The next episode in my story line for Riders of Berk! I came up with this idea at random while playing ragdoll volleyball. How to be a pirate from the book series and the upcoming episode Defiant One inspired me on this idea.

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"If your dad or mom ever tells you to 'stop doing that' or 'don't run off', it's normally because they mean well and want what's best for you. If your teacher tries to teach you something, and you don't really give a care on the subject, it is still wise to listen in—it could seriously help you in the long run."

"In conclusion, it is important to know where you are going; and that'll move us straight into our next lesson—how to navigate by reading the stars." Gobber announced. He and the teens were on the decks; Gobber teaching them how to navigate the seas. The teens stood side by side on the dock facing Gobber, who was on a boat showing them what works and how. From the looks on the group's faces, they weren't enjoying the lesson as much as Gobber was.

"Gobber, we don't need to know how to steer a ship, we have dragons." Hiccup informed his former mentor.

"Ah, but you never know, it could come in handy some times. The ocean is a big and vast place—just like Stoick; hahaha." Gobber commented. Hiccup shook his head at that comment to his father.

"Well, we don't need to get into the lesson on how to navigate the seas; we've pretty much done that already." Astrid added.

"You haven't gone everywhere. You never know what could be lurking underneath…" Gobber stated.

"Uh, Scauldrons, Thunderdrums, fish…" Fishlegs counted.

"Alright Fishlegs, don't get smart." Gobber warned him, but it had a teasing tone to it.

"Gobber, it's just-we don't really—" Hiccup tried to finish.

"We don't care and we want to get on with our lives." Snotlout finished rudely.

"Snotlout!" Hiccup veered at him. "Gobber, that's not it, it's just—"

"No I understand, you don't have time for an old, worn out fish like me. Go on and train y'er dragons or whatever you kids do." Gobber said sadly.

"Oh, good, let's go then." Snotlout said

"Gobber," Hiccup tried to help, but couldn't.

"Come on Hiccup." Astrid said while holding onto his arm and pulling him up to the island.

Hiccup sat on top of Toothless while thinking of a way to make it up to Gobber, while the others tried to teach their dragons some new hand signals. Toothless was sleeping all the while and snored softly; Hiccup sighed when he thought back to how much they probably hurt Gobber.

"We have to do something to make it up to Gobber. He was only trying to help." Hiccup suggested.

"It was Snotlout's fault." Astrid commented while pointing the latter.

"Hey, I just said what was on everybody's mind." Snotlout defended himself.

"Wait, I wasn't thinking about that; I was thinking about what we were going to have for dinner." Tuffnut stated.

"Me too, I'm starving." Ruffnut agreed.

"Guys; we really hurt Gobber's feelings." Hiccup brought up the subject again.

"It's okay Hiccup, I'm sure he wasn't really sad. He knows we mean well." Astrid said attempting to cheer him up. "I know, let's have a race; see who's faster, uh?" she said with a smile that meant she was sure she'd beat him. Toothless popped his head up; Hiccup smiled and accepted the challenge. He got into position and Toothless geared up to take flight.

"Alright, keep up though!" Hiccup exclaimed excitedly as he and Toothless flew off into the sky getting a head start. Astrid quickly jumped onto Stormfly and took off after them, the others following as well.

As soon as Stormfly came up behind Toothless, Hiccup turned around and started to tease Astrid.

"I hope you fed her more chicken, because you're gonna need it!" Hiccup teased.

"You want to play it like that Hiccup, bring it on!" Astrid retorted.

"Ha, yeah right; you two don't stand a chance against Hookfang and me!" Snotlout exclaimed.

"Ha, ha! You three don't stand a chance against us four! We got our dragon's brains and then our brains, and then—our dragon's brains—and then you got our brains too!" Tuffnut added. The other three looked at them in bewilderment.

"What?!" Snotlout asked.

"He means catch ya later!" Ruffnut answered back as Barf and Belch flew ahead. The other three quickly picked up the pace and raced after them.

"Hey guys, wait up! Meatlug is sensitive to high speed winds!" Fishlegs called out, he and Meatlug lagging behind.

Further and further they flew out into the deep sea blue. None noticed Berk getting smaller and smaller by the minute.

Alright, there is the intro/chp. 1, I'll post the next chapter soon. Thank you for reading!