The Monstrous Nightmare, merely gave his rider a look, seeming uninterested. "Hey! I saw that look! What did we talk about?"

While searching, Hiccup spotted a ship in the distance that seemed to fit the description Johann gave of the Reaper. "That's gotta be the Reaper."

The gang regroups and land on a ship that was parallel to the Reaper.

"No sign of Dagur." Hiccup concluded after the others gave their reports.

"Looks like we've got here first. What's the plan?" Astrid asked.

"We wait." Hiccup answered.

"So that we can plan a surprise attack on him." Raeda guessed.

"Wait a minute. For how long do we wait? This fog really gives Meatlug the willies." Fishlegs said worriedly, holding on to his dragon.

"He has a point. We can't wait here forever." Astrid stated.

"We can't just leave Johann's treasure here either. Dagur will steal them!" Hiccup pointed out

"And use the profit to build a new armada." Hicca agreed.

"Not if we steal them first!" Ruffnut chimed in.

"That is the dumbest idea I've ever heard! I hereby disown you." Tuffnut declared.

"Actually, you known what? I actually like it!" Hiccup said.

Tuffnut looked back to his twin with open arms. "Welcome back to the family."

"Here's the plan." Hiccup said. "We search the ship, gather Johann's treasure and take it back to Berk."

"But keep your eyes open for Dagur. He could show up anytime." Hicca warned.

Suddenly a loud hissing noise filled the air.

"What is that?" Astrid wondered, looking around.

"Has Dagur's voice changed?" Tuffnut questioned.

Unfortunately for them it was Dagur. Out of the water emerged several large eels, surrounding the ship. And they didn't seem happy with their new guests.

"Eels! Everybody get to your dragons before they get spooked and take off!" Hiccup ordered.

"Uh, I think it's a little too late for that right now, Hiccup." Raeda said.

And she was right, the dragons were spooked as soon as they saw the eels

"Ohhhh... Hold me, Meatlug!" Fishlegs pleaded, running to his dragons. Clearly, the dragons weren't the only ones afraid of the giant eels.

Unable to handle the sight of the large eels, all the dragons, except for Toothless flew off, leaving their riders behind.

This definitely did not help calm the riders one bit.

Toothless was even more on edge. "Calm down, bud! It's only a couple of eels! Really big, screaming mean eels-" Hiccup tried.

One of the eels stuck a side of the ship, tilting it.

"AHHHH!" Tuffnut yelled as he and the others struggled to find something to hold on to.

"The eels are pulling the ship down!" Fishlegs exclaimed.

Snotlout grabbed onto the mast of the ship as he slid down. "Fishlegs! Grab my foot!" Fishlegs did so, causing Snotlout to regret saying that. Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Hicca, Raeda and Hiccup joined them, forming a human chain. "Oh, you ate a full breakfast! [entire gang grabs each other's feet] You ate everybody's breakfast!

"We're gonna live!" Tuffnut cheered.

Astrid tried to grab onto Hiccups' foot as she slid, only to miss and descend closer to the eel.

"Astrid! No!" Hiccup cried, holding out his hand.

"Most of us are gonna live!" Tuffnut corrected.

"HICCUP!" Astrid grabbed her axe as she got closer to the eel, prepare to fight her way out. Just then Hiccup and Toothless appeared and grabbed her, pulling her away from the eel. "Thanks, Hiccup!"

The eels then decided they were done tormenting the smaller group and retreated back into the water.

"Pardon me. Does anyone else think that Johann could have warned us about... I don't know... THE GIANT SCREAMING EELS?!" Snotlout shouted, already planning on having a talk with the Trader about that.

"Snotlout, would you relax?" Hiccup said, recovering from what just happened. "The dragons will be back. In the meantime, we stick with the plan. We find Johann's treasure. Quietly."

Snotlout was definitely not happy with that and made it known by stomping around as he walked. Hiccup sighed and turned to look back at the Reaper.

Hicca and Astrid noticed this. "Why are you staring at that ship?" The Hofferson girl questioned.

"Because I'm thinking of checking it out." Hiccup answered.

"Knew it." Hicca said.

"The Reaper? The ship Johann warned us about?" Astrid pointed out.

"Exactly. A ship covered with booby traps from step to stern. I'm thinking, what is on there they don't want people to find?" Hiccup inferred.

"I'm coming with you." Hicca stated firmly. "This one you had to see coming."

The Haddock twins both got on Toothless and flew to the ship. Astrid decided to join the others in searching for the treasure.

The trio got on the ship and looked around. "This boat is definitely not from the archipelago." Hiccup noted.

"I'll say. These carvings, the design on the sail... I've never seen anything like this. And dad made sure to teach all the tribes' crest." Hicca agreed.

Hiccups' attention then went to the cages on deck. "And this metal…"

That got Hicca's attention as well and the two decided to inspect the cage. Toothless started growling, indicating that there was something amiss. "Come on, bud, it's just an empty cage." Hiccup reassured.

But he and his twin both jolted back as a bird suddenly flew out of the supposedly empty cage.

"Okay, now... now it's an empty cage." Hiccup said, regaining his breath.

"Let's move on before you're proven wrong and something else comes out of the cage." Hicca suggested.

Back on the other ship, the other teens continued to explore the ship. The Thorston twins came upon boxes full of jewels. "Jewels, jewels!" Tuffnut cheered hugging the jewels. "You know what we're gonna do? We're bringing them back for the family. Mom will be so happy. Wait, but how are we going to carry all these back to Berk?"

Ruffnut's response was opening her mouth, which was revealed to be stuffed with jewels.

Tuffnut gasped at that. "Great idea, sis! I can't believe I didn't think about that. Here, I may do it too." He then shoved more jewels into his sisters' mouth. "I'm also gonna put jewels in your mouth. Yeah! I gotta keep mine empty so I can talk."

"Keep comin'. Keep 'em coming." Ruffnut managed to mumble out, enough for her brother to hear as he continued to stuff more and more jewels.

Fishlegs felt like he was in Valhalla with his findings. "Whoo! Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Fishlegs! Maps, old books, charts! Oh ho ho ho! There's no greater treasure than knowledge." He said to himself, hugging some of the books.

"I'm gonna be rich! I'm gonna be rich! Rich, rich, rich, rich, rich!" Snotlout chanted excitedly as he looked for treasure. He then spotted an ornate chest "Hmm, well, hello, Mr. Ornate Box. What treasures do you hold?" He then started laughing as he went to the box. "Rich! Ho! Rich!" He opened the box but what he found, wasn't exactly jewels. "Hair! Ew! Who keeps hair in a box? There's got to be more! More hair? Ech! Man, what a rip-off." He said, getting up. That's when he noticed portraits of rich vikings with hair exactly like the ones he found."Or is it?" He then started trying on the hair and found himself liking what he sees. "I'm Stoick the Vast! Hiccup, Hicca you're both such a disappointment! Why can't either you be more like Snotlout? Eh, I'm Ruffnut... or am I Tuffnut? Who can tell?" He laughed at his own joke. "I'm... Oh, actually, this is kind of nice." He commented feeling the hair.

At some point, Raeda wandered to where Snotlout was and saw him trying on the wig. The sight of him doing his impressions and enjoying the hair a little too much caused her to slowly back away without another word, feeling very creeped out.

Back on the Reaper the auburn twins decided to explore below the deck, but the dragon was a little hesitant. "Come on, bud. Don't you want to see what's down below? All right, fine. Guess Hicca and I are going alone."

"Hold on, bro. We still need to look out for-"

Before Hicca could finish that sentence, however, Hicca tripped on a trick-wire, causing a rope to latch onto his foot and drag him off the ship!

Hicca quickly grabbed onto Hiccup as Toothless blasted the rope, freeing Hiccup.

"For traps." Hicca finished.

"Okay. Nobody goes to this much trouble unless there's something on this boat that they don't want found." Hiccup said as his sister helped him up. He then went first down the hatch, being careful with every step. "Watch your step, guys." Hiccup warned Hicca and Toothless. "Just as Hiccup brought his prosthetic foot to the floor, a bear trap was activated and clamp that foot. "One of the benefits of a metal leg, I suppose."

"I'm just glad that it was your metal leg that got caught." Hicca commented.

She and Toothless made it down without any incident and as soon as they got the bear trap off Hiccup, they started looking around.

Toothless whined as he found a row of cages, more specifically what was inside the cages.

Hiccup and Hicca realised why. "Is that?"

"Dragon bones." Hiccup finished. He put a comforting hand on Toothless and Hicca followed suit. "I'm sorry you had to see this, bud. Whoever commanded this ship was certainly no friend of dragons."

"Let's get out of here." Hicca said, deciding that they've seen enough.

As they left, Hiccup stepped on a plank which actually sunk an inch lower. Then arrows started flying from the walls!

"All right, come on, Hicca, Toothless! Let's go!" Hiccup urged. The three of them ran for their lives and reached the hallway, away from the flying arrows. Hiccup then noticed the room ahead. "Commander's quarters. Stay close, guys." As they got close to the doors. Hiccup turned to his sister and dragon. "Okay, so here's the plan…"

A second later, Toothless blasted the door open

"You were saying?" Hicca asked her twin.

"I like yours better." Hiccup said to Toothless, who gave a dragony-laugh in reply. The trio cautiously walked inside where they were greeted by a human skeleton at sitting at his desk wearing an armour. Hiccup's eyes went to the skeletons' hand, or rather what was under the hand. "What is this thing?"

Hicca, however, was more focused on the skeleton. "Radius, ulna, scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum-"

"Sis, this isn't a good time to be revising all human bones in a skeleton." Hiccup said, snapping her out of it.

"Oh, sorry. Zoned out for a bit." Hicca said sheepishly.

Hiccup then went back to the mysterious cylindrical object under the skeletal hand. "Whatever it is, if it's on this ship, it's no good for dragons. Which means we're not leaving it here for Dagur." He then lifts up the skeleton and picks up the cylinder. "Hmm... Huh. Well, that wasn't too-" He retracted his statement when a giant axe swung right in front of him. "GIANT AXE! Guys, run!" They started to run. Unfortunately, one of them triggered another trap causing spikes to jut out from the floor. It was difficult but they were able to navigate back to the ladder leading to the deck just as the arrows started firing once again.

Thankfully the three of them made it on deck, only to be face-to-face with Dagur the Deranged and his Berserker soldiers!

"Toothless, hold." Hiccup warned before the Night Fury could fire. He made sure to hide the cylindrical object behind his back.

"Hiccup! Hicca! Did either of you miss me? 'Cause I sure missed you two. Every day for three years, I thought about both of you." He then steps aside to reveal the other Dragon Riders have been captured and locked in a cage.

"Astrid!" Hiccup shouted.

"Oh, no!" Hicca exclaimed.

"And you too Mr. Night Fury." Dagur greeted the male Night Fury, who only growled in response. "Hope we get to meet Mrs. Night Fury soon."

"Sorry, Hiccup. He got the drop on us while we were searching…" Astrid explained.

"Uh, quiet! Can't you see my brother, sister and I are having a moment?" Dagur said.

"Excuse me?" Hicca said to deranged teen.

"We are not your siblings and we are definitely not having a moment." Hiccup stated firmly.

"Oh, well, I was. Look at you, all grown up!" The Berserkian chief said, taking a good look at the younger teens. "And quite the ladies' man, I'd wager. Hmm? Hmm?" He addressed that one to Hiccup.

"Dagur, what do you want?" Hicca demanded.

"Duh." Snotlout interjected flipping the wig he was still wearing. "He wants the jewels."

"He's not getting my family's jewels. No way! And I'll protect them at all cost!" Tuffnut vowed, before turning to Snotlout and eyeing his wig. "Also, what is with that hair?"

"Ha! It's royal hair, I'll have you know." Snotlout said proudly.

"What it is, is the source of the nightmares for the next few days." Raeda said annoyed.

"Haven't gotten rid of the Greek Chorus, I see." Dagur said to the Haddock twins. "Anyway, yes, I'll take the jewels. His too." He first pointed to Tuffnut, then to Ruffnut.

One of the Berserker soldiers hit Ruffnut, causing her to cough up the jewels still in her mouth. "Watch it, pal!" She warned, glaring at the offender. The guard simply laugh, causing Ruffnut to spit one jewel that was still in her mouth, straight into his mouth, causing him to start choking.

"Oops, thought that was the guy. Never can tell with those two." Dagur chuckled. "And I'll also take whatever it is you're hiding behind your back." He gestured to Hiccup, who still had his hands behind his back. "Come on, hand it over like a good boy. Brothers share, you know."

"Not your brother." Hicca said in a low voice, while her twin handed over the mysterious object.

"You know you're not going to get very far with that thing, right?" Hiccup stated.

"Oh, boy, here we go. Must we always do the same dance, Hiccup? You, Hicca and I? Not that either of you aren't fabulous dancers." Dagur taunted.

Toothless continued to growl. Hiccup put a hand on his dragon. "Easy, bud, not yet."

"That's right, Mr. Night Fury. Today is not the day, but it's coming! And soon. Be sure to tell Mrs. Night Fury wherever she's hiding." Dagur sneered. "Now, if you'll excuse me. I've got people to see, an army to build, revenge to plot. Ooh, so much to do and so little time! Isn't this exciting, guys? You... You two must have been so bored over the last three years."

"Yeah, he's got a point about that. Not enough explosions." Tuffnut chimed in.

"Alas, my time here has come to an end." Dagur said as he and his men went back to their ship. "Farewell for now, brother and sister. Until we meet again on the field of battle."

As soon as the Berserkers were gone, the Haddock twins wasted no time trying to free their friends from the cage.

"Forget about us! Go after him!" Raeda urged.

"What are you two waiting for?!" Snotlout said.

"Are you guys sure you'll be okay?" Hiccup asked worriedly.

"We're fine! Go!" Astrid reassured.

"Bro, you guys go after Dagur. I'll stay here and free the others." Hicca said. She noticed her brothers' hesitation. "Now's not the time to second guess things, Hiccup! Get Dagur before he gets away!"

Hiccup then nodded and got on Toothless. They took off after the ship while Hicca took a few things out of her satchel to help pick the lock. "Let's hope the lock isn't rigged with a trap."

Hiccup and Toothless were spotted by one of the Berserk guards. "The boy and Night Fury are coming after us, sir, just like you said." He reported.

His chief smirked at that. "Still predictable, aren't you, brother?" He signalled his crew, to get the catapult ready, then waited for the right moment. "Fire!" A boulder was fired right at Hiccup and Toothless.

Luckily the duo were able to dodge in time. "You missed, brother!" Hiccup taunted.

But Dagur merely shook his head. "Hiccup, you should know by now, I never miss."

Hiccup eyes widened in realisation, as he turned around and saw that indeed, the boulder was heading straight to the ship with the other teens! "Oh, NO!"

It was too late for him or Toothless to do anything but watch as the boulder hit the ship, catching Hicca off guard, who still hadn't unlock the cage. She held onto the cage, dropping her mini-tools, as the others called out for Hiccups' help.

"What's it going to be, Hiccup? Catch me? Save your sister and friends? Ooh, tough one! Glad I'm not in your shoe." Dagur taunted, giving a maniacal laugh.

To Be Continued...