Last Time:

"I won't let you hurt anyone I care about again." Hiccup told his enemy as he felt Alvin start slipping over the wall.

Alvin seemed to realize he was doomed, but he wasn't going alone. As he fell over, he grabbed Hiccup's tunic bringing the teen down with him.

"NO!" Astrid and Cami shouted having seen the fight.

Chapter 3: Reunion

One dragon took off and dove after Hiccup and Alvin.

Luckily, Hiccup was used to free-falling and knew tricks on how to slow his descent. He suddenly heard a familiar screech.

He looked and saw Toothless diving after him.

Hiccup nodded as Toothless got closer. Using their free-falling stunt (last scene from Gift of the Night Fury), they positioned themselves just right and then Hiccup jumped onto Toothless' back.

Instantly Hiccup noticed there was no saddle thus no stirrup.

They were still diving.

Then, without warning, Toothless pulled out of the dive. Hiccup turned to look at the tail fin.

Toothless was wearing the one Hiccup had made a few days before Snoggletog. The one that gave him more freedom.

"Thanks Bud." Hiccup said scratching his dragon's scales.

Toothless flew back over the walls and landed in the midst of the Vikings that had won the battle. The other two heirs were reuniting with their parents and the Vikings of Berk were waiting for their heir to show.

No sooner had Hiccup slid off his dragon's back, he was practically attacked as Astrid pulled him into a PASSIONATE kiss while the rest of the gang were pounding his back congratulating him on that swordsmanship and making comments on how they didn't know he had it in him.

And it didn't help that Toothless was trying to lick Hiccup on top of all that.

"Okay! Give him some air!" Stoick told his tribe's fighters.

Everyone backed up knowing Stoick wanted to check on his kid.

Hiccup was in a bit of a daze from Astrid's kiss.

Stoickk placed his hands on his son's shoulders.

"Are you okay?" Stoickk asked.

"Yeah." Hiccup said "How did you find me?"

"Toothless had a Roman arrow in what was left of the prosthetic fin." Astrid explained. "We went to the others to see if they knew of anything. Apparently, the Meatheads were thinking the Bog-Burglars had kidnapped their heir and vice versa, but when we showed up with the declaration that you were missing and there was a Roman arrow involved, they knew where there was a Roman fort."

"I guess Alvin hadn't gotten around to kidnapping the other heir and blamed us on it." Hiccup mused as he smiled at his dragon. "You foiled his plans Bud. Good job."

Toothless purred and nuzzled his rider.

"What was he after?" Snotlout asked.

"Control over all the Archipelago." Hiccup explained. "Have us be at war with each other and then use that to his advantage."

"I'm interested in how you know of Alvin" Stoick said suspiciously knowing the man was responsible for the death of his wife.

"When we were seven he kidmmmph!" Cami started to explain before being tackled by the other two heirs.

Thuggory's mother had died alongside Hiccup's

"Hiccup/Thuggory" Both Stoikk and Mogadon of the Meatheads chorused.

"Go on and speak Cami" Bertha said.

Snotlout gulped and grabbed for his belt at the confirmation that the girl was Camicazi.

"When we were seven, Alvin kidnapped us for ransom. We managed to get off the ship and a dragon ate the Outcasts but left us alone. Probably thought we weren't worth a meal. We decided not to worry you guys so we told you we just took a dip" Cami explained.

"And why weren't we told about this nine years ago?" Mogadon asked his son.

"Mom had just died and you guys were already protective enough as it was."

"And it wouldn't have mattered if I was any good at escaping or swordfighting because the type of sword I CAN use are worthless against dragons and considering what we thought of them at the time…it wasn't worth mentioning."

"I wouldn't go that far." Gobber said. "Only reason you were signed up for Dragon Training was to learn how to protect yourself"

"Were you planning on telling me about this had Toothless not already?" Stoick asked his son.

"Of course!" Hiccup said. "Before the plan was a ransom. This one was pitting you against others. I know you had planned to talk to the others later this spring and if Alvin's plan had succeeded, you'd be at war with them."

"Okay." Stoick said "But next time, no matter what the motive is, tell me."

"Yes Sir." Hiccup said smiling at the concern Stoick was showing.

"So Lout?" Cami asked with a playful smirk on her face as she leaned on Snotlout's shoulder. "Did you miss me?"

"Yeah. Like a hole in the head." Snotlout muttered

Hiccup chuckled. Cami didn't care much for Snotlout's tormenting Hiccup in the form of teasing and whenever she was on Berk she pranked him mercilessly.

"Cami. Behave." Hiccup told her. "Lout's come around."

"Took you long enough." She said punching him in the arm.

Hiccup suddenly felt a hand in his. He turned and smiled at Astrid

"Doing okay?" she asked.

"Yeah." He told her "You?"

She punched him on the arm.

"What was that for?! It's not like I MEANT to get kidnapped."

"That was for keeping your swordsmanship a secret from me" she said before kissing him. "And that was for everything else."

Suddenly Hiccup had a large black head in his face.

"I'm glad to see you too Bud." Hiccup said with a laugh. "How'd you manage to escape?"

"I was out flying and Stormfly and I spotted him swimming to Berk." Astrid answered. "We flew him the rest of the way where I saw the damaged prosthetic and the arrow. I found the prosthetic you made for him last Snoggletog so I convinced him to wear it."

"I'll work on a new one that requires the saddle." Hiccup told his dragon who was glaring at the fin he had on now.

"So this is a Night Fury?" Thuggory asked as he approached them.

"Yeah. This is Toothless. Toothless, this is Thuggory of the Meathead tribe. And the blond over there is Camicazi of the Bog-Burglars."

"Do I need to make it clear to her that you're mine?" Astrid asked dangerously.

"No. Cami's my sister in all but blood." Hiccup said.

"So how come I've never heard of her?"

"Dad…doesn't like to talk about it." Hiccup said with a smirk.

Thuggory had slapped a hand over his mouth as he remembered the INCIDENT.

"What?" Astrid asked

"When we were nine, she stole something from Dad." Hiccup said looking wearily over at his father who was now talking to the other chiefs.

"What?" Astrid asked.

"Sorry about that." Cami said "Wanted to make sure nobody on Berk is giving you a hard time. So I'm seeing two new faces. Hiccup. Intro."

"Astrid. Toothless. This is Camicazi. Cami. This is my dragon Toothless and my girlfriend Astrid."

"I cannot leave you alone can I?" Cami teased in good humor. "I don't see you for nine years and you run off and get yourself a girlfriend."

Cami gave Astrid a look that was rightfully read as a 'you better be taking care of him'

Astrid smiled and nodded. Cami returned the smile

"Hiccup was just telling me about why I've never heard of you on Berk. All I've gotten out was that you stole something from Stoick. That takes guts."

"It's even gutsier when you learn just WHAT she took from him." Thug told her.

"What?" Astrid asked.

"His underwear."

"That's it?" Astrid asked. "Ruff and Tuff once stole all of Gobber's left socks. That's nothing."

"The pair he had been wearing at the time" Hiccup whispered to his girlfriend. "And he didn't notice until he saw them in her hands."

Astrid's jaw dropped.

"You ARE gutsy!" she exclaimed

Hiccup looked over at his father hoping he didn't hear. The LAST thing Stoickk needed was a reminder. Hiccup wasn't sure if his father remembered the incident.

Stoick wasn't looking at them, but he was reluctantly nodding to Bertha and shook her hand.

"Uh oh." Hiccup whispered.

"What?" Cami asked.

"My Dad and your Mom just agreed to something. With those two, only the gods know what it was"

"Well, we better get back home." Bertha said.

"Likewise" Mogadon added

Stoick nodded in agreement.

The group of Vikings separated into their tribes. Hiccup said goodbye to his older friends and climbed onto Toothless.

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That night,

Hiccup walked into his home after spending the day fixing Toothless' prosthetic muttering something about a picky dragon.

After he closed the door behind him, he smiled at his father who was tending the fire pit.

"Glad to be home?" Stoick asked

Hiccup smiled and nodded before hugging his father

"What was it you and Bertha agreed on earlier?" Hiccup asked nervously

"There's no reason to be nervous." Stoick chuckled. "She just convinced me that Camicazi's learned her lesson. Next Thing, Camicazi will be here as a trial. If she can behave herself, I'll revoke the ban."

"Thanks Dad." Hiccup said making a mental note to make sure Cami does behave herself.

It seemed as if getting kidnapped worked out for the better.

The End