They gathered in a small cave, high above the cliffs and the stormy seas. They talked excitedly to each other. It had been a long time since they had all been summoned, not since their defeat.

A hush fell over the crowd as their leader, the one who had called for them, strode confidently into the main body of the cave. The firelight made his eyes twinkle impressively.

"My brothers, it has indeed been a long time," he said to them. He had a powerful effect on the crowd, as he always had done.

"A long time since we were humiliated. Defeated. Forced into hiding." There was a murmur about them, as they shamefully acknowledged this.

"Be not ashamed," said the leader, reading their thoughts. "For the time has come for our revenge! For I have found them, and those no good Vikings will suffer as we have."

They cheered, as thoughts of slaughter crossed their minds.

Those Vikings would pay dearly for all they had done.

The original prologue! I have changed it back dear readers. I took out the henchmen characters, thinking that they never appeared BUT THEY DO! Oops. Here they are again.

This fanfic is based off my pre-HTTYD2 head cannon. If you are confused, please read my other HTTYD fanfics, as they all take place in the same head cannon universe