Chapter 1:
Ocean Rose put her arms over the side of the boat and stared at the sunrise. Snowflake, her Wooly Howl, was resting from pulling the boat. Snow was still young and even though most of the pulling was done by Moonlight, Ocean's Jewel Night Fury (JNF for short), she was pretty tired.. Ocean glanced over and smiled at her, then leaned over again to check her hair and make sure that her dye was still in. No one could know that she was Ocean Rose. "But what are people going to call me if I do run into someone?" Ocean whispered to herself. It's not like she planned to run off. But ever since the last Dragon Hunter attack..she shook her head, to get it out of her mind, and instead turned away from the sea. "Hey girl," She whispered, putting her hand out to the sleek black dragon beside her, "What's wrong?" Moonlight's emerald eyes were flashing furiously and the growl got louder. "Moon?" But no other words escaped Ocean's mouth. All she heard was rushing wind and a big crash, just as Moonlight tackled her. She felt a burst of sharp pain at the back of her head, right before she blacked out.

"Snotlout!" Astrid yelled, walking over to the young man playing with a catapult. "Those boulders are for defense, NOT for FUN!" Snotlout rolled his eye's, "Jeez, Astrid. It looked like it went right into the water. Nobody's hurt. "Yeah, I wouldn't go that far Snotlout." Hiccup sighed, putting his spyglass down. "I just saw a dragon flying from where that boulder hit. Astrid would you go down to the beach with me? I want to make sure that there were no others there." Astrid tightened her grip on her ax. "Of course Hiccup, and when we get back I have a job for Snotlout." Snotlout slowly backed away from the catapult and towards Hookfang. "You know, I just remembered hat I was suppose to go to Berk. Annual Jorgenson Clan Games. So, yep, BYE!" Hopping onto Hookfang, Snotlout flew off, and as he flew away, Hiccup could hear the distinct tone of 'retreat Hookfang retreat' coming from Snotlout's mouth. "You can run! But you can't hide!" Astrid yelled, as she and Hiccup made their way down to the shore. They walked in silence. Okay, HICCUP walked in silence. Astrid on the other hand, was swinging her ax and planing ways to 'teach Snotlout a lesson.' It was when they got to the beach that Astrid went silent. But only for a moment. And that moment was enough to get Hiccup worried. "Astrid?" "Hiccup, is that?" She pointed to something on the beach and Hiccup took off running, Astrid following behind, getting the conformation she was looking for. There, are the beach half in and half out of the water, was a young girl and a broken boat. Hiccup skidded to a stop right next to her and gently picked her up. She was out cold. Long golden brown hair was falling out of a braid and fell in long waves, and her clothing, other than her armbands and boots, blended in with the sand and boat. Hiccup noticed a bump on her head and worried that she might have gotten badly hurt when the boulder hit the boat. "Astrid, get Fishlegs and send a Terror Mail to Gothi. I'll be right behind you." He stood up as Astrid nodded, jumped onto Stormfly, who had been trailing behind them, and raced towards the Clubhouse. Hiccup took a good look at the girl before starting that way himself, and noticed that she looked to be a little younger than himself."Please be okay." He whispered as he carefully climbed onto Toothless. He wasn't going to let someone get hurt because of Snotlout. That last time Snotlout had been fooling around with something that involved boulders Astrid almost died. He wasn't going to let that happen to this girl. But, little did Hiccup and Astrid know, they were being watched by dark emerald eyes, from a dragon that could blend in with the night, and was extremely protective of the girl who was her best friend.

Hiccup was just running into his hut when Fishlegs caught up with him. "HICCUP! How bad do you think her injuries are?" Fishlegs asked, motioning to the girl in Hiccup's arms, as Hiccup ran up his stairs. "I don't know." He replied, laying the girl down on his bed. "Right now she's unconscious, and that bump looks pretty nasty." Fishlegs walked over to investigate. While Fishlegs was examining her, Hiccup gestured for Toothless to leave the room, much to the dragons dismay, and started to pace. Who was she? Why was she on a boat all alone? Had she been in a situation like the one Heather had been in years ago? Fishlegs cleared his throat and Hiccup stopped pacing long enough to look at him. "I think she will be fine as long as we don't move her." Hiccup nodded his head then asked Fishlegs to go down to the beach and see if the girl had anything on the boat with her. Anything that survived, that is.
Hiccup was, one again, pacing the room when the mystery girl woke up. He reached the bed just as her eye's opened. "Where am I?" She asked, struggling to sit up, "And who are you!?" Hiccup, trying to not startle the girl in any way, spoke calmly. "I'm Hiccup Haddock. My friend Astrid and I saw your boat wrecked on the beach and found you unconscious, so we brought you here. The girl's eye's flashed, with what Hiccup thought was fear, but she quickly regained her composure and cleared her face from emotion. "Thank you for your help. My name is O- Val." Hiccup looked at, Val, with interest, trying to figure out why she had stammered when she said her name. "How...How did you find me?" Val asked softly. Hiccup had a feeling that there was more to the question but wasn't quite sure, so instead he just stated facts. "We found you lying on the beach. Your boat was hit by a boulder and you were alone." Hiccup thought a moment before asking, "There wasn't anyone with you, was there?" "No!" Val blurted quickly, "No..No one else." Hiccup looked questioningly at her, but didn't push it. Hiccup started to asked another question when Astrid ran up the stairs. "Hiccup I - Oh! She woke up!" Astrid quickly composed herself and looked at Val, "Hi, I'm Astrid." "My names Val" Val replied, she cleared her throat and tried to stand up slowly. Stumbling, Hiccup caught her before she could fall. Giving him a gracious glance she composed herself and looked at the two teenagers in front of her. She estimated their ages to be around eighteen. But she wasn't sure. "Um...Is there a place where I can wash up?" She asked sweetly. "Follow me," Astrid said, "After you wash up I'll take you over to my hut. That's where you'll be staying until we can figure out how to get you home." "Thank you." Val whispered as she carefully made her way over to Astrid. "That reminds me," Hiccup started, "why were you on that boat all by yourself and where are you from?" Val bit her lip and for a moment Hiccup thought that he said something that upset her, "Um.....I was... I was going to visit my aunt and uncle. Their island really isn't far from the one I live on. Only a few hours at the most. But, a storm hit and I was thrown off course. I was floating around for days when the boulder hit." Hiccup noticed that Val wouldn't look him, or Astrid, in the eye while she spoke, and he guessed that she was lying. But the question was, why? "Val, why don't you head down? I just need to talk to Hiccup for a minute." Astrid told the girl. Val nodded and quickly went down the steps, regaining some of her energy. Hiccup guessed that she was happy to escape questions. "She's lying." Astrid said flatly. "I know," Hiccup sighed, "When I asked her her name she had started to say something other than Val, but stopped herself." Hiccup thought for a moment before continuing. "I think that we should hide the dragons, and keep her away from the stables. Just tell her that we store food their." Astrid nodded her head and ran down the steps to meet Val. Hiccup's mind filled with more questions. Why was Val, or whoever she really was, lying to them? Not even the way she talked sounded real. Or was he so desperate of a new adventure that his mind was playing tricks on him? Either way, Val was going to need to be watched, who new what she was capable of?

Ocean carefully washed her face in the stream, making sure not to get any water on her hair. Cringing at the way she had handled her conversation with Hiccup. "Val, why did I choose the name Val?" She sighed and thought back to what she had learned during her conversation with Astrid. Grabbing her diary she unlocked it and then, after grabbing her charcoal out of the pouch on her skirt, she carefully wrote down each Riders profile, along with a sketch of the ones she had seen. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. Eighteen, soon to be nineteen. Son of Stoick the Vast and Valka, my parents. Hiccup is my big brother, but, unless mom stayed on Berk and just decided to abandon her daughter, shouldn't know about me. Seems like he's the one who invented a lot of the contraptions on this island. He has what look like to be artificial Night Fury tails on the wall in his hut. Tread lightly. Don't want him knowing who I am, but worst-case scenario, I'm throw off the island................Astrid Hofferson. Eighteen. Part of Clan Hofferson of Berk. She is very very skilled in the ways of war, that much I can tell. Be careful around her, at least until I can get my bow, arrows, and sword. Then we'll see who's more skilled. Although, she does seem to have a soft spot for Hiccup. If she learns my secret, chances are she'll try to get me off the island without him ever finding out.........Snotlout Jorgenson. Eighteen. Son of Spitelout Jorgenson. I only know what Astrid told me but it sounds like he's annoying. More info coming........Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston. Seventeen. Girl and boy twins. Part of clan Thorston. Not much known, other than that they are pranksters. Don't let them learn my secret, even if the others think they are joking at first it could become serious! More info coming...........Fishlegs Ingerman. Seventeen. Part of Clan Ingerman. Once I meet him, I need to be careful. I know that there were two Ingermans, brothers, who broke away from the Dragon Hunters hundreds of years ago, but I still should be careful. From the way Astrid talks, he is EXTREMELY smart. More info later. "Val?" Snapping her diary shut, Ocean put it and the charcoal in her poach faster than a Speed Stinger on Dragon Nip, then started to tie on her head band just as Astrid rounded the corner. "Just, finishing up!" Ocean said in a high and perky voice. I have GOT to get to Snow or Moon. If I have to keep up with this high, perky, girly voice, I'm going to drive myself nuts. She thought to herself. Astrid looked at her suspiciously then motioned over to the huts, "Follow me and I'll show you where your going to be bedding down. On the walk, Ocean kept her eyes open for anything out of the ordinary. An interesting building caught her eye. "What's that building for?" She asked, pointing to it. Astrid glanced in the direction of Oceans finger, but only took a brief look before turning her gaze back on her path. "Oh that. That's where we store our food and weapons." Red Flag! Ocean's mind shouted, She won't look at it, and she won't look me in the eye! Another building caught Ocean's eye. It had dragons carved at the top. Gronkle, Zippleback, Nadder, Nightmare, and....Oh my....Is that a Night Fury?! "Astrid, what's that building. "This time Astrid did more than a quick glance, and she actually looked at Ocean. "That's the clubhouse. Basically, a small Great Hall." "Yeah, but are those drag-" "Oh look, we're here!" Astrid interrupted, stopping in front of a heavily guarded hut that was, obviously, built to resemble a Deadly Nadder. "This is your hut?" Ocean asked, putting on the most innocent face she could muster. "Yep! And you will be using my guest bed." Ocean bit back a laugh, "You have a guest bed?" Astrid rolled her eyes, "Believe it or not, I do get company. Not just my family, but also my best friend." Ocean put on her nicest smile as the girls walked inside. of course she wanted to yell, Please, just leave me alone for a while! But, she knew that wouldn't happen. It was clear that Astrid didn't trust her. But maybe, just maybe, Astrid would have someone else watch her if she must. Walking into Astrid hut put Ocean on edge. Not that she showed it, much. Her eye's scanned her surroundings. That's a lot of weapons. "Soo, Val, where exactly are you from?" Astrid walked over to some weapons, hoping to intimidate the girl with her. "Oh, just a small island called Gink. Gink? Why did I just tell her I'm from Gink? "I've, never heard of it." Astrid said, as she grabbed an axe and started to sharpen it. Ocean eyed the axe warily before she answered, "It's really small, not well known." "Hmm." Astrid continued sharpening her axe, enjoying making the girl in front of her squirm. "Do you use weapons much?" Astrid asked, Ocean shook her head. "Not really, I'm okay with a sling, but suck at everything else." As Astrid eyed her, all Ocean could think was, Please buy it! Please buy it! "Huh, well I could give you some pointers while your here." Astrid said, tossing her axe. On instinct Ocean caught it, but she quickly saved herself by making it seem like she was thrown off balance. "Wow," She said, giggling nervously, "That's pretty heavy." "Yeah," But not that heavy. Astrid thought. This Val is lying. The only question is, why?

Fishlegs was examining some books in his hut when he came across what he was looking for. He had ran into Astrid as she was taking Val for a short walk around the island. As Val had been distracted by a zipline Astrid had asked him to look up Gink, and he gladly accepted the challeng. "Hmmm," Fishlegs looked at the page in his book, his eye's widening. "There's no possible way that she's from Gink." He whispered, as he scanned over it once again. "Gink was destroyed over a hundred years ago, by Dragon Hunters! The only way she would be from it is if..." Fishlegs dropped his book and glanced out his door. "She's a Dragon Hunter!!"

Moonlight paced the forest. The light from the setting sun bounced off her scales and made it look like she was glowing. Her emerald eye's, though, looked troubled. She had no idea where her friend was, and the only reason she had let those strange vikings take her was because she needed help. NOT because Moonlight trusted them. Glancing at the sky Moonlight sighed. "I hope Snowflake got home." The dragon whispered to herself. Her young friend (Who Moonlight sometimes thought was more like a daughter) was suppose to bring Xzander. He could hopefully talk Ocean into going home. Moonlight didn't like seeing her best friend troubled all the time. Sighing again, Moonlight hoped up onto a high branch in a tree, and that's when she heard it. The sound of other dragons. Moving silently, Moonlight crept close enough to the area to eavesdrop on the conversation. "Why do we have to be here again?" The voice obviously belonged to a Hideous Zippleback, but since Moonlight couldn't see which head spoke, she dubbed it Zip 1. "Astrid brought us here. She and the others have their reasons!" This voice belonged to a female dragon, Moon decided to call her A, since she said...Wait, She said Riders!!! Moonlight excitedly thought to herself. Maybe these Riders could help. "I say that we should just go home." A fiery voice cut in. "No, we should stay here." A argued, "No, I agree with Hookfang. We should go back to the Edge!"Zip 2 cut in, "Well, of course you would think that! Your Riders are insane!" Another female. Moonlight rolled her eyes at the arguing, but still listened. After a few more minutes of 'go, stay! go, stay!' One more voice cut in, along with a soft roar. A roar that made Moonlight's eyes widen. "Enough! Were staying, and we will stay until our Riders come to get us." "But-" The male dragon growled at Hookfang, "Yes, Toothless." This was Moon's chance, there was no more fighting and she could hopefully learn more about these other Dragon Riders. "You know, your guy's argument was very interesting." Moonlight called, flying to the ditch. The first dragon she turned to was Toothless. The other Night Fury. He was a little bigger than her, and had more muscle. His eye's were a bright green, and he was missing half of his tail. "I haven't seen another Night Fury since I left Dragonsay Mountain, 11 years ago." She glowed just a bit at her forehead, so faint that only a Night Fury's eye's could detect. Toothless did a sweeping bow (which is really just him bending his head towards the ground, unwrapping his tail from around him, and spreading out his wings all at once) "Princess Stardust." He whispered, "Pardon me, but I thought they stopped sending out JNF'S hundreds of years ago."Moonlight bowed her head to him, which was a signal that meant he could arise from his bow, and explained. "They usually don't, considering how rare it is for us to be born, but one of the elders, along with one of the Keepers, decided to send me out." Moonlight curiously looked at him, and asked a question that had popped into her mind since she heard his name. "I overheard you all talk about your Riders, so I'm guessing that Toothless was a name given to you by a viking?" Toothless gave a low laugh, and looked at the young princess. "Yes. My name back at Dragonsay was Dusk." Moonlight's eye's brightened just a bit. "I remember you. You were friends with my older brother, Jupiter." Toothless smiled, "Yes, he had been so excited when you hatched." Toothless laughed again and swung his tail, "You had no idea how to control you blasts and almost hit us a both a couple of times! You've grown up to be a very pretty dragon." Moonlight ducked her head, and the two dragons shyly watched each other, until the Deadly Nadder stepped forward. "Toothless, would you care to explain what's going on? You never said that you were from Dragonsay Mountain! And what is a JNF?" "And why do you refer to her as Princess?" Hookfang asked, joining in the conversation. Moonlight stepped back as Toothless looked to his friends. "Stormfly, I've never mentioned that I'm from Dragonsay because I didn't want you all distracted. My job was to help stop evil dragons, and maybe one day bond with a human and try to show others that dragons and man can live together. Now the second question should be answered by the Princess." Stepping forward Moonlight looked at the pretty Nadder named Stormfly, "JNF stands for Jewel Night Fury. We are very rare Night Furies born with special powers. Some of our scales seem purple or blue due to what the Dragon Keepers call a defect. They sorta look like jewels, which is what the Keepers decided to call them. We can charge our blast's so much that it seems to make these jewels glow. Since, as I mentioned, we are rare I don't know what happens when we become Alpha's. The only other thing I can really tell you is that we are only born females." A Gronkle stepped forward, and Moonlight realized that she was the other female. "What do you mean, 'all I can really tell you?'" Moonlight looked at Toothless from the corner of her eye, "Some things stay between species. I'm sure that the gronkles have a few secrets of their own?" The Gronkle looked down guiltily, a little embarrassed for pressing farther. "Excuse me!" Hookfang stopped his foot impatiently and the grass under it smoldered some. "Hookfang, I refer to her as Princess because JNF's have the statuses as Princess, and unless a male Night Fury has more strength-" "Or earns the right to be King," Moonlight interrupted, making Toothless smile a bit, "Yes, or earns the right to be King. The Princess becomes Queen of the Night Furies, and the dragons at Dragonsay. Which includes Bewildersbeasts." The four eye's of the Zippleback widened at this news, "Then Dragonsay is larger than we thought." They whispered to each other. Moonlight shook her head at the Zippleback and turned to Toothless. "Your Riders are taking care of mine." "The girl?" "Yes. Her name is Ocean Rose, and I need to get to her. I know what she's like, and at the moment she's sorta wearing a disguise. She won't let them know who she truly is unless she realizes that they are also Dragon Riders." Toothless swung his tail back and forth as he thought, and Moon's eye's couldn't leave the artificial tail flap. "He was in an accident years ago." Stormfly whispered to her. "Okay. We'll help you, Princess Stardust." Moonlight shook her head, "Thank you. But no more calling me Princess. At Dragonsay, I am known as Princess Stardust. But out here, I am known as Moonlight, and either that, or Moon, is what I would like to be referred to as." Toothless nodded and the other dragons said their names. Stormfly, formerly Partheni. (Guess which she likes more) Hookfang, formerly Deathwing. Meatlug, formerly Granite (Gronkle tradition was to name each baby after a rock or ore). And, Barf, formerly Gassbreath, and Belch, formerly Sparki. " Hold up, Toothless. I thought you said that we are not to leave until our Riders come and get us." Hookfang growled, he didn't always get along with their leader, much like the two dragon's Riders. "Yeah, can you change your own rule?" Barf asked. Toothless rolled his eyes, gave the dragons a mischievous smile and winked at Moonlight. "I just did."

Ocean Rose sat cross-legged at the edge of the cliff. Astrid and Hiccup weren't far away, so she knew that writing in her diary was way out of the question. And that meant that it was only her and her thoughts. No, only her and her nightmares. Nightmares of the battle that had ended with Xzander almost dying, and a long scar on his back. The battle that left Moonlight injured, but thankfully no permanent damage. The battle that made Ocean decide to leave. And the battle that left her wondering why her greatest enemy, had once saved her life. It took her all the strength that she could muster to not shout in frustration at the words he had said "I should have let you die in that fire!" "Why in the world would Viggo have saved me?" She whispered, resting her chin on her hands. "What was that?" A voice asked from behind her. Ocean turned to see a big guy with blonde hair and blue eyes looking at her. Fishlegs. "I said 'why in the world are you guys so nice!' "She giggled nervously and got up, gesturing to the huts, "I mean, you guys don't even know me. I'm not that used to strangers like you guys." Once again, Ocean inwardly cringed at the way she was handling things, What's going on with me? She thought as Fishlegs looked at her, Why is it that the one time I REALLY REALLY can't have anyone find out who I am, I can't think up any good lies? Fishlegs thoughts were remarkable similar as he watched the girl before him, Does she realize how bad these lies are? But what if she's not lying? Or, maybe she is lying but isn't a Dragon Hunter? He looked her over She definitely doesn't look like a Dragon Hunter. Fishlegs offered a weak smile, then cleared his throat, "Um, Hiccup and Astrid want you to know that dinner's ready. Although, I have to warn you, the twins are cooking tonight and their creations can be...interesting to say the least. Ocean giggled and thought of Hunter. "I don't know," She said as they walked towards the Clubhouse, "I've had some pretty interesting meals before." "Oh?" Fishlegs looked at her from the corner of his eye and noticed a genuine smile playing at the corners of her mouth, "Yeah, I have a friend who likes to try out his new creations on me and the rest of my friends." "How interesting are we talking." Ocean cringed as she looked at Fishlegs, "Over-salted yak, with a pepper, carrot, and onion sauce and," Ocean put her hand over her mouth before continuing, "charred cabbage topped by unrecognizable herbs and cheese." Fishlegs eyes widened and he stopped walking right before they entered the Clubhouse, "You actually ate it?" Ocean laughed and looked at him, "Not really. I took one bite then buried it! It was a hazard to viking-kind!" The two teenagers laughed as they walked inside, grabbing attention from the other teens. "What's so funny?" Astrid asked, raising an eyebrow. "Val was just telling me about a horrible recipe a friend of hers came up with, and how she ended up burying it." Hiccup and Astrid exchanged glances, but decided it better not to ask. "So, Val, how do like the Edge?" Snotlout asks, sliding over to the girl. "It's a very nice place," Ocean said pleasantly. "You know, I could totally show you around. Ocean laughed nervously, and tried to back away, "Uh, you know I think I'm fine, I mean-" But she was cut off by Tuffnut coming up from behind, which left her pinned against a wall, "You know, I'm a better guide than Snotlout." Ocean threw a glance to Astrid while trying to stay in character while her mind kept shouting,Just stomp on his foot or something! Your a warrior, two guys are nothing! But, as mentioned before, that would break character. "Uh," Astrid pushed through the two guys and grabbed Ocean's arm, "I think that Val and I will just take our dinners back to my hut. Hiccup, Fishlegs, care to join us?" Hiccup and Fishlegs took the hint, and gathered up some food, while Tuffnut, Ruffnut, and Snotlout complained, "What are we suppose to do?" Tuffnut asked, Astrid flicked her hand at him, "Just, go do patrol." "But-" "NOW!" The three teens grumbled, grabbed some food for the go, and headed out, while the other four headed to Astrid's. The events that would follow would shock them all, and change their lives.

Chapter 3:

Xzander crossed his arms and looked out at the sea. Ocean had been gone for a total of two days, and that freaked him out. His hand involuntarily reached to his back. The scar. He was sure that it had some connection to the reason Ocean left. What that reason was, he didn't know. But he was sure that there was a good reason. The sound of boots on stones told him that he had company. "Anything?" He asked, not taking his eye's off the horizon. "None." Landon answered, coming to stand beside his friend. Xzander looked at the young man next to him. His long dark hair wasn't in a ponytail, and dark circles were under his eyes. Ocean was like a sister to him, and Xzander could tell that this was hard. "If she's not back by tonight we'll go search for her." He stated, once again looking at the sea. "I don't know why Ocean left, or what her reason was. But whatever it is, it's something she shouldn't go through alone." He turned to his dark blue Skrill, Electro, and walked towards him. "Landon, please keep watch. I'm going to head to her hut to see if she left any clues as to why she left and where she was going. I already sent Daybreak to make sure no one would mess with anything." Landon nodded his head, and Xzander mounted, thankful for his lightning resistant clothing. Electro was worried, and that showed through the occasional lightning bolt. "Xzander," "Yeah?" "Stop trying to be brave around the rest of us. It makes us even more worried." Xzander weakly smiled at his friend, and leaned down to his dragon's ear. "Come on bud." He whispered, "Let's solve this mystery, and bring Ocean home."

Heavy stomping alerted the dragon's that someone was coming. "Hide!" Toothless whispered to Moonlight. Obeying, Moon flew up into the trees. Grateful that the sun had officially set. "Ugh. Why do we have to go on patrol?" A male's voice wined. Sounds like Hunter. Moonlight thought to herself. "We have to because Astrid said so." Two voices quoted, as they came into the clearing. The two who had just been speaking were a boy and a girl. Both had long blonde hair and were tall. The other speaker was a shorter young man, with short dark hair and reminded Moonlight of Hunter way to much. The two blondes walked over to Barf and Belch, silently brooding over how unfair it was that they had to be on patrol duty. "Okay, listen up you two. No explosions, not even minor ones, until you reach the far side of the island." The dark haired guy said to the blondes. "Jeez, Snotlout. Were not idiots." The guy said as he and the other blonde climbed onto their dragon and took off. "No, just twiniots." Snotlout muttered, hopping onto Hookfang. "And you three," Snotlout pointed to the other dragons, "Stay, put." Moonlight waited until Snotlout and Hookfang were out of sight before jumping down. "Uh, Toothless. Now what? They were a big part of our plan!" Toothless paced the ground (something he had picked up from Hiccup) as her thought of their situation. "Okay, so instead of getting her to come out here because of an explosion, we can go with the more direct rout. Going strait to our riders." Stormfly sighed and nudged Meatlug, who was dozing off. "He couldn't have thought of that earlier?" Moonlight stopped herself from laughing and aided in waking Meatlug up. "So his earlier plan was complicated. It still would have worked." "MIGHT have worked." Stormfly corrected her. "Hookfang, Barf and Belch are very unpredictable dragons. There was a good chance that they could have messed it up." "You guy's do know that I'm right here?" Toothless playfully battered. "Oh, well we are soo sorry." Stormfly, flicked her head, "We were just stating the truth." Rolling his eyes, Toothless started walking west towards the Edge. "Come on!"
Ruff and Tuff flew in silence. They were both too mad to speak. Ruffnut wanted to interrigate this mystery girl and Tuffnut wanted to show her all his favorite things about the Edge. "I could of shown here where I met Chicken. Where chicken and my favorite places are. Where I was when I wrestled a wild boar." Tuffnut sighed at the memories. "Those were good times." "Well I think she's hiding something!" Ruffnut yelled, lightly banging her bludgeon on his helmet. "You think everyone is hiding something!" "Well that's because everyone is hiding something." She squinted her eye's at her twin, "Including you" The more she stared the more uncomfortable Tuffnut got. "Okay!" He shouted, "I used your favorite bowl for Chicken's food the other day!" Ruff stared at him open-mouthed, "That's it?" Tuff was about to reply when half of a flyer hit him in the face. "Hey look at this!" He held it up to Ruffnut, who read it aloud. "Wanted: Ocean Rose." Looking at her brother, Ruff widened her eyes. "Tuff, look at the picture closely. Tuffnut gave a gasp of shock, "It's Val! But, that means that Val is Ocean Rose." "Or does it mean that Ocean Rose is really Val?" "Or, does it mean that Val has a twin named Ocean Rose." Ruffnut looked at the flyer, and then at her brother. "Shall we ask her?" Tuffnut gave a grim smile, "We shall!"

"Okay Val, out with it. Why did you really leave your island." Ocean almost chocked on her broth when she heard Astrid's question. "W-what do you mean, why did I really leave my island. I already told you, I was going to visit my aunt and uncle." "Yeah, I don't believe you." Ocean inwardly yelled at herself. It was one thing for Hiccup to be suspicious, but Astrid. "Val, whatever it is, we can help." Sighing, Ocean grabbed the end of her braid and twisted it, I could just tell them part of the story, and leave out my true identity. But then they'll want to go to Night Gem Island!" "It's nothing, really." "Are you a dragon hunter!?" Fishlegs burst out, it was always hard for him to not ask whatever question was on his mind. "WHAT! NO I'm not a dragon hunter!" Ocean yelled at him, dropping the high-pitched, girly, innocent voice that annoyed her (and secretly others). Crud. "Well that answers that question." Astrid muttered, crossing her arms. "Look, guys, I'm' not a dragon hunter. But-" She didn't get any farther, due to the twins."Well, well, well. Val. Guess what we found?" Ocean rolled her eyes, done pretending. "Should I even bother? You'll tell me anyways." The twins stared at her, and then at each other, while taking in this change of character. Clearing his throat, Tuffnut returned to what he was originally saying. "Yes, well, while my sister and I were out on patrol we found THIS!" He shoved the wanted poster in her face, which visually paled. "What?" She whispered, She knew that Viggo wanted her, but she didn't realize that there were posters out. "ARE YOU OCEAN ROSE!" Ruffnut yelled getting right to the point. Ocean, though still couldn't speak, and Hiccup took the paper from the twins. "Wanted.." Glancing at Ocean, and then at the paper, made the answer obvious. "Your-" That's when she regained her sense of control and bolted out the door, taking the steps three at a time, while trying not to fall on her face considering that it was pitch black. When a small drop of water hit her face, Ocean almost screamed. Not now, not now. She thought to herself. Even though the Riders knew her name, and that she was wanted, she didn't want them to know ANYTHING else about her. Other than the one thing she needed help from to escape. Hearing the other teens pursuing her, Ocean jumped from one ramp to another and cupped her hands around her mouth doing a special dragon call. A dragon call only two dragons could understand, and Ocean hoped that at least one of them was around.

Moonlight's ears pricked up when she heard Ocean's call, which was a mix of the Night Fury dragon call, and the Wooly Howl dragon call. She picked up her speed, and at the second call, took off in the air. "It's Ocean!" She called down to the others. Immediately the three other dragons picked up their pace, with Stormfly and Meatlug launching themselves into the air. Moonlight was going as fast as she could, which meant losing sight of the dragons behind her, when she saw the cliff, and her best friend their being confronted by some other humans.

Ocean's hair broke free of the braid and started to whip around face, the dye washing out of it, and her headband falling off. "Val, Ocean, whatever your name is. Why are you wanted?" Hiccup tried to get close, until Ocean backed up just a bit. She had seen Moonlight, and gave a slight hand signal to her, telling her to wait right under the cliff. "I'm wanted because of who I am, and who had taken care of me." "But why are you alone?" Fishlegs looked at her with a puzzled look, and she shook her head, staying silent. "Please, whatever it is we can help." "No." Ocean whispered. "I don't want anyone else getting hurt because of me." And then she jumped.

"NO!" Hiccup yelled. He started to run to the edge when a force of wind knocked him down. "What!" He heard Astrid scream. A bolt of lighting lit up the sky as he looked up and he saw something he never expected. A night fury, and Ocean Rose riding it. "Into the storm Moonlight!!" He heard her yell, just before she, and her dragon, disappeared into the dark clouds. "Hiccup! Did that really just happen?" Hiccup was still in a state of shock, and Astrid's question didn't register for a few moments, but when it did. "We have to find her." He stated, turning to the others. "But how?" Fishlegs asked, "We have no clues as to where she went." Tuff cleared his throat, and he and Ruff gave smug looks to the other. "What?" Astrid stared at the twins, "What are you two so proud of?" Tuff held up a book, "This fell out of her pocket when she was running." "And this," Ruff opened her hand, revealing Ocean's headband. "Fell off of her when her braid fell out." Fishlegs walked over and took the items from the twins. "Let's get out of this storm so I can look at them, "He shouted, as the wind started to pick up. The Riders all agreed wholeheartedly and ran to take shelter in the clubhouse.

Ocean hung onto Moonlight as they flew. The rain felt like ice against her skin, but they had to get going. "Moon" She whispered, barley audible. It was hard to speak. As a gust of wind blew at them, Ocean shivered, and Moonlight worried. Her rider was either truly cold or in shock. Either way she had to find somewhere where she could start a fire. Moon sent out a sound, hoping that it would bounce back, but "Nothin'" Ocean tighten her grip when she heard a clap of thunder, followed by a bolt of lightning. "I need to get her out of here." Moonlight whispered to herself. Diving down, Moonlight flew closer to sea level, about ready to turn around and head back to the Edge, when she saw it. A small island, with a single mountain. And where there's a mountain, there's caves. Moonlight picked up speed, thankful for what she saw, and hoped with all her heart that her rider, her best friend, would be okay.

Daybreak and Electro both cringed when they heard a thud against the wall of Oceans hut. Glancing in through the door, all they saw was chaos. Xzander was going mad while trying to find something, anything, that would tell him where Ocean was. At that moment, he was going through her bookshelf, and an old storybook is what they heard thrown against the wall. "Why is he doing this to himself?" Daybreak (Who was a Triple Stryke with pale colorings of pink, yellow, orange, and purple.) whispered softly. Electro looked at her out of the corner of his eye, almost smiling at how the moonlight made her look like she was glowing. "I don't know. All I know is that he's been at it for half the day and has yet to find ANYTHING." Daybreak quickly noticed the signs of a lightning bolt, and pushed Electro into the stream by the hut. "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR!!" Electro yelled at her, pulling himself out of the water. As much as he wanted to sometimes hurt her, he didn't. She was too sweet, too caring, and not at all like other Triple Strykes. "I didn't want you to burn anything up here." She said reasonably. Electro scowled and flick some water at her, which made her jump. "Hey!" She exclaimed, while playfully swinging her tails. Nodding at her, Electro walked back towards the house. "Watch where you swing you swing those killers!" He warned. Things in the hut had gone quiet. Too quiet for Electro's liking. Peering in the door, he saw Xzander holding a small stuffed lamb in his hand. The lamb was pure white everywhere but the legs, which seemed scorched. Sensing his presence, Xzander looked up and smiled at his dragon. His first real smile in two days, and shook his head. "Ocean told me that this lamb was given to her by her mom. Whoever had saved her from that fire when she was a baby, also saved this and her mom's journal." Placing the lamb back on a shelf Xzander ran a hand through his messy dirty blonde hair. "I hope that one day I can find out who had saved Ocean, and thank them." A comfortable silence followed, and Xzander finally seemed to calm down. Electro kept an eye on his rider for a few more minutes before heading back over to Daybreak. Looking at his little friend, Electro started to worry. "Day-" but he got no farther. Daybreak leapt into the air and took off, heading towards a figure in the sky, and who that figure was made Electro's blood stop flowing. Because she was alone. Which meant something was bad. Really bad.

Chapter 4: Tensions
Xzander hurriedly packed a couple of saddle bags for Electro and Daybreak, mentally making a to-do list. "Xzander, slow down. We can't go anywhere until Snowflake is rested." A female voice said from behind him, "And that won't be for a while. From my examinations, she seems to have been flying for almost 24 hours straight. It's unheard of! Especially for a dragon so young!" Another voice chimed in. Shaking his head, Xzander turned to the speakers, two young woman. "Layla," He looked the black haired girl in the eye, "The sooner I get supplies around, the sooner I can help round up the guard dragons." He then turned to the red haired girl beside her, "And, yes Kira, I know that Snowflake won't be up and ready for a while. So while she is regaining her strength will you get together some herbal remedies? We have no idea what shape Ocean is in." A slight growl came from Electro "Or what shape Moonlight is in." He quickly added, gently stroking Electro's forehead. "I'm on it." Kira walked over to her Sand Wraith, Sunny, when a thought crossed her mind. "Xzander, how long do you think we'll be flying?" Xzander shook his head, "I'm not sure. Since we have no idea what we'll be flying into, it's best to take all of our dragons. So truthfully, it all depends on how fast the dragons can fly." Layla walked over to her cousin (mother's side) and put her arm around the girls shoulder. "Don't worry Kira, I'm sure Ocean's fine." Nodding her head, Kira jumped onto her dragons and flew off towards her hut. Xzander glanced at Layla. Like her brother (who technically is her cousin on her father's side, but that story comes later) dark circles were under her brown eyes, her straight, knee-length hair wasn't in it's usual pony-tail braid, and her forehead bangs were a mess. "Lay, go get some sleep." Forcefully shaking her head, Layla turned to face him. "No way. I want to help you get ready." "But you need sleep. We more or likely have a long flight ahead us." Rolling her eye's, Layla headed over to her Hacatoo, Hena, and eyed the young man. "I need sleep? When was the last time you slept?" Staying mum, Xzander climbed onto Electro, and motioned for Daybreak to follow him out of the stables. Smirking to herself, Layla watched him fly off, "Thought so."

Ocean Rose groaned as she sat up. For a moment she forgot where she was, but then it all came back. Edge, storm, cold, cave, Moonlight, sleep. Shaking her head at her jumbled thoughts, Ocean slowly moved to her knees. "Moonlight?" She called into the cave. A return call came from the mouth of the cave, and the pretty black dragon flew in. "Hey girl!" Ocean leaned forward to hug her dragon, "Thank you." Coughing, Ocean attempted to stand, but her sight blurred and if it wasn't for Moonlight, she would have fallen. "I'm okay girl." Coughing again, Ocean glanced at the exit. "The rains done, and the sun's up. Moon, we need to go." Growling, Moonlight gently pushed Ocean back down. "Moonlight, I'm going to assume that Snowflake flew back to the base, which means that the others are probably worried sick. So what we're going to do is fly back to Night Gem Island." A soft smile played at Ocean's lips, "From watching Hiccup and his friends, I realized that maybe I was wrong to leave." Moonlight gave her rider an eye roll, and walked over to put out a small fire she had kept going throughout the night. "Okay, okay, I was horribly wrong and need to go back and beg for forgiveness."" Biting her lip, Ocean gathered up her, now-dry, dark auburn hair and started to twist it, a sign that she was nervous. "that is, if they forgive me." Squeezing her eye's shut, Ocean put her hand into her skirts pocket, and let out a startled gasp. "Oh, no!" Her hand moved to her forehead, "Oh no no no no! My diary and the key! What if they fell out on the Edge, and the teens there read mom's letter! Hiccup can't know that I'm his sister! He'll freak!" Ocean's looked towards her dragon, "Moon, what am I going to do?"

"Fishlegs, is that book finally dry enough for you to look at?" Astrid asked, walking into the clubhouse. "Yes. I stayed up all night and it's finally dry." He carefully handed the journal to Astrid, who was already starting to turn the first page. "We should be thankful that she didn't write in ink." "No no no." Tuffnut and Ruffnut walked in behind Hiccup and Snotlout, "We should be thankful that we figured out how to open it." Snotlout gave an annoyed sigh and glared at the twins. "We already thanked you guys, like, twenty times!" "Well you should thank us twenty-one times!" Ruffnut exclaimed, "Fine, whatever, thank-you." Hiccup shook his head and looked to Astrid. "What's that?" He asked as she pulled a folded up paper from the middle of the book. "I'm not sure," She handed the journal to Hiccup and gently unfolded the paper. Her eye's visibly widened as she read it. "Uh, you might want to look at this." Hiccup walked up behind her and began to read. The words shocking him.My darling Ocean Rose, The heading started, If I don't make it back to Berk to get your father, I hope that you will be okay. The reason I'm not taking you with me is because other than the dragon hunter ships, we don't have any strong, sturdy ships on this island. Thankfully for us, this is my home island, the island I left when I was only a little girl, so I am leaving you in the care of my cousin. He has no children, but his sisters, two who have little girls around your age, will help him. As I mentioned before, I don't know if I will make it back to Berk. In case I don't I have included a map to berk with this letter and a letter to your father is in your aunt's care. It explains how after I was taken by the dragon I escaped and made it to my home island, learned that I was to have you, and stayed to make sure that you would be okay. Your father is Stoick Haddock, who is known as Stoick the Vast, the Cheif of Berk. You also have brother, Hiccup, who is a year older than you. I wish I could tell you more but I running out of time. I will leave you with a warning, though, stay away from the Dragon Hunters, and watch your back around the Grimborns. I hope that I will return with the Berkian fleet to take you home, which would mean that this warning wouldn't matter. But in case... I'm sorry. I love you with all my heart. Your mother, Valka. "Hiccup?" Astrid whispered, turning to look him in the eye."This can't be real." He stated, his voice shaking slightly. "What? What can't be real?" Fishlegs asked. Astrid silently handed him the letter, then set her hand on Hiccup's shoulder. "Hiccup, what if it is real?" Hiccup shook his head, apparently losing his ability to speak. Fishlegs' face paled, and he nervously folded the letter before facing his friend. "In case this is authentic, what if I take it to Berk. I'm sure I can find some of your mom's writing's. I can compare the handwriting. I can even show it to your dad and-" "NO!" Hiccup shouted, regaining his voice. "Fishlegs, you can take that letter to Berk, but don't show my dad. If you must, ask Gobber or Gothi, but I don't want him to get his hopes up, which would be significantly worse than him losing his temper. Because if he got his hopes up and it turned out to be false." Hiccup shook his head, "It would crush him. I'm not even sure how I feel about this. Mad? Sad? Happy?" Hiccup pinched the bridge of his nose and headed for the exit. I need some time to think. Fishlegs, you can head to Berk. Twins, your staying here. Snotlout and Astrid, get around some supplies. I'm sure that we have quite an adventure ahead of us." As he walked out, Snotlout turned to Astrid. "What's going on?" Astrid folded her arms and sighed, eyeing the letter that was still in Fishlegs' hand. "Acording to that, Ocean Rose is Hiccup's little sister." "She's his what!?" Sotlolut whisper-shouted. Ruffnut and Tuffnut looked at each other and nodded. "You know, if you think about it, they do resemble each other a little." Tuffnut stated, "And, as we all witnessed, Ocean was wearing a dye in her hair. After it washed out, it was easy to tell that her hair is obviously darker, and even as it was wet it had a slight red tint to it." Fishlegs sighed and looked at Astrid. "Astrid, I hate to admit it, but their right. Not only that, but it does kinds explain why she was acting strangely, and why she wouldn't tell us anything about herself." Astrid look away from his stare, "I know" She whispered, "And that's what worries me." Leaving it at that, Astrid shook her head and walked out. Leaving questions the questions and answers that would change the life of the person she loved (though she wasn't ready to admit it) and the Chief who was like a father.

Hiccup paced his room, Toothless watching his every step. "She can't be my sister!" Hiccup stoped long enough to look at Toothless, "Can she?" Giving an agitated sigh, he shook his head and started to pace again. "But if she is, why didn't she try getting to Berk before now? And what happened to mom!?" Hiccup sat on his bed, and put his head in his hands. "If I can find her, then maybe I can get some straight answers, and Fishlegs is going to be investigating on Berk. Maybe the handwriting won't match!" "And maybe it will" Hiccup got up from his bed and glanced down the steps to see Astrid. "Astrid, I said I need time to think." He said as he walked down the steps. She leaned up against a table and nodded her head. "I know, and I gave you some time to think about it. But this isn't something you should go through alone." "Astrid, if she is my sister then what happened to mom?" "I don't know. But from the stories I've heard about your mom, nothing would have stopped her from getting back to Berk. I'm sure that she would have wanted you all to have been a family." Hiccup nodded his head and gave Astrid a slight smile. "Thank you." Turning he looked up to his bedroom, where Tootless, like any good dragon, was eavesdropping. "Come on bud. We have a mystery to solve!"

Ocean sighed as she paced the cave. Moonlight apparently didn't think Ocean was well enough to ride, so she was holding her hostage. Only leaving the cave, which was so high up on the mountain that you could really only access it by dragon, only to gather up some fish or to fill up a bucket with fresh water. "Moonlight, come on! We need to go!" Ocean put her hands on her hips and stared at her dragon, while holding in a slight cough." Moonlight stared back with her dark emerald eyes. After a minute of staring at each other, Ocean couldn't hold in the cough. In response, Moonlight gently pushed her rider back into a sitting position, checked the fire, and went back to her place at the entrance to the cave. Ocean glared at her dragon. "Moonlight. I'm bored. I've been sitting in this cave, in absolute silence, and I hate caves." "She shivered and glanced at the dark hall that lead to who know's where. "There dark, and small, and this one is wet which means," She took a deep breath in an attempt to calm her nerves, but her voice still shook with the following words. "Which means that there could be s-snakes. And I don't like snakes or caves." Moonlight walked over and lay down next to her rider, her tail curving around Ocean. Ocean leaned back and looked into Moonlights eye. "Does this mean we can go home now?" Moonlight rolled her eyes and shook her head. Ocean sighed, "Your around Xzander to much." She muttered, trying to fight back a smile. Like Xzander, Moonlight would protect her to the end. And she would do the same for them. Now she just had to convince her dragon that she was really okay and they could go home. Would it be easy? No. Impossible? Of course not! Or, at least, that's what she hoped.

"Okay guy's! We have no idea what we're flying into or what condition Ocean is in!" Xzander glanced back at the Rider's that followed. Layla, with Hena and her blue and orange Scuttleclaw Funleaf. Landon with his light brown Hacatoo Causyo and his black Devilish Darvish Midnight, and Kira with Sunny and her silver Mylamorph Raina. Hunter had stayed behind on Night Gem Island to keep an eye on the base. "Layla, do you have the weapons?" "Yep! I also grabbed Ocean's bow and her sword. I can't believe she didn't take them." Xzander closed his eyes. He didn't feel like being reminded that Ocean probably had no protection other than Moonlight. Clearing his throat, he turned his head to look at Kira, " Ki, do you have the remedies?" She nodded her head. "And I have everything we need for survival." Landon said. Xzander nodded and turned to focus on the pretty white and light brown dragon who was flying beside him. "Lead the way Snow!" As Snowflake shot ahead the thought's that Xzander tried to push into the back of his mind broke through. What if Ryker and Viggo are out and about and find her. Or if she and Moon crashed and are hurt. Or she finds herself surrounded by snakes. Xzander shuddered at the thought. Ocean's fear of snakes was bad. Really bad. And if she was stuck with them around and had no idea how to escape... No! Xzander yelled at himself, Ocean will be fine. She's smart, this isn't the first time she's been off alone. Granted, we knew were she was, but- "We'll find her, Xzander." Layla softly said as she maneuvered Funleaf to fly beside Electro. He gave her a slight smile. "That's not what I'm worried about. It's the time in between that worries me." The realization dawned on her. "Your worried that what happened the last time she was on a flight would happen again." Shaking her head Lay looked him in the eye. "Xzander, I don't think Ocean will ever set foot in a cave that's near a lake ever again. Plus, Moonlight will make sure that wherever they are is dry, and you know that she will be watching for snakes at every turn." "I know."" He gave a long sigh, "But I still worry." Layla could only nod, and she left Xzander to his thoughts which were starting to clear once again. "She'll be okay." He whispered to himself, just as the last of the sun's rays disappeared. It was going to a long and unforgettable night.