A/N: Finally got this series started! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from How to train your dragon
In a middle of a lone cave lit up by two torches stood Fishlegs Ingerman tied up.
The chubby, blonde boy was struggling against his bonds when a mysterious voice called out to him. "Tell us what you know about the dragons, boy. Tell us how you train them!"
"I won't talk! You can't make me!" Fishlegs shouted defiantly as he continued to struggle.
"Oh, I think we can." With that, the fires on the two lit torches were extinguished, leaving Fishlegs surrounded by darkness.
"Hello? Is anybody there?" Fishlegs asked meekly. He then started to hyperventilate. "Oh, you can't- you can't leave me in here." Hyperventilating more, Fishlegs couldn't take it anymore and caved. "Okay, okay! Hiccup and Hicca are the leaders of the Berk Dragon Academy! Hiccup owns a male Night Fury named Toothless and Hicca owns a female Night Fury named Midnight! Then there's Astrid! She's mean, but in a nice way. Her dragon is a blue Deadly Nadder, shoots spines, loves chicken! And Raeda, she's a skilled archer and rides a purple Nadder. Snotlout rides a Monstrous Nightmare, but were not actually sure who's more monstrous, him or the dragon! Then there's the Twins. They share a Zippleback, actually they fight over it."
After the confession, two blasts of fire were shot out, lighting up two additional torches. Those torches were held by Hiccup and Tuffnut as they stood with the rest of the Dragon Riders who all held disappointed looks, revealing that the interrogation was a test.
"What?! You KNOW I hate the dark!" Fishlegs defended, noticing the others disappointment.
"Great. Fishlegs? More like "Guppylegs". Jeez..." Tuffnut scoffed.
"We're Vikings, Fishlegs! Toughen up!" Raeda said.
"Raeda's right, Fishlegs, you can't cave in!" Hiccup agreed. "Alvin would do a lot more than turn out the light to get you to talk. He had me locked in a dungeon ready to be executed! Toothless and Midnight were chained in muzzle for days. You need to stick with what we discussed: your name, where you live, and nothing else." He listed.
"Stick with those three things throughout and the interrogators will eventually get bored and move on." Hicca added.
"All right, I'll work on it!" Fishlegs said.
"'Mean?' I'm not mean." Astrid muttered.
"I have to disagree with you there, Astrid. You have your moments." Raeda said.
Snotlout decided to step in. "It's okay, Astrid. I like mean girls." He said with a wink, to Astrids' disgust.
Astrid rolled her eyes as she and the others left the cave with their dragons.
There was only one problem.
"Uh, guys?" Fishlegs called out, still tied up. The other riders have already left, leaving him and Meatlug."Hey, girl. Can you untie me?" However, the Gronckle merely licked her rider and then went to the side to take a nap."Please?"
"I'll untie you after my nap" Meatlug warbled.
After the days training session, the Haddock twins with Toothless and Midnight met up with their father, Stoick the Vast, at the docks where the Berkian chief delivered a shocking announcement.
"Grounded? All the dragons? Are you serious?" Hiccup asked in disbelief.
"Deadly serious." Stoick said, while monitoring the work of the villagers."From this point forward, there is a ban on flying, period."
"What? What about patrolling, training?" Hiccup asked.
"And our defenses?" Hicca asked.
"What part of 'ban on flying' did you not understand, Hiccup and Hicca?" Stoick countered.
"The whole thing cause this makes no sense." Hicca retorted.
"Yeah that's... that's ridiculous." Hiccup added.
Stoick paused their conversation to address a Viking. "I want that wall higher!"
"Aye, aye, sir!" The Viking replied.
The chief then turned to his children. "Are you calling your father ridiculous?"
"Of course not. We would never call our father ridiculous." Hicca and Hiccup both answered. They then turned to each other and nodded before turning back to their father."We're calling our chief ridiculous." Midnight and Toothless both gave a dragon-like laugh.
"Careful, children. You too, dragons." The chief warned. He then turned his attention to the working Vikings"Put your backs into it, boys!"
Neither of the twins gave up as they went after their father. "Dad, Alvin has his own dragons. Changewings, Scauldrons, Whispering Deaths... I saw them with my own eyes." Hiccup stated.
"Yes. When you were kidnapped and locked up in an Outcast prison, the same one which Hicca barely managed to escape." Stoick reminded him, remembering that day. He was so worried when he found out Hiccup and Hicca went off on their own. And it only increased when he discovered that his son and both the Night Furies were kidnapped by the Outcasts. He was not going to let that happen again.
"There is more to that than just having those dragons, dad." Hicca pointed out.
"Hicca's right. Alvin also read the Book of Dragons, He's seen Astrid train a Monstrous Nightmare, and he still has Mildew, who, by the way, I really doubt will hold up under questioning." Hiccup said.
"And with the ways Alvin has to get information, it won't be long till he knows how to earn a dragons' trust. And with that, he can do anything." Hicca added.
"Hiccup...Hicca" Stoick tried to say, before Hiccup continued to speak.
"If Alvin learns how to train his dragons and he attacks with them, our only chance is to fight back with ours." He concluded.
"I understand that." Stoick said, putting one hand each on his childrens' shoulder."But I'm not gonna risk either of your lives or the lives of any of your Dragon Riders. This is my final word."
With a sigh, Hicca and Hiccup both made their way to the Academy to tell the others the news.
"And you two agreed? Just like that?" Astrid asked once they were finished telling them.
"What other choice did we have? He's the chief, who also happens to be our incredibly overprotective father." Hiccup responded.
"That sometimes has its' downside. And we did try to argue, but he is adamant about keeping this new rule." Hicca said.
"Well, we have to get him to change his mind." Astrid suggested.
"Stoick the Vast? Um, good luck with that." Fishlegs commented.
"After all, the stubbornness does run in the family." Raeda said.
"So what am I supposed to do with Hookfang if he can't fly?" Snotlout asked, annoyed by this new rule."You know what happens when is inner warrior is caged up?" To answer this question, Hookfang lit himself on fire and then smacked his rider across the Academy with his skid across the floor and was stopped by Astrid foot.
"I have a guess." Raeda said.
"THAT is what happens!" Snotlout said with his face still at the sole of Astrids' boot.
"Whoa, we should have caged his inner warrior a long time ago. That was awesome!" Tuffnut exclaimed, with his twin nodding in agreement.
Ruffnut chuckled. "Yeah."
"Look, I know this is going to be hard, but Hicca and I will keep working on our dad, and hopefully he'll change his mind." Hiccup said.
"And what if he doesn't?" Astrid asked.
"We'll think about it when we cross that bridge." Hicca answered.
Since they had a new ban on flying, Hiccup and Hicca couldn't give their regular lesson so they decided to cut the lessons short for the day so that the auburn haired twins could come up with lessons that will not involve flying.
Hiccup and Astrid were walking back from the Academy, accompanied by Toothless and Stormfly.
"Wow, I forgot what a long walk it is from the Academy." Astrid said to Hiccup. "Sure would be nice to fly home."
Hiccup sighed. "Why thank you, Astrid, for that observation because Hicca and I clearly don't have enough on our plate right now."
Toothless then started leaping around the two teens and motioned to the sunset.
"What's with him?" Astrid asked, watching the male Night Fury dragon.
"Ah, it's sunset." Hiccup explained. "We always take a lap with Hicca and Midnight around the island when it gets dark. He and Midnight loves it. I bet Midnight is doing the same thing right now."
Astrid looked at Toothless with sympathy as the male Night Fury stared longingly into the sunset. "Poor Toothless and Midnight. No family, no night-flying. What's left for them, really?" Noticing the look Hiccup was giving her, she decided to leave with Stormfly. "Okay, why don't I leave the two of you alone."
"That's probably a good idea." Hiccup said as he watched the blonde Hofferson girl walk away with the blue Nadder.
Toothless continued to look out at the sunset.
Apparently, as time went by, Toothless continued to become more and more frustrated at the fact that he couldn't go out flying with Hiccup. In fact he started bothering his rider more and more, hoping that the auburn-haired boy would give in. Currently they are at the forge with Hiccup working on a shield when Toothless walked by him, swatting the human with his tail.
"Ow! What?" Hiccup yelled, rubbing his head. Toothless just gave him a look saying 'you know what?' Hiccup then went back to working on his shield, only to get nudged in the back by Toothless. Toothless then gave his rider a pleading look. Hiccup simply responded with a hand-signal, telling the dragon to settle down. Giving up, Toothless slumped to the ground, turning his face away from Hiccup.
"Hey bro." Hicca said as she and Midnight came to the forge.
"Hey, sis." Hiccup replied before going back to working on his shield.
Midnight then nudged her rider. "No means no, Midnight. I already told you and I'm not changing my mind." Hicca said sternly. Midnight gave a downcast expression and then went to sulk with her mate.
"Toothless has also been bothering about flying." Hiccup commented looking at the upset dragons warbling at each other.
"Well can you blame them, bro? Most of our day consists of flying that the idea of walking seems foreign." Hicca pointed out. Hiccup agreed with her.
They were then joined by Gobber. "Ah, nice to have both of you in the shop, Hicca and Hiccup. Usually you two and Toothless and Midnight are out enjoying a beautiful evening flight at this hour. Of course, you two can't do that anymore, what with the 'ban on flying' and all." The blacksmith commented casually. Both the twins gave their mentor deadpan looks as if to say 'Seriously?' so the blonde man decided to change the subject. "Eh, shame about that. So what are we making?" He asked looking at the shield Hiccup was working on.
"What do you think?" Hiccup asked showing his mentor the wooden shield with the Berk Dragon Academy symbol painted on it.
"All this work for a shield?" Gobber asked.
"Clearly, you didn't see the design for this." Hicca said.
"Hiccas' right, it's not just a shield." Hiccup said. He then activated a trigger which caused a line launcher to shoot from the centre of the shield and wrapped itself around Gobber. Because Gobber was twice Hiccups' size and weight, the boy was dragged towards the blacksmith.
There was then an awkward moment until Hicca spoke up. "Well that definitely works."
"Handy." Gobber commented.
Hiccup un-wrapped the rope around Gobber and reeled it back in to the shield. "If we can't ride dragons, we have to defend ourselves somehow." Hiccup explained.
"Yeah, I need to start working on my own weapon to defend myself. I'm thinking maybe a staff or something" Hicca said.
Gobber noticed that the twins were still not happy with the no-flying rule. "You know, Hiccup, Hicca, your father is just doing what's best for you two. He's trying to keep both of you safe."
"We know that. But the problem is; the safest place for me and Hicca is on Toothless and Midnight." Hiccup replied.
"We're always at our best when we are in the air with them." Hicca said.
"Well, I'll leave you two to it." Gobber said, getting ready to leave. "I imagine you two will be here quite a while. That's too bad, really. Have you seen that moon? Can't imagine a more beautiful night for a flight." Hiccup and Hicca responded with glares.
Gobber then realised his mistake. "I did it again, didn't I?" He then decided to leave.
Hiccup and Hicca were about to go back to their work when they were suddenly face-to-face with Toothless and Midnight. Both Night Furies had one thing in mind.
And both Hiccup and Hicca knew what they were. "We know what you two are thinking and you both might as well forget it." Hiccup said.
Midnight and Toothless warbled at their humans.
"You two know very well we can't." Hicca said.
The four of them then looked up at the moon. Gobber was right; it was a beautiful night for a flight.
"Let's face it, bro. We're never ones to obey orders or rules. We wouldn't be where we are now if we did." Hicca pointed out.
"Can't argue with that logic, sis." Hiccup agreed whole-heartedly. "One quick flight. Let me just put this shield away." While picking up the shield, Hiccup accidently pressed the trigger, causing the line launcher to come out and wrap itself around a surprised Hicca! It then pulled her towards her brother. Toothless and Midnight warbled in confusion at the sight, weren't they going to go flying?
"Whoops." Hiccup said.
"I think you need to work on this shield a little bit more." Hicca deadpanned.
Meanwhile, at Stormflys' stable, Astrid was feeding her dragon some fish. Stormfly was about to eat the fish when she started growling, as if she sensed something.
Astrid was now on her guard. "What is it, Stormfly?" She then heard two roars in the distance and looked up. "Dragons." She narrowed her eyes and saw that each dragon had a figure of a person on them. "And some people are riding them." She then recognised those two dragons. "Wait a minute...those are Night Furies!" 'They wouldn't, they shouldn't' she took another look at those dragons. 'But they are'.
Without wasting a second, the Hofferson girl got on her own dragon and started chasing the four of them. "Alright Hiccup and Hicca, what are you two up to?" Astrid muttered to herself. The Haddock twins noticed Astrid and Stormfly after them and they got Toothless and Midnight to fly faster to avoid the duo. They went through the sea stacks. "Come on...come on." Astrid muttered, hoping to keep up with the two fast dragons. After some tight turns through the sea stack, the four of them finally managed to lose Astrid and Stormfly.
"That was a close one." Hiccup said. They settled on one of the sea stacks. "Nice flying, guys. I think we lost her."
Hicca then spotted something. "Uh, Hiccup..."
"Think again, Hiccup." Astrid said as she and Stormfly landed on a sea stack near them.
"Astrid! We were just talking about you." Hiccup said nervously.
"Like how awesome you are and that you're one of our closest friends." Hicca added.
Astrid saw right through this. "So I guess this is the part where I ask if your father changed his mind and you two tell me he didn't and you're both going behind his back, again."
"Yep, pretty much." Hicca admitted.
"Actually, no." Hiccup corrected. "This is the part where I tell you our dad is wrong."
"So... he knows." Astrid asked with doubt.
"I didn't say that." Hiccup admitted, rubbing his neck. Look, you were there on Outcast Island. You know what Alvin is capable of.
"So you and Hicca were just going to fly around at night, all by yourselves and say nothing." Astrid retorted.
"That...was our plan..." Hiccup admitted sheepishly.
"But with the way you're saying it doesn't really make it sound like a good plan." Hicca said.
"We didn't want to get anyone else in trouble. We were trying to do the right thing...sort of." Hiccup explained.
"We all know what the right thing is, guys. But if we're going to go behind your fathers' back, we're all going to go behind your fathers' back." Astrid said firmly.
So the three teens and three riders made it back to Berk without getting caught and started planning their secret flights. The next morning, Hiccup, Hicca and Astrid went to the rest of the teens and told them the plan.
They started with Snotlout. "Dragon Flight Club. I like that!" Snotlout said enthusiastically. He then asked. "What is it?"
"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 said.
"Or any other rogue dragon." Hicca added.
"But remember; it's a secret, nobody can know." Astrid informed him.
"As far as you're concerned; it doesn't exist. There is no Dragon Flight Club." Hiccup added.
Snotlout turned to Hookfang. "Hey, what do you think?" He asked his dragon. The Monstrous Nightmare responded by blasting his rider to a cart. "He's in." Snotlout grumbled.
The trio then went to the Henderson household to informed Raeda. When they went in, they were surprised and amazed to see Raeda painting her room to look exactly like the clouds in the sky during a sunset. Sparkfire was sniffing the painted wall in curiosity.
"Wow." Hiccup, Hicca and Astrid said.
"Hey, guys." Raeda said from the ladder where she was painting her ceiling, turning her attention to them. "Do you like it? I figured with the ban on flying, this will probably be the closest Sparkfire and I will have to seeing the sky. Unless you guys are here to tell me we'll be secretly flying behind the chiefs' back." She said looking hopeful.
"You guessed it, Rae." Hiccup said. "We call it Dragon Flight Club and-"
"And it's going to be at night." Raeda guessed. "Best time to go sneaking around, especially when you want to sneak off to another island. We all know that."
"Right again, Rae." Hicca said.
"First meeting is tonight." Astrid informed Raeda.
"We'll be there." Raeda said, referring to herself and Sparkfire.
Astrid, Hiccup and Hicca then left to tell the other teens.
On their way out, Hicca turned to Hiccup and Astrid. "Were you guys thinking that after seeing Raeda paint her own room-"
"You want to ask her to paint yours?" Hiccup guessed. His sister nodded. "Me too. That looked so realistic."
"That girl is going to get a ton of business once she starts her career." Astrid said.
They then went to their next destination; the Thorston household. They found Ruffnut and Tuffnut hanging upside down from one of the balance beams.
"So listen this is very, very important." Hiccup explained to the hanging twins. "The first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club."
"Okay, so wait a minute." Tuffnut said, before he back-flipped to the ground. "Is there a Dragon Flight Club?"
"Yes." Astrid answered. "There is a Dragon Flight Club."
Ruffnut then back-flipped to the ground. "But he just said that there is no Dragon Flight Club." She pointed out, looking confused.
"Oh boy." Hicca sighed, already knowing that the blonde twins will not understand it.
"No, the first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club." Hiccup explained. "Get it?"
"Absolutely, not." Tuffnut answered.
"Yeah, I think I need to lie down." Ruffnut said rubbing her head.
"Me too. Why don't you guys come back when you make up your mind and stop saying 'is' so much." Tuffnut said as he began to leave with his sister.
"Just come to the Academy at night with Barf and Belch and do not let anyone know where you guys are going." Hicca said to them, before they left. She turned to Astrid and Hiccup. "They can understand this much."
That just left them to tell one more person.
"Um, I'm not sure this is a good idea." Fishlegs said, once he heard about the Dragon Flight Club. He then patted his dragon, Meatlug. "Besides I hate having to wake her, she's so peaceful when she sleeps." Meatlug then gave out a fart.
"Fishlegs, this is a defining moment in the history of Berk Dragon Training Academy." Hiccup explained. Hicca and Astrid looked at him, looking to see where he would go with this. "Hundreds of years from now, when they build statues of us, they are going to hearken 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.
"Really, that's the selling point for you?" Hicca asked in disbelief.
Hiccup sighed. "Yes Fishlegs, you get a statue."
Soon night time came and all the dragon riders and dragons met up in the Academy. "Okay, Dragon Flight Club members, you know why you're here." Hiccup told them in his serious, leader-like tone.
"Speak for yourself." Tuffnut answered, still confused over the existence of Dragon Flight Club. His twin nodded in agreement.
"For the tenth time guys; Dragon Flight Club does exist, but when someone outside this club asks about it, we have to pretend it doesn't exist." Hicca explained, exasperated.
Hiccup continued on. "We need to be ready for dragons of any type, from a Typhoomerang to a Scauldron to a Changewing even a Whispering Death. So Hicca and I have put together some training exercises-"
He was cut off when Snotlout started mocking him. "Can we go already?" He demanded, gesturing to his impatient Monstrous Nightmare who seems to be ready to knock his rider with his tail again.
"For once, I agree with Snotlout. Since we're sneaking out at night, we need to be fast." Hicca said to her brother. She then turned to the others. "Okay, saddle up everyone. We're going to the first stop…"
Soon after taking off, they came to their destination.
"Changewing Island." Hicca announced, looking at her chosen training place.
Tuffnut definitely remembered this place. "Oh, yeah. 'Stones of Good Fortune'; a lifetime of good luck. I can't wait to get my hands on one of those."
"Tuffnut we've been over this. Those are not the Stones of Good Fortune. Those are dragon eggs." Astrid reminded him.
"And leave them alone, please. I really don't want to revisit the Changewing Debacle." Fishlegs said.
"Don't worry, Fishlegs. I'll keep an eye on him." Raeda reassured before adding. "And Snotlout to."
They landed in Changewing Island and kept themselves hidden to view how Changewing hunts.
"Changewing hunt like wolves. One dragon lures a single boar from the herd." Hiccup started to explain as they watch one Changewing chase a boar to a group of Changewings.
"Then the other Changewings surround it." Fishlegs finished.
"And just like we saw back on Berk when the Changewings came to retrieve their eggs, they all rely on teamwork with each other. No Changewing works on its' own unless there's no other option." Hicca added.
Tuffnut seemed to recognize the boar. "Hey, don't we know that boar?" He asked his sister.
"Yeah, we do. That's Bjorn Boar." Ruffnut answered.
"Are they serious?" Astrid asked in disbelief.
"You leave Bjorn alone!" Tuffnut yelled at the group of Changewings, getting their attention.
"Clearly, they are." Hiccup sighed.
The Changewings glared at the Viking teens and dragons and decided to chase them. "Class is dismissed." Hicca exclaimed.
"You're on your own, Bjorn." Tuffnut said, before he and the others flew away from the Changewings.
The group flew away from Changewings, dodging the acid along the way. "Keep your distance! Their acid is only effective at close range!" Hiccup warned.
"Not very comforting when you're riding on the slowest dragon." Fishlegs said before addressing said dragon. "Sorry girl, but it had to be said.
'Not my fault I was born with short wings.' Meatlug grumbled as she flew as fast as she could to avoid the acid.
"There's too many of them." Snotlout exclaimed as he and Hookfang continued to dodge the acid. "And they're coming out of nowhere!"
Hicca then looked up and saw the clear, dark sky. An idea came to her "Hiccup! Look up!" Hicca yelled to her brother.
Hiccup looked to where his sister was pointing and got the same idea. "If they don't have anything to camouflage against…"
Fishlegs also got the idea. "It'll take away their advantage."
"Up! Up!" Astrid ordered Stormfly. All the dragon riders followed suit and the Changewings went after them. True to Hiccup and Fishlegs' statement, the Changewings didn't have anything to camouflage themselves with giving the dragon riders the upper hand. Toothless, Midnight and Stormfly then fired at the Changewings causing the dragons to retreat.
Fishlegs tried to calm himself down after the chase. "What did I say about the Changewing debacle? Was no one listening?"
"Well I'd say that, that was enough for one night. What does say about heading back home and continuing the next night?" Everyone was in agreement with the auburn haired girl and they headed back.
The next day, Gobber was in the forge trying to see how Hiccups' new shield work.
"Now where did he hide it?" Gobber asked, looking for the line-launcher.
He was too busy examining the shield to notice that someone came into the forge, "Gobber!"
Surprised, Gobber accidently pressed a trigger on the shield, causing the line-launcher to wrap itself around Stoick and bring the two men together.
They looked at each other awkwardly. "Well, uh, I'll just unwind that and hopefully no one was looking." Gobber said, relieved to see that no one saw that.
Stoick decided to ignore that moment as Gobber put the line launcher back in the shield. "I came for my saddle." He said. "Did you make the adjustments I asked for?"
"Done and back on Thornado." Gobber reported. "The new saddle should do wonders for your flying. Of course, that wouldn't matter now with the ban on flying."
"And what ban would that be?" Stoick asked.
"Stoick, the ban…on flying dragon?" Gobber reminded him, feeling confused. He never had to remind his friend on a rule he made before. "The one where-" He stopped when he saw his friends face. The realisation came to him. 'Of course. I should have known.' "Oh I see. The one where everyone is banned from flying dragons…except for the chief."
"Someone has to patrol the island. It might as well be me." Stoick said in his defence.
"Uh-huh." Gobber muttered unconvinced as he picked up Hiccups' shield.
"And not a word to Hiccup or Hicca."
"Stoick, I'm nothing if not careful." Gobber reassured before accidently pressing another trigger on the shield. This time he hit himself in the chin with a catapult. "Ow! Catapult, should have seen that one coming." Gobber said, rubbing his chin.
Stoick shook his head and left the forge.
Later that night, the dragon riders were at a nearby island examining a scorch mark left by a Typhoomerang.
"Much like a tree, the rings of the scorch mark can tell you the age and thus, the size of the Typhoomerang." Fishlegs explained.
"This mark is still warm." Hiccup noted.
"Which means it was made not long ago." Astrid concluded.
"And if you look at the mark, you can tell which way it came from and where it's going." Hicca informed.
"I know where it's going without all that stupid stuff." Snotlout said, getting up.
"Why do I doubt that?" Raeda asked, rhetorically.
"Do tell us, where's it going?" Astrid challenged.
"It's not. It's coming, right at us!" Snotlout alerted, pointing above. The others saw where he was pointing and saw that there was indeed a big, angry Typhoomerang charging right at them!
"So, uh, anything else we need to learn?" Hiccup asked nervously.
"Nope." Tuffnut answered, running to his dragon.
"We're good!" Ruffnut exclaimed, following her twin.
"I think we're done for the night!" Hicca said, as she got on Midnight.
The eight teens and dragons flew away from the island and the Typhoomerang, which thankfully didn't follow them.
They were heading back to the village when Tuffnut spotted something below. "Hey Hiccup, Hicca!"
"Yes Tuffnut." The Haddock twins replied.
"When did your dad join Dragon Flight Club?" The blonde twin asked.
"He didn't." Hiccup answered.
"He the reason we have a Dragon Flight Club." Hicca reminded him.
"Well, that's weird because he's right there." Tuffnut said pointing below them.
"That is so unfair!" Hicca said as she saw her dad.
"Quick everyone! Evasive cloud manoeuvres!" Hiccup ordered. They all flew up to the clouds. "We'll stay up here until we are over the village."
That, however, became easier said than done when Ruffnut and Tuffnut decided fly Barf and Belch upside down, with all four heads sticking out of the clouds below.
"What are you two doing?" Astrid whispered.
"Get back in here!" Raeda hissed.
"We can't see in there." Tuffnut explained.
"Yeah, it's too cloudy." Ruffnut said.
'This is actually fun!'
'Yeah we should fly like this more often.'
Unfortunately for all of them, that's when Stoick decided to look up and see a figure sticking out of the clouds. "What in the name of Thor?" Having a suspicion of what it was, he steered Thornado up.
"You tell them, bro." Hicca said, dreading what's going to happen.
"Uh, guys, if your heads are out of the clouds, our dad can see you." Hiccup informed the blonde twins.
The Thorston twins looked down and saw Stoick flying right towards them!
"Not going to argue with you there." Tuffnut said.
"Alright guys, split up, head home and please keep the dragons out of sight." Hiccup ordered.
"Good luck!" Hicca said before they separated.
They left just in time as Stoick and Thornado entered the clouds. The clouds blocked the chiefs' view but he knew they were figures flying around and he had a pretty good idea who they were. "You can't all get away!"
Ruffnut and Tuffnut flew Barf and Belch on top of the roof of the Thorston Household. The twins jumped on the roof, ran to the edge and got inside their house through the open window below.
Hookfang flew Snotlout in front of the open window to his room and flung him in. Snotlout got in with a crash, but was lucky enough to not wake his parents. "Way to go, Hookfang!" Snotlout cheered as Hookfang flew to his stable.
Raeda flew Sparkfire towards the window of her room and carefully stood on the saddle. As soon as her window came, she leapt off and grabbed onto the ledge of the window. She was able to pull herself in and pumped her fist in the air for perfecting that move on the first try.
Stormfly landed right in front of Astrids' house and lowered her wing, allowing Astrid to slide down and go inside her house. Before she closed the door, the Hofferson girl signalled her dragon to go to her stable, which the Nadder did.
Midnight and Toothless flew at top speed to the Haddock household. They each made it to their riders' rooms through their windows. As soon as Midnight landed in her room, Hicca jumped off, immediately took the saddle, riding vest and satchel off and went to her bed while Midnight went on her rock slab. Hiccup and Toothless did the same in their room. "This never happened." Hiccup whispered to Toothless as he went to bed.
Meatlug landed right in front of the Ingerman Household. The duo then walked to the front door. "We made it girl." Fishlegs said to Meatlug. "I knew we were smarter than-"
"Smarter than who, Fishlegs?" Stoick said, coming up behind Fishlegs, much to the poor boys' shock.
The chief did manage to spot someone flying, and that someone was a certain Gronckle. Following said dragon, the chiefs' suspicions were confirmed.
"C-chief! W-what are you doing here?" Fishlegs asked Stoick nervously as the chief glared at him.
"You're coming with me, son." The chief said firmly.
The next morning, the chief brought Fishlegs and Gobber to the centre of the Great Hall and interrogated Fishlegs. "I'm going to ask you one more time, Fishlegs. What were you doing at night and who was with you?"
Fishlegs was terrified, but decided to continue with what he learned about interrogations from Hicca and Hiccup. "My name is Fishlegs. I live on the island of Berk. I don't know anything about dragons or those who ride them."
"Why does he keep saying that? He's giving me the willies." Gobber said as Fishlegs continued to say only those three sentences.
"Fishlegs this isn't an interrogation." Stoick said to the terrified boy.
The wind suddenly blew in from outside and blew out the flames in the Great Hall, making it dark. This did not help Fishlegs' nerves at all. He started to hyperventilate, but continued to say the same three sentences.
"It kind of feels like it." Gobber noted.
"Not helping, Gobber." Stoick sighed. After hearing "My name is Fishlegs. I live on the island of Berk. I don't know anything about dragons or those who ride them." Over and over again, the chief decided to let Fishlegs go.
Later in the night, the teens gathered in the Academy and Fishlegs told them what happened. "When he put the screws on me, I thought I was going to crack, especially when the lights went out." Fishlegs recounted. "But I held on, because I knew that the first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club."
"Great, this again." Tuffnut muttered annoyed. He and his sister have yet to figure out whether there is a Dragon Flight Club or not.
"Great job, Fishlegs. If you can handle an interrogation from our dad, you can handle an interrogation from anyone." Hicca said.
"So what are we doing tonight?" Ruffnut asked.
"Nothing." Hiccup answered.
"That doesn't sound like fun." Tuffnut said.
"Look, our dad is on to us. It's important that we lay low until this blows over." Hiccup said. "We need to be invisible."
Right at that moment, Snotlout and Hookfang flew into the Academy with Hookfang fully lit on fire.
"Clearly someone didn't get the memo." Raeda said, face-palming herself. How did these two not get caught?
"What did I say about being invisible?" Hiccup asked his cousin.
"Yeah, even I knew that." Tuffnut piped in.
"Well, let's just say I may have saved this whole island." Snotlout said, relaxing on his saddle. Alvin and the Outcasts are attacking as we speak."
"Alvin." Hiccup said in disgust.
"He is not going to win this time." Hicca said with determination.
The auburn twins went to their house to alert their dad. Inside they saw their dad sleeping on the chair. Hiccup went to wake him up. With one shake on the arm, Stoick jolted awake, grabbing Hiccup thinking he was an intruder, grabbed his axe and raised it in the air.
"Dad, no!" Hicca exclaimed, grabbing the handle of the axe.
"Dad, it me! Please don't chop me!" Hiccup begged.
Letting out a deep breath, Stoick put his son down. "What did I tell you two about waking me up?"
"It's not fun for either of us." Hiccup said. "But this is an emergency the Outcasts are sailing towards Berk!"
"We need to get our defences ready!" Hicca said.
"And how would you two know that the Outcasts are coming?" Stoick asked.
"Uh, really you're going to ask us that right now?" Hicca asked, unconvincingly.
"We rather not say." Hiccup said.
Stoick sighed, his suspicions were confirmed, although there wasn't much doubt. "I told both of you no flying." He said picking up his helmet.
"Yeah, we remember clearly you said 'all dragons' were banned from flying." Hicca said.
"We're pretty sure that also includes Thunderdrums. Don't they dad?" Hiccup pointed out.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" Hicca asked, crossing her arms.
Stoick paused at being caught. He then put his helmet on. "We'll talk about this later. Go gather the other dragon riders." He said, heading out the door. As soon as he opened the doors, he saw all the dragon riders and dragons standing outside and waiting.
"Hey, chief!" Fishlegs greeted, already on his saddle.
As soon as Stoick, Hiccup and Hicca got on their dragons, the group flew to the Outcasts ships.
"I'm going to draw the first line of fire. When they're reloading, you attack, but not before!" Stoick ordered.
The teens all nodded and Stoick and Thornado flewahead from the group towards the Outcast ships.
Once Alvin spotted the Berkian chief on his dragon, he signalled his men to ready the catapults. "On my command!" Alvin ordered. He then waited for the right moment. "Now!"
"Thornado, down!" Stoick commanded. The Thunderdrum dodged all the boulders flung at them and then let out a sonic roar, pushing the ships back.
Alvin was quick to recover from the blast. "Fire!"
Some of the Outcasts grabbed crossbows and shot arrows at the duo, by Thornado easily sent them back with another sonic roar. The Outcasts then continued to shoot boulders at them, but Thornado was able to dodge all of them. One boulder came right at them, but Stoick managed to catch it.
"Now!" Stoick yelled, signalling the teens. The rest of the dragon riders took that cue, flew to the ships and started firing at them.
"They're here, just like you said." One of the Outcast soldiers reported to Alvin.
"Open the cargo hold!" Alvin ordered. The Outcast did as he was told and out of the cargo hold flew Changewings.
"Changewings!" Hiccup yelled.
The Changewings started shooting acid at the dragon riders forcing them to clear a path. The Changewings then took the path and headed to Berk.
"We can't let them get to Berk!" Astrid exclaimed.
"If they reach Berk, they'll tear it apart and we won't be able to see them!" Fishlegs said.
"We need to go stop them!" Raeda said.
"But if we go after the Changewings, then the Outcasts will attack Berk." Hicca pointed out.
Hiccup then came up with a plan. "Hicca, you and I are going help dad with the Outcasts. The rest of you stop the Changewings!"
"Got it!" Everyone said, as they flew to their designated place.
The six dragon riders flew after the Changewings and remembering what they learned for Dragon Flight Club, kept the Changewings from landing on an island. They began firing at the Changewings while dodging their acids. Eventually the dragon riders won and the Changewings started heading back to Changewing Island.
"Sir, the wild dragons are leaving!" An Outcast shouted, only to be punched in the face by his chief.
"I can see that!" Alvin retorted.
The Outcasts then took cover to avoid the blasts from Thornado, Midnight and Toothless. At one point, all three dragons fired at the same time, causing an explosion that set one of the ships on fire.
Hiccup and Hicca then got the same idea from this. "Dad, our shots combined!" They yelled.
Stoick look to the where the blast was made and saw the damage caused by it and he understood. The three of them then continued to fire at the same time, blowing up more ships.
Seeing this as a losing battle, Alvin decided to quit. "Fall back and set a course back to Outcast Island!" His soldiers followed his orders without hesitation and the remaining ships turned around.
"They're retreating!" Hiccup exclaimed.
"Well done, kids." Stoick said. They then headed back to Berk, but something seemed to be bothering Hiccup and Hicca. Stoick noticed this. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know. I just... I just thought that Alvin would have had a better plan than that."
"I know. How do you go from an elaborate kidnapping plan with fake notes, a fake map and a fake Night Fury to this plan?" Hicca wondered.
"Let's just be thankful that Alvin didn't have a better plan than this." Stoick suggested.
They rejoined the group back on Berk. Next day, the Haddock twins went to sit with their dad, dreading the confrontation they are going to have for disobeying his rules again.
"I don't like that you two disobeyed me." Stoick started as soon as his kids sat down. "But I can admit when I am wrong. I shouldn't have grounded all the dragons. But I was just... being a father."
"We understand dad." Hiccup said.
"Completely." Hicca added.
"Now tell me everything about this Dragon Flight Club. And don't leave out a single thing." Stoick said.
The twins smiled at each other before looking back to their dad. "Well the first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club." Hiccup began.
However, unbeknownst to those three and the other Berkians and dragons was that Alvin actually had a better plan. The attack on Berk was actually a distraction to help the Outcast chief carry out his real plan. In a tunnel located underneath Berk, there were dragon eggs. And next to those dragon eggs was a crate with the Outcast symbol on it. Suddenly one of the eggs exploded, revealing to be a baby Whispering Death.