Hello everyone I'm back and ready to continue the series. I would just like to say Happy New Year.

Dragon Chronicles: Defenders of Berk

By Ragnar the All Knowing

It had been a month since Mildew's betrayal and now that the peace between Viking and dragons has been assured, we are now preparing to defend Berk from outside theatres.

Fishlegs was in a cove tied up whilst an Outcast voice tries to make him tell how to train dragons.

"Tell us what you know about the dragons, boy." The Outcast said. "Tell us how you trained them."

"I won't talk." Fishlegs said as he tried to break free from the ropes. "You can't make me."

"Oh, I think we can." The Outcast said. Suddenly the lights were blown out leaving Fishlegs in the dark and now frightened.

"Hello? Is anybody there?" Fishlegs said panting heavily. "Oh you can't—you can't leave me here!"

No one answered and Fishlegs began to hyperventilate. "Okay! Okay! Hiccup is the leader of the Berk Dragon Academy. He rides a Night Fury named Toothless. Astrid is his second in command. She's mean, but in a nice way. Her dragon Stormfly is a Deadly Nadder, shots poisonous spikes and loves chicken. Then there's Ragnar our healer and as you know Alvin's son. He rides a Bonenapper called Skull, who is the biggest dragon on Berk. Snotlout's Hookfang is a Monstrous Nightmare. We're not actually sure who's more monstrous him or the dragon. And then there's the twin Ruffnut and Tuffnut. They share their dragon Barf and Belch a Hideous Zippleback. Actually they fight over them.

Then a plasma blast came out of nowhere and lit the touches and showed Hiccup and the other dragon riders all of them with disappointing scowl's on their faces. It was a test to see what would happen if Alvin the Treacherous tried to force Fishlegs to tell him anything about dragon training.

"What? You know I hate the dark!" Fishlegs said.

"Great. Fishlegs, more like guppy legs." Tuffnut muttered.

"Fishlegs, you can't cave in." Hiccup said.

"Yeah, my loving father is going to do a lot more than turn out the lights to get you to talk." Hiccup said.

"Ragnar, is right. Alvin had me locked in a dungeon ready to be executed. Toothless was chained and muzzled for days." Hiccup said. "You need to stick on what we discussed – your name, where you live and nothing else."

"Alright, I'll work on it!" Fishlegs said.

"Mean? I'm not mean." Astrid said as they walked away.

"It's okay, Astrid. I like mean girls." Snotlout said making Astrid groan in annoyance.

"Did you not hear the part about her being Hiccup's girlfriend?" Ragnar asked.

They all left and forgot about Fishlegs, who was now sitting in the dark with Meatlug.

"Hey, girl, can you untie me?" Fishlegs asked.

Meatlug just licked him and lay down next to him and went to sleep.

The next morning Viking at the docks setting up defences encase the Outcasts attacked. Stoick had also just told Hiccup that there was now a ban on flying dragons.

"Grounded? All the dragons? Are you serious?" Hiccup asked.

"Deadly serious." Stoick said. "From this point forward, there is a ban on flying—period."

"What?" Hiccup said not believing what he was hearing. "What about patrolling, training?"

"What part of 'ban on flying' did you not understand, Hiccup?" Stoick asked.

"But that's—that's ridiculous." Hiccup said.

"I want that wall higher!" Stoick shouted at a Viking who was building a wooden wall.

"Aye, aye, sir!" The Viking said.

Stoick then turned back towards Hiccup. "Are you calling your father ridiculous?" He asked.

"Of course not. I would never call my father ridiculous." Hiccup said and paused for a second before continuing. "I'm calling my chief ridiculous."

"Careful son." Stoick warned and looked at Toothless. "You too, dragon." They then began to walk up the pier passing some Vikings working on the defences. "Put your back into it, boys!"

"Dad, Alvin has his own dragons—Changewings, Scauldrons, Whispering Deaths—I saw them with my own eyes." Hiccup said.

"Yes. When you were kidnapped and locked up in an Outcast prison." Stoick reminded.

"He's also read the Book of Dragons, seen Astrid train a Monstrous Nightmare and he still has Mildew, who I have dragon training basics." Hiccup said.

"Hiccup—" Stoick said tiredly.

"If Alvin learns how to train his dragons and attacks with them, our only chance is to fight back with ours." Hiccup said.

"I understand that." Stoick said placing his hands on Hiccup's shoulders. "But I'm not going to risk your life or the lives of any of your dragon riders. This is my final word."

Then Stoick walked away leaving a defeated Hiccup behind.

Later that evening at the arena, Hiccup had just explained the dragon ban to the other dragon riders.

"And you agreed? Just like that?" Astrid asked in an unbelievable tone.

"What other choice did I have?" Hiccup asked. "He's the chief, who happens to be my incredibly overprotective father."

"Well, we have to get him to change his mind." Astrid said.

"Stoick the Vast? Um, good luck with that." Fishlegs said.

"Yeah, it took him years before he decided to let Hiccup join dragon training in the Dragon War." Ragnar said.

"So what I'm I suppose to do with Hookfang if he can't fly?" Snotlout asked as Hookfangs ignited. "You know what happens when his 'inner warrior' is caged up?" Hookfang then wiped his flaming tail at Snotlout sending him flying towards Astrid, who stopped by placing the sole of her foot on his face. "That… what happens." He said in pain.

"Whoa. We should cage his inner warrior a long time ago—that was awesome!" Tuffnut said.

"Yeah." Ruffnut agreed chuckling.

"Look, I know this is going to be hard, but I'll keep working on my dad and hopefully he'll change his mind." Hiccup said.

"And what if he doesn't?" Astrid asked.

Hiccup just remained silent.

Later that evening, Hiccup and Astrid were walking to the village with their dragon behind them.

"Wow, I forgot what a long walk it is from the academy." Astrid said. "Sure would be nice to be flying home."

"Why, thank you, Astrid for that observation, because I clearly don't have enough on my plate right now." Hiccup said. Toothless then started to run around him.

"What's with him?" Astrid asked.

"Ah, it's sunset. We always take a lap around the island when it gets dark. He loves it." Hiccup explained.

Toothless then sat down in front of them and gestured saying that he wants to fly. "Poor, Toothless. No family, no night flying. What's left for him, really?" Astrid said. Hiccup just gave her a look saying 'not help'. "Okay why don't I just leave the two of you alone?" She said walking off with Stormfly.

"That probably a good idea." Hiccup said.

Hiccup just looked at Toothless, who was looking at the sunset.

Later that night that the forge Hiccup and Ragnar were working on their own projects. Toothless kept on annoying Hiccup for denying them from having an evening flight.

"Toothless you have to relax, like what Skull is doing." Hiccup said pointing at Skull, who was sleeping. Toothless did what he was told reluctantly and sat down next to Skull.

"I see someone is still bummed about the whole 'no flying' rule." Ragnar said.

"Tell me about it." Hiccup said. He then noticed Ragnar fiddling with something on his workbench. "What are you doing?"

"Trying to make a replacement weapon." Ragnar said.

"I don't understand why you don't make a new bow?" Hiccup said.

"Would you like to replace that toy dragon you got from your mother?" Ragnar asked warily.

"Sorry Rag, I wasn't thinking." Hiccup said rubbing the back of his neck.

Before they could continue their conversion, Gobber walked over to Hiccup. "Nice to have you in the shop, Hiccup. Usually you and Toothless are out enjoying a beautiful evening flight around the island at this hour." Gobber said ignoring Ragnar's warnings to stop. "Of course you can't do that anymore, what with the ban on flying and all." Hiccup just looked up at him. "Ah… shame about that."

"So what are you working on?" Ragnar asked quickly changing the subject.

"What do you two think?" Hiccup asked.

He showed them a wooden shield with an iron rim and centre hub. Also painted on it was an image of Toothless. Ragnar and Gobber looked at each other confused.

"All this work for a shield?" Gobber said.

"Well, it's not just a shield." Hiccup said.

Then the centre hub opened up and reviled a retractable hook and cable which fired off like a grappling line. It warped around Gobber and tried to pull him in. Hiccup's lack of strength was no match for Gobber his weight and causing Hiccup to get reeled in.

The two looked at each other awkwardly and remained silent for a few seconds. "Handy." Gobber said breaking the silence.

"Though you might what to use that on a much more lighter opponent." Ragnar advised as Hiccup retracted the cable.

"If we can't ride dragons, we have to defend ourselves somehow." Hiccup said as he walked make to his working bench.

"You know, Hiccup, your father is just doing what's best for you. He's trying to keep you safe." Gobber said.

"Waste of time if you ask me. If there's one thing I've learned is that trouble always finds Hiccup." Ragnar said.

"I know my dad is trying to protect me." Hiccup said looking at them. "But the problem is, the safest place for me is on Toothless."

"Well I'll leave you to it." Gobber said as Hiccup continued to work on his shield. "Imagine you'll be here quite a while. Too bad, really. Have you seen that moon? Can't imagine a more beautifully night for a flight." Hiccup slammed his shield down and glared at him. "I did it again, didn't I?"

"Yeah, you did." Ragnar said shaking his head. "Well I'm heading off to bed see you in the morning."

Once he and Gobber left, Hiccup turned around and came face to face with Toothless making him jump.

"I know what you're thinking and you might as well forget it." Hiccup said firmly.

He and Toothless looked up at the full moon.

Meanwhile Astrid was feeding Stormfly some fish. Then suddenly she began to growl like she could sense something.

"What is it, Stormfly?" Astrid asked. Then she heard a roar in the distance. "A dragon!" She looked up in the sky and saw a familiar looking shadow and saw someone riding it. "And some riding it. Wait a minute… that's a Night Fury."

Moments later she was riding Stormfly chancing after Hiccup and Toothless.

"Alright, Hiccup, what are you up to?" Astrid asked. They raced around island trying to catch up with them. come on… come on!"

They raced around the sea stacks, but finally lost sight of them, making Astrid groan in frustration.

Meanwhile Hiccup and Toothless were flying away from Astrid and Stormfly.

"That was a close one." Hiccup said. They then landed behind a sea stack. "Nice flying, bud. I think we lost her."

"Think again, Hiccup." Astrid's voice said.

Hiccup looked behind and saw Astrid landing in front of him. "Astrid! We were just talking about you." He said innocently.

"So I guess this is the part where I ask if your father changed his mind and you tell me he didn't and you going behind his back. Again." Astrid said rising an eyebrow.

"Actually, no. this is the part where I tell you my dad is wrong." Hiccup said.

"So… he knows." Astrid said.

"I didn't say that." Hiccup said rubbing the back of his head. "Look, you were there on Outcast Island just like I was. You know what Alvin is capable of."

"So you were just going to fly around at night all by yourself and say nothing?" Astrid asked.

"That was my plan." Hiccup muttered under his breath. "I didn't want to get anyone else in trouble. I was trying to do the right thing. Sort of."

Astrid took a deep breath and looked at Hiccup. "We both know what the right thing is, Hiccup." She said. "But if we're going to ride dragons behind your father's back, we all need to ride dragons behind your father's back."

The next day they started to explain their idea to the other dragon riders starting with Snotlout, who was in the plaza with Hookfang.

"Dragon Flight Club. I like that!" Snotlout said. He then paused for a second and asked. "What's that?"

"It's a secret dragon flying society. We train at night under the cover of darkness." Astrid explained.

"Sharpening our skills against possible dragon attacks by Alvin." Hiccup finished.

"But remember, it's a secret. Nobody can know." Astrid said.

"As far as you're concerned, it doesn't exist. There is no Dragon Flight Club." Hiccup said.

"Hey, what do you think?" Snotlout asked looking at Hookfang. He then sent out a fire blast sending Snotlout flying into a cart. "He's in." Snotlout's voice said from the destroyed cart.

"I was wondering how long it would take for you to disobey your dad." A voice said.

Hiccup and Astrid quickly turned around and saw Ragnar leaning against a house. "How long have you been there?" Hiccup asked.

"Long enough." Ragnar said smiling.

"So, are in with our Dragon Flight Club idea?" Hiccup asked.

"Do you really have to ask?" Ragnar asked.

Then the three of them went to the twin's house and found they had warping their legs on a wooden support beam.

"So listen, this is very, very important." Hiccup said explaining to them slowly. "The first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club."

"Okay, so wait a minute." Tuffnut said as backed flipped to the floor. "Is there a Dragon Flight Club?"

"Yes." Astrid said. Ruffnut then backed flipped to the floor joining her brother. "There is a Dragon Flight Club."

"But he just said there is no Dragon Flight Club." Ruffnut said confused.

"Oh, I can see were this is going." Ragnar said shaking his head.

"No. The first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club." Hiccup explained. "Get it?"

"Absolutely. Not." Tuffnut said.

"Yeah." Ruffnut said rubbing her forehead. "I think I need to lie down."

"Me too. Why don't you guys come back when you've make up your mind and you stop saying 'is' so much." Tuffnut said as he and his sister walked away.

They decided to explain to the twins later and went to Fishlegs' house to ask him.

"Um, I'm not sure this is a good idea." Fishlegs said after they explained their idea of a Dragon Flight Club. "Besides I hate having to wake her. She's so beautiful when she sleeps." It was at that moment she farted.

"Why like a field of roses." Ragnar said sarcastically.

"Fishlegs, this is a defining moment in the history of Berk Dragon Training Academy." Hiccup said and looked out the window. "Hundreds of years from now, when they're building statues of us in the middle of town, they're going to harken back to the courage it took for all of us to stand up for what we know is right, regardless of the consequences."

"So… I get a statue?" Fishlegs asked.

"Yes, Fishlegs. You get a statue." Hiccup sighed.

"Yeah, I hypothetical statue." Ragnar said.

Later that evening all the dragon riders were at the arena getting ready to set off.

"Okay, Dragon Flight Club members, you know why you're here." Hiccup said looking at all of them.

"Pah! Speak for yourself." Tuffnut said.

"We need to be ready for riders on any type of dragon, from a Typhoomerang to a Scauldron to a Changewing even a Whispering Death." Hiccup said. "So I've put together some training exercises—"

"Nah—juh—blah, blah, blah. Can we go already?" Snotlout asked.

"Let's mount up." Hiccup ordered. "First stop… Changewing Island."

It was night when they came in to view of Changewing Island.

"Oh, yeah." Tuffnut said excitedly. "Stones of Good Fortune— a life time of good luck. I can't wait to get my hands on one of those."

"Tuffnut we've been over this. Those are not Stones of Good Fortune. Those are dragon eggs." Astrid remained.

"And leave them alone, please." Fishlegs begged. "I really don't want to revisit the Changewing debacle."

"Actually you show be saying that to Snotlout over there." Ragnar said pointing at Snotlout.

"Hey, I was trying to make a living." Snotlout said defensively.

"By selling dragon eggs to despite villages. Yeah, that an honest way of living." Ragnar said sarcastically.

"Uh, guy can we talk about this later?" Hiccup asked.

They soon flew into Changewing Island. They watched as a bunch of Changewings drove a single boar from the herd.

"Changewings hunt like wolves. One dragon lures a single boar from the herd." Hiccup explained.

"Then the other Changewings surround it." Fishlegs finished.

"Hey, don't we know that boar?" Tuffnut asked.

"Yeah, we do. That's Bjorn Boar." Ruffnut said.

"Are they serious?" Astrid asked in disbelief.

"You leave Bjorn alone!" Tuffnut yelled at the Changewings.

"Clearly they are." Hiccup said.

"Which is bad news for us." Ragnar said faceplaming himself.

The Changewings looked up at them and glared at them. "You're on your own, Bjorn." Tuffnut said.

They all flew away just in time to avoid the Changewing's acid attack. The Changewings then followed them spiting acid at them.

"Keep your distance!" Hiccup ordered. "Their acid is only effective at close range."

"Not very comforting when you're on the slowest dragon." Fishlegs yelled and then looked down at Meatlug. "I'm sorry, girl, had to be said."

"There's too many of them." Snotlout yelled just as an acid attack missed him by inchers. "And they're come out of nowhere!"

Hiccup thought for a moment then saw a Changewing appearing in front of him when it was front of the night sky and fired acid at him. Hiccup dodged the acid attack and looked up at the sky and realised something.

"Wait a minute." Hiccup said. "If they don't have anything to camouflage against…"

"It'll take away their advantage." Fishlegs finished.

"And give us a chance to counterattack." Ragnar added.

"Up! Up!" Astrid ordered.

They all flew into the sky and the Changwings followed them, but now they were visible. Astrid then turned to face them and fired several spikes at the Changwings, as Hiccup fired plasma blasts at them. This scared the Changwings and they flew back to the island.

"What did I say about the Changwing debacle?" Fishlegs asked. "Was no one listening?"

They then flew their way back to Berk.

The next day, Gobber in the forge examining Hiccup's shield.

"Now, where did he hide it?" Gobber said fiddling with the shield. "Where is the trigger for the—"

Stoick at that moment entered and looked at Gobber. "Gobber!" He yelled.

This made Gobber jump and accidently fired the grapple line, which warped around Stoick and pulled him in towards him. They looked at each other awkwardly in silence.

"So I'll just… unwind that and, uh… hopefully, no one is looking." Gobber said awkwardly. Gobber found the trigger and the grapple line freed Stoick and retracted back into the centre hub. "So what can I do for you?"

"I came for my saddle." Stoick said. "Did you make the adjustments I asked for?"

"It's done and back on Thornado. It should do wonders for you manoeuvrability." Gobber said.

"Good." Stoick said.

"Of course, that shouldn't matter right now, what with the ban on flying and all." Gobber said.

"And what ban would that be, Gobber?" Stoick asked.

"Stoick the ban… on flying dragons." Gobber said confused. "The one that where no one is allowed to…" He stopped when he realised what was going on and looked at Stoick with a cunning smile. "Ah, I see. The ban where no one is allowed to fly dragons except the chief."

"Someone's got to patrol the island. It might as well be me." Stoick said in defence.

"Uh—huh." Gobber said not buying it.

"And not a word to anyone. Especially Hiccup. I mean it." Stoick said firmly.

"Stoick, I'm nothing if not careful." Gobber said. Suddenly the metal rim hit him in the face. "Catapult. Should of seen that one coming." He said dazed.

Stoick shook his head and left.

That night, the dragon riders were in the forest examining a scorch mark made by a Typhoomerang on the ground.

"Much like the rings inside a tree, the scorch mark can tell you the age and thus size of the Typhoomerang in question." Fishlegs explained.

"It's still warm." Hiccup said feeling the hot ask.

"Which means it wasn't here too long ago." Astrid said.

"And looking at the size of the scorch mark it's quite big." Ragnar said.

"And if you look at the mark, you can tell which way it came from and which way it was heading." Fishlegs said.

"I know which way it's heading without all that stupid stuff." Snotlout said getting up on to his feet.

"Oh, really?" Astrid said unconvinced. "Where it's going?"

"It's not it's coming—at us. Right now!" Snotlout said pointing behind them.

Everyone got up and looked at where Snotlout was pointing and saw a Typhoomerang flying towards them.

"So, uh, anything else we need to learn?" Hiccup asked.

"Nope." Tuffnut said.

"We're good." Ruffnut yelled.

"But, I would like to learn how we run any from an angry Typhoomerang." Ragnar said as they ran to their dragons.

They didn't waste a second and jumped onto their dragons and flew up into the sky. As they flew back to the village, Tuffnut looked down and saw something and looked at Hiccup.

"Hey, Hiccup." Tuffnut yelled.

"Yes, Tuffnut?" Hiccup asked.

"When did your dad join Dragon Flight Club?" Tuffnut asked.

"He didn't." Hiccup said confused.

"Oh. Weird. Because he's right there." Tuffnut said pointing down.

Hiccup looked down and saw flew below them was Stoick on Thornado. "What the—aw, quick!" He yelled looking at the other dragon riders. "Evasive cloud manoeuvres." They all quickly flew up into the clouds to hide themselves from Stoick. "We have to stay up in here in the clouds until we're right over the village."

"We might have a hard time doing that." Ragnar said pointing down.

"What are you two doing?" Astrid asked.

The twins had decided to fly upside down and hand Barf and Belch's heads stick out of the clouds making them visible.

"We can't see in the clouds." Tufffnut said.

"Yeah, it's too cloudy." Ruffnut said.

"We're flying in clouds it's supposed to be cloudy." Ragnar reminded.

"Uh, you guys, if your heads are out of the clouds, my dad can see you." Hiccup said.

The twins looked down and saw Stoick flying up towards them. "Uh, not going to disagree with you there." Tuffnut said.

"Alright, guys, split up, head home and please keep the dragons out of sight." Hiccup said.

They all flew in different directions just as Stoick entered the cloud. He then began to chace after any shadow he saw.

Everyone had managed to reach their homes without getting caught. When Fishlegs reached his home he jumped off Meatlug.

"Okay, come on." He whispered as they both crept slowly to the door. "Whew. We made it girl. I knew we were smarter than—"

"Smart than who Fishlegs?" A voice asked.

Fishlegs looked up and saw standing in front of him was Stoick looking down at him with an angry scowl. "Chief! What are you doing up?" Fishlegs asked as if nothing was wrong.

"You're coming with me son." Stoick said glaring at him.

Moments later in the Great Hall, Stoick and Gobber were questioning Fishlegs.

"I'm going to ask you one more time, Fishlegs, what were you doing out there flying and who was with you?" Stoick asked.

"My name is Fishlegs. I live on the island of Berk. I don't know anything about dragons or those who ride them." Fishlegs said with his eyes closed.

Fishlegs had said the same thing over and over again every time Stoick or Gobber asked him a question.

"Why does he keep saying that?" Gobber said leaning over to Stoick. "He's kind of giving me the willies."

"My name is Fishlegs. I live on the island of Berk. I don't know anything about dragons or those who ride them." Fishlegs repeated.

"Fishlegs, this is not an interrogation." Stoick said calmly. It was at that moment the touches flames went out making Fishlegs hyperventilate.

"Actually, it does kind of feel like an interrogation, Stoick." Gobber said.

"Not helping, Gobber." Stoick said.

"My name is Fishlegs. I live on the island of Berk. I don't know anything about dragons or those who ride them." Fishlegs repeated.

The next night, Fishlegs was explaining to them what happened to him last night to the other dragon riders, minus Snotlout, who was late.

"He put the screws to me. I thought I was going to crack. Especially when the lights went out." Fishlegs said. "But I held firm, because I know the first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club."

"Oh, great, not that again." Tuffnut muttered.

"You did great, Fishlegs." Hiccup said.

"So what are we doing tonight?" Ruffnut asked.

"Nothing." Hiccup answered.

"That doesn't sound like fun at all." Tuffnut complained.

"Look, my dad s no to us. It's important that we lay low until this blows over." Hiccup said. "We need to be invisible."

"Hey, hey, you guys!" Snotlout yelled as he flew into the arena on a flaming Hookfang.

"So much for being invisible." Ragnar muttered.

"Snotlout, what did I tell you?" Hiccup asked. "No dragons."

"Yeah, even I knew that." Tuffnut said.

Hiccup sighed and looked towards Snotlout. "What's so important anyway?" He asked.

"Let's just say I may have saved this entire island!" Snotlout said proudly. "Alvin and the Outcasts are attacking as we speak."

"Alvin." Hiccup said.

"He's attacking sooner then we excepted." Ragnar said.

"So what do we do now?" Astrid asked.

Moments later, Hiccup was in his house standing in front of a sleeping Stoick, trying to wake him up.

"Dad, wake up. Dad!" Hiccup said placing a hand on his dad's shoulder. Then suddenly without warning Stoick's eyes opened and he grabbed a nearby axe in one hand and Hiccup in the other ready to strike. "Dad, it's me! Please don't chop me."

Stoick stopped when he realised it was Hiccup. "Hiccup!" He said as he lowered him down. "What did I tell you about sneaking up on me when I'm asleep?"

"Okay! It's no fun for me either." Hiccup pointed out. "But this is an emergency. The Outcasts are sailing towards Berk."

"And how would you know that?" Stoick asked raising an eyebrow.

"Do I really need to answer that question?" Hiccup asked rubbing the back of his neck.

"I told you no flying Hiccup." Stoick said as placed the axe away with his other collection of weapons and grabbed his helmet.

"Yeah. By the way, I've been thinking about that. Doesn't the ban on dragon flying pertain to all dragons, even, oh, let's say a Thunderdrum?" Hiccup asked raising an eyebrow.

Stoick just remained silent not sure what to say. "We'll talk about this later." He said finally and he placed his helmet on. "Wake the others." He made his way to the door. "We'll need the full academy."

He opened the door and came face to face with Fishlegs, who was sitting on top of Meatlug. "Hey, chief." He said.

Stoick looked at him shocked and was even more shocked when he saw the other dragon riders behind him on their dragons.

Moments later they were flying towards the Outcasts ships that were heading towards Berk.

"I'm going to draw their first round of fire. When they're reloading, you attack." Stoick ordered. "But not before."

Hiccup nodded and Stoick flew down towards the Outcast ships. The moment they saw Stoick flying towards them, Alvin gestured to his Outcasts to stand ready.

"On my command!" Alvin ordered and the Outcasts loaded the catapults. "And… now!"

They then fired the catapults and boulders flew towards Stoick. "Thornado, down!" Stoick ordered. Thornado dodged the boulders and fired a sonic blasts at the Outcasts ships blowing them back.

"Fire!" Alvin ordered after he recovered from the sonic blast.

Outcasts grabbed some crossbows and fired arrows at Stoick. But Thornado fired another sonic blast blasting the arrows back where they came from. Outcasts fired more boulders from their catapults, but Thornado simple dodged them. One Outcast managed to hit Stoick with a boulder, but he caught it and flew it back towards them.

"Now, Hiccup!" Stoick yelled. Hiccup and the other dragon fired flew down and fired down at the Outcasts ships.

"Here they come. Just like you said." An Outcast said to Alvin.

"Open the cargo hold!" Alvin ordered. Outcast opened the cargo hold and Changwings flew out.

"Changwings!" Hiccup yelled.

The Changewings flew away from the Outcast ship spiting acid at the dragon riders as they flew past them. They turned around and saw the Changewings flying towards Berk.

"We can't let them get to Berk!" Astrid said.

"If they go into town, they'll tear Berk apart and we won't be able to see them." Fishlegs said.

"Then let's stop them." Ragnar said.

The dragon riders then flew after the Changewings in attempted to stop them. The Changwings were only a mile away from Berk, but were stopped when Snotlout flew right in front of them and fired a fire blast at them scaring them off.

Astrid then came in front of a Changewing that tried to back track. The Changewing spat acid at her, but she dodged it and fired several spikes at it backed up by a plasmablast from Hiccup.

A Changwing flew down at them, but Ragnar showed up and blocked it's path and fired a roar at it scaring it off making it to join the others.

"Ragnar, you and me are going to help my dad. Astrid, you and the others herd them towards Changewing Island and make sure they don't head back this way." Hiccup ordered before he and Ragnar flew down towards the Outcast ships.

"Got it!" Astrid yelled.

Then she and the other dragon riders began to herd the Changewing towards Changewing Island. On the Outcasts ship Alvin saw everything.

"Alvin, the wild dragons are retreating." An Outcast said before Alvin punched him in the face.

"I can see that!" Alvin said.

Hiccup then flew down and flew just above the water towards Alvin's ship. When they past it they caused it to shake. The Outcasts then covered their eyes when Skull and Thornado did a combined roar.

Hiccup then began to fire plasma blasts hitting the ship. Both Hiccup and Stoick then flew up higher in the air and fired plasma blasts and sonic blasts. When the two shots hit into one another they created a fireworks display of purple sparks. This caused some of the Outcast ship to be set on fire.

"Dad! Our shots combined!" Hiccup yelled.

"Hit them again, son!" Stoick yelled.

They did their combined attack again scaring the Outcasts.

"Oh, come about. Set a course for Outcast Island." Alvin ordered in defeat.

"They're retreating!" Hiccup yelled as the Outcast ships turned around.

"We did it!" Ragnar yelled.

"Well done, boys!" Stoick said smiling at them.

"Thanks, dad." Hiccup said happily.

They then flew back to Berk. As they flew both Stoick and Ragnar saw that something was bothering Hiccup.

"What is it?" Stoick asked.

"Yeah, that not the look of someone, who succeed in defending his home." Ragnar said.

"I don't know, I… just figured Alvin would have a little better plan than this." Hiccup said confused.

"Let's just be thankful he didn't." Stoick said.

They then flew back to the village.

Later at Hiccup's house Stoick was looking at a scroll while eating. Hiccup walked down and sat next to him.

"I don't like that you disobeyed me, son, but I can admit when I'm wrong." Stoick said looking at his son. "I shouldn't have grounded the dragons. I was just… being a father."

"I understand, dad." Hiccup said.

"Alright. Now, tell me about this Dragon Flight Club of yours. And don't leave out a thing." Stoick said leaning towards his son.

"Well, the first thing you have to remember is that there is no Dragon Flight Club." Hiccup started.

Unknown to anybody there were dragon eggs laying in a tunnel under Berk. Next to them were crates with the Outcast crest on them.

Suddenly an egg exploded and reviled a baby Whispering Death.