Chapter 5:
Ocean pulled her knees to her chest. Without the light from the sun, shadows from the fire danced across the dark walls, and the sound of dripping water filled Ocean's ears. Biting her lip, Ocean scooted closer to the fire, and hoped that Moonlight would get back from her patrol soon. The longer she was in this cave, the more memories from her previous cave experience tried to push through. The feeling of waking up to snakes slithering over her body. The sound of their hissing, and their eyes. Their beady little black eyes. Shivering, Ocean tightened her grip. Think of something else! Long flights on Moonlight. Exploring new islands. Xzander. Memories from the last Dragon Hunter attack, and Xzander's days on the brink of death, flooded Ocean's mind. No, don't think about Xzander!..Uh, Hiccup. Astrid. Fishlegs. Snotlout. How alike Snotlout and Hunter are. Snoggletog. Ocean banged her head on her knees. "This...Isn't.....Working!" She muttered. Getting up to her feet, Ocean walked to the edge of the cave. There was a full moon and all the stars seemed to be even brighter. It was one of those nights that on a normal occasion you would find her out on Moonlight. Side by side with Xzander and Electro. Smiling she thought back to the first time the two had been on a moonlit flight and the events before it. "I won!" Fourteen-year old Ocean called to the dragon and rider behind her as she jumped off Moonlight. "No fair." Xzander stated as Electro landed, "You ride a JNF!" Ocean laughed, "That has nothin' to do with it. I mean, you ride a skrill." Xzander's chocolate brown eye's twinkled with mischief as he crossed his arms, "Does the mean," He started with mock-seriousness, "that you would like me to be electrocuted by using lightning to win?" Ocean gave a mock-gasp of surprise. "Oh, no, of course not. But, you are the one who suggested it." Xzander uncrossed his arms as he laughed, "Okay, we need a new subject, you are enjoying this to much." "Maybe I am." Ocean laughed. Xzander shook his head and grabbed her hand, pulling her down a path. "Where are we going?" she asked curiously, " The sixteen-year old just turned his head and winked at her, "You'll see" They had been walking for a few minutes when Ocean spotted something twinkling in the distance. "Xzander?" He smiled down at her, for he was a good six inches taller than her, and pulled back a branch. The view made her gasp. A field with thousands of fireflies. So many that it looked like the stars came down from the sky. "I found this place a few nights ago, and with your love of fireflies.." Ocean spun in a circle, every time her foot hit the grass a couple of fireflies would fly up. "Xzander, it's beautiful."He grinned as she kept spinning in circles. "I see that I was not wrong in assuming that you would like it." She laughed and smiled at him as a firefly landed on her outstretched hand. "Not wrong at all." Xzander walked over and lightly touched the upper part of her left arm, making her wince. "Sorry!" He quickly removed his hand, and she gave him a soft smile. "It's okay. Believe it or not, the wound is a lot better than it was a couple weeks ago." She sighed, "But the scar will always be there." Xzander's face hardened, "How can you just play it off as nothing?" He asked, "What do you mean?" "Ocean Rose, if you hadn't moved out of the way when you did, Ryker would have killed you!" "But he didn't. I moved out of the way and now it's in the past." Ocean shook her head, "Xzander, now that the Hunters and Grimborns know of this place... Now that they know of the families that are hiding here, including my adoptive family and your parents, they will stop at nothing to get us. Which means that we are going to be facing challenges left are right, probably for the rest of our lives." She put her hands on her hips, "It wouldn't do us any good of we got worked up over every little thing." Xzander gave a sigh of defeat, as much as he wanted to argue that he 'almost being killed', wasn't a little thing. He knew that he wouldn't win. "Your right, and with that being said I have a proposal." Ocean lifted her eyebrow as Xzander held out his hand, "From now on, we are going to face those challenges together. Agreed?" Ocean smiled, and grasped his hand. "Agreed." She then bounced on her toes."Let's go for a flight!" Xzander took the hint and decided to play along. "But we just got back from a flight." "I know! But it's such a beautiful night." Letting go of his hand, Ocean twirled around, "Ending it with a moon-lit flight would be perfect." Xzander started to back up towards the path leading to their dragons. "Oh, so no race?" The he took off, "Hey" she called, laughing as she chased him. The two teenagers hoped on their dragons. Moonlight blended in so well with the night sky that she had to keep some of her purple scales glowing just so Xzander could see her and Ocean. The moon was full, making Xzander dark blonde hair seem to have a slight glow and Ocean's blue eyes gleam.
Ocean sighed and rubbed her left ring finger, which was feeling bare, as she remembered that night. They had flew for hours, just being together and laughing. "Well Xzander, I am now faced with two challenges and I don't think that you can help this time. 1, explaining to you why I took off, and 2," Ocean turned around to look at the small fire, "Facing my brother. I'm sure by now that he knows, and he's more or likely not that happy." She was just going to walk over when something slithering out from the cave path made her stop dead in her tracks. The only thing she did, was scream.

"Anything?" Astrid called as Hiccup looked through his spyglass. "Not yet." Snotlout gave an irritated sigh, "Do you guy's think we can catch up with her? I mean, she was riding a Night Fury. A Night Fury that isn't missing half its tail." Toothless growled at Snotlout, who threw up his hands, "No offense, Toothless." Astrid rolled her eye's and Stormfly dropped back to fly next to Hookfang, letting Hiccup and Toothless continue the search. "Snotlout, just because Moonlight-" "Moonlight?" Astrid took a deep breath, "The dragon? Ocean called her Moonlight." Snotlout's mouth formed a small o as Astrid continued. "Anyway. Just because Moonlight's tail is fine, doesn't mean that she'd be faster." "Maybe not" Hiccup called, turning to look at them, "But I wish I could've gotten a better look at her. Then maybe we would have a better idea about her speed and-" Toothless ears pricked up and he swung his head sharply to the left. "Stormfly! Hookfang! Did you two hear that!" He yelled back to his fellow dragons (though,their riders only heard roars). "Yes!" Hookfang called, "It was a scream!" Stormfly stated, panic evident in her voice. Toothless nodded his head and the three dragons picked up their speed. "What do you think they heard?" Astrid asked Hiccup as their dragons headed west. "I don't know, but I bet it wasn't good." "Uh, I think you right!" Snotlout yelled as a small island with a single mountain came into view. Up high in the mountain were a couple flashes of purple. But, even though that worried Hiccup a bit, it wasn't as worrying as the vague images of ships in the distance. "OK, Snotlout, go do some scouting, but stay out of sight. Astrid," Hiccup modded his head towards the mountain, "you're with me." As the two riders headed up the mountain, Astrid gave a low whistle. "Wow, there is no way anyone could get up here without dragons. It's way to steep." Hiccup nodded his head, "Anyone who tried would basically be committing suicide." Astrid shivered as the dragon climbed higher "I'm hoping that she at least has a fire going." Astrid stated. Hiccup was about to say something when Toothless let out a roar. An answering call came and a moment later a pretty black dragon swooped down from a near-by cave. "Toothless! Stormfly!" Moonlight gave a sigh of relief, "I need your, and your Rider's, help." As Moonlight turned back around to head to the cave, Hiccup studied her closely. Her eyes were the deepest emerald, and she was a little smaller than Toothless in size. She also seemed to be trimmer and sleeker than his beloved dragon, though her wings seemed to be a bit fuller, and instead of a bit of dark gray tinted markings, hers seemed to be darker, maybe a purplish color. "Wow," Hiccup whispered to Astrid, who's eyes were open wide, "I know." As the cave's entrance came into view, Hiccup noticed a figure sitting in the right corner, only noticeable because of her outfit. Well, that and her hair. "Ocean!" Hiccup called out, her eyes widened when she saw them. "Y-you guys are dragon riders, and that's a Night Fury!" Hiccup chuckled slightly at her shock as he grabbed a satchel from Toothless' saddle and hoped off. "Yeah, well we were pretty surprised to find out that you ride a Night Fury also." Ocean smiled lightly, while Astrid walked further inside, partially to see why Toothless and Stromfly were heading that way. "Why are sitting out here in the cold? Wouldn't you rather....Whoa, that's a lot of dead-" "Don't say it!" Ocean shouted, as she squeezed her eyes shut. "Please, don't say it." Astrid looked at the girl before, and as much as she wanted to not like her, for obvious reasons, seeing her so terrified of something made some of those feelings disappear. Some of those feelings. Walking over to Stormfly, Astrid mouthed the word 'snakes' to Hiccup, when Ocean wasn't looking of course, and gave Ocean a small smile as she mounted her dragon. "Stormfly and I will look for a dry cave, higher up the mountain." Astrid reached into a satchel tied to Stormfly and tossed a short and thin brown leather strap. "You might need this." Ocean smiled and whispered a thank you, and Astrid took off, after promising Hiccup that she would be careful. Ocean sighed and looked up at her big brother. Big brother. Her mind whispered, Didn't think I'd ever meet him. Gathering up her long dark auburn hair, she started to braid it while still looking at Hiccup. "So, I'm guessing that you know?" Hiccup nodded his head as he sat down next to her. "Yeah. Except, no offense to you, I'm not sure if that letter's real." Ocean's deep, dark blue eyes flashed, though, as Hiccup saw, not with guilt. With anger. "Of course it's real!" She exclaimed, surprising herself a little.I need to stay calm, I need to stay calm. She thought to herself. Taking a deep breath she looked Hiccup in the eye. "Why would you think it's not." "A couple of reasons. 1, I don't know you. 2, It's a little hard to believe that I have a sister, and 3. You have to admit that it seems a little suspicious for a girl to wash up on shore, and just happen to be my long lost sister who just happens to be carrying the letter that our mother left with her when she was a baby." Ocean nodded her head, "True. But let me explain a bit. I'm guessing that you are having Fishlegs look into the letter meaning he's going to try to find old writing of mom's. He will find that the handwriting matches, of course it may have looked suspicious but I never meant to wash up on your island. That was Snotlout's fault. And, yes, it may seem suspicious for me to be carrying the letter, but." She sighed and shook her head, "Let's just say that I was thinking of leaving my island permanently, and carrying the letter was easier than the lamb." "The lamb?" Ocean smiled softly, "Mom had sewn a stuffed lamb for me when I was a baby. She had finished it the night before she left. It's just one of those things that I wouldn't want to lose. So I left it in my hut." Hiccup nodded his head. A sewn lamb definitely sounded like mom. "She sewed me a dragon." He said looking at her, "So I know what you mean by it being special." An awkward silence followed, as Hiccup thought of a question he should ask. Getting up the courage, he looked at her. "Ocean, when is your birthday?" Ocean Rose looked at him curiously, "May 1st. I'll be 18 years old." Hiccup mentally did the math in his head. He had been six month's old when mom was taken, and it had been the end of August. He sighed in defeat. No matter the outcome, it was possible that she was in fact his little sister. "Two weeks." Ocean said out of nowhere. "What?" Hiccup looked at her, a confused expression on his face. "My aunts told me that the estimation was that I was two weeks early. Though, they said mom wasn't to shaken up about it, after how small you had been." She looked at him out of the corner of her eye. "No offense." Hiccup waved a hand in the air. "None taken. But why didn't you tell me who you were. I might have handled it better if it came from you." Ocean raised an eyebrow, "Seriously? Your pretty calm now. I was half-expecting you to scream at me after you jumped off your dragon." Hiccup chuckled slightly, "Well, I can't say that I didn't think about it." He sighed, "I guess...I just remembered what it was like for a friend of mine when she found out that her brother is a madman killer. She went a bit crazy, and has sadly joined him, but she couldn't bring herself to kill him." Hiccup scratched the back of his neck, "And for a while it looked like she could have been my sister, so I guess that this time I was half-hoping that it would be true." Smiling Ocean nudged his arm. "What about now?" Hiccup laughed, "I guess it wouldn't be too bad." He then flinched a little, "But I'm not sure how dad would handle it." Ocean was about to speak when Moonlight gave a low growl, and instead she shut her eyes. Hiccup watched ass Toothless and Moonlight walked out of the cave, while brushing dead snakes towards the edge with their tails. They were just finishing up the batch when Snotlout flew over. "Wow that's-" He was about to say snakes when Hiccup interrupted him, "So, what did you see!" Hiccup asked loudly. Snotlout glanced at the snakes, then at Ocean, putting the pieces together. "Oh yeah. Hunter ships. Lots of them." Ocean eye's snapped open. "What!?" She glared at Hiccup, "Why didn't you say anything?" Shrugging his shoulders, he dropped the satchel he had been holding on to Ocean's lap. "I wasn't sure what kind of ships they were." He nodded at the satchel, "And we found that on the beach back at the Edge. I'm assuming it's your's?" Ocean nodded her head as she stood up. Taking a deep breath she looked out at the sea. "Snotlout, how far away do you think the Hunter ships are?" "Not too far. I'm guessing that they'll be here within the hour." Nodding her head, Ocean mounted Moonlight. "Then that gives us an hour to prepare." Snotlout grinned and rubbed his hands together. "Oooh, I love the sound of burning Hunter ships in the middle of the night!"

Xzander glanced at the starry sky. It was beautiful, but he couldn't enjoy it. Not tonight. Looking around at the other riders, he knew that they would need to rest soon. "Okay guy's! We'll rest at the next island." Kira smiled as she sighed. "That sounds wonderful." Xzander gave a small laugh and was about to reply when Landon said some troubling words. "Everybody, get close to the water!" Looking out at the sea, the reason for his friends' cry of alarm was obvious. Dragon Hunter ships, one of whom's was Ryker's. "'Zander," Layla shook her head, "There is no way we can go up against them right now. Our dragons are worn out." Xzander gravely nodded, "I know. We need to stay near the water as we fly by. Then once we pass the last ship, the dragons need to put on bursts of speed. No slowing down until we arrive at an island." He glanced around, "Everybody got that" The other Riders nodded, as did their dragons, and Snowflake softly growled. "I know girl. You don't like this. But can you please be quiet for just a bit?" Snow sighed and nodded her head. "Good." Electro headed down towards the water, quite brave for him, considering that he was a Skrill. Daybreak and Snowflake followed, while the other dragons and riders headed towards different ships. That way, if one of them was found out, the others would have a chance to escape. "What is Ryker doing out here?" Xzander whispered under his breath. His eyes were scanning the other ships when he spotted a dark form flying off into the night. A dark form that could be no other than, "A DRAGON!" A Dragons Hunter ran to the edge of the ship and, without noticing the three dragons and rider down by the water, called over to another ship. "IT HAD A RIDER ON IT!" "Did you see what kind of dragon it was?" Xzander bristled as he heard Ryker's voice. "I can go find out if it was one of Hiccup's Riders." A female voice cut in. "No. You stay here." Xzander heard Ryker's heavy footsteps, and a short cry from another Hunter. "Now. I'll ask ya one more time. What type of dragon was it?" "It..was a...Monstrous..Nightmare..Ryker." A thump sounded from up above. "That must be Snothat." A voice said. "One of Hiccup's Riders." "My brother is right, and if Snotlout is around, then you can be sure that Hiccup is to." "Hmm. This could work. Get ready for--" "RYKER! WE CAUGHT A DRAGON RIDER!" A Dragon Hunter called. "Which one?" The Dragon Hunter laughed. "That young cautious red-head. If I remember correctly her name is Kira." Oh no. Xzander looked at the sky, and started to talk to himself under his breath. "Landon, don't do anything stupid. Don't blow our cover. We can still--" A war-cry sounder from one of the outer ships, and Xzander heard the sound of a fireball. Groaning, Xzander motioned for Electro, Daybreak, and Snowflake to quickly fly straight up. "Change of plans, HEAD FOR THE SKY!" He shouted loud enough for Layla to hear. "Who are they?!" The female hunter cried, while the male whom she referred to as brother cried "A SKRILL! A SKRILL!. Ryker laughed just as Xzander and the dragons got out of arrow range. "Heather, Dagur, meet the Night Riders." Xzander looked down at Ryker, who was looking up at him. A young woman with dark hair was also looking up, though her eyes slightly widened with Ryker's next words "Kill them."

"So what we'll do is wait just out of the range of arrows and...Ocean are you listening?" Astrid looked at the young woman, who was watching something from the cave opening. "Ocean?" Ocean turned around slightly, her face pale. "Snotlout, did you see anything else while you were out there?" "No why." Ocean ran to Moonlight. "No time to explain. Follow me." "Ocean Rose, what is going on?" Hiccup grabbed his sister's arm before she could take off. "Hiccup, I'm sure that you remember Fishlegs mentioning a story I told about a friend of mine? Well that wasn't made up. I have friends, dragon riding friends, and they are in trouble." Hiccup nodded as he hurried to Toothless. "Then let's get them out of trouble." He laughed as they all exited the cave. "You know!" He called to Ocean, "I have a feeling that things are going to be very interesting with you around." "And dangerous!" Snotlout mumbled. Astrid laughed. "Snotlout, we deal with danger almost every day." "MORE DANGEROUS!" Ocean rolled her eye's and Moonlight picked up her speed. "You probably right." She called to Hiccup, a twinkle in her eye. "So are you ready to burn some Hunter ships?" He smiled, "Always."

Chapter 6
Ocean's grip on Moonlights saddle tightened as they got closer to the Dragon Hunter ships. "There's one more thing you three need to know!" She called to the riders behind her. "If you hear the phrase 'Lightning explosion' fly away as fast as you can!" Snotlout look at her curiously, "Why?" "JUST DO IT!" She shouted at him, before shooting towards the boats, never giving him a chance to answer. Flying up above one of the outer ships, Moonlight quickly dove and shot a plasma blast at a mast, breaking it. "Good job Moon!" She shouted, just as a dragon flew up beside her. "It's about time you showed up!" Layla yelled, "Xzander's over in the center, and Landon's at the farthest ship rescuing Kira!" Ocean ducked as an arrow flew at her, before turning to her friend, "Hunter?" "Not here." Layla reached down to grab a bow attached to her saddle, then pulled out some arrows out from under it. "Thought you might need these." She said, handing them to Ocean. "Thanks Lay" Layla rolled her eyes. "Thank Landon. Now get going!" Moonlight twisted in the air and headed to the middle of the group of ships, where a battle was obviously taking place. Lighting kept striking the ships, and the clicks of a Triple Stryke's tail were evident. She was going to help out, when a flash of white appeared under Moonlight. "Snowflake!" She called softly. Reaching down, she petted her young dragon's side as a plan formed. Standing up on Moon, she quickly transferred herself over to Snowflake, just as she heard Hiccup and the others arriving. "Okay Moonlight. Night Flash!" Moonlight turned and flew upward, while Ocean motioned for Snowflake to fly down towards the water. Ocean looked up at Moon and grinned. She loved to see her dragon in, what Ocean called, Jewel Mode. Certain scales of Moon's were glowing purple, making them look like jewel's implanted in her skin, and her eye's seemed to shine brighter. A moment later, she sent a powerful blast a the second ship. When the blast made impact, smaller bits of plasma, or what Ocean called 'jewels', flew in different direction and exploded. In total, it caused a lot of damage. "Moonlight!" A voice yelled. Ocean froze for a second. She knew that she had to make herself known. She just really didn't want to face a certain person at the moment. She didn't know if she could face him. Taking a deep breath Ocean made a decision. She wasn't sure if it was the right decision, but at least it was a decision. "Didn't I tell you not to face a group of Hunter ships without me?" She called to the Rider. Xzander's face paled, he understood what she was doing, and let her off the hook. But only for the battle. "What can I say, I love the sound of burning Hunter ships." Smiling, Ocean glanced around at the chaos. "Who's all hear?" "If you mean, 'Is Viggo here?' the answer is he's not. It's Ryker, and from what I can hear, he has two new partners. Ocean nodded her head. Hiccup and the others had told them about these partners. "Their names are Dagur and Heather. Dagur is the Chief of the Berserker tribe, and Heather is his younger sister. She apparently riders a Razorwhip, so be on your guard." "And you know this how?" Ocean nodded her head at Hiccup, who was flying over as they spoke. "Let's just say I made some new friends, and met a certain family member." She laughed at his confused expression, "I'll explain later!" Xzander nodded his head before taking off to the other ships. "Hiccup the ship that the skrill and triple strike were attacking houses Heather, Dagur and Ryker." Ocean lept from Snowlake to Moonlight, who had flown back down, "Do you want to help me destroy it." "Sure." Hiccup said, uncertainly. He knew that questions would have to wait until after the battle, and he had plenty of question. One, who were these other dragon riders, two what was the name of the pretty little Wooly Howl. Three, why was Ocean being hunted by Dragon Hunters? "Ready?" Hiccup looked at the ship, "Let's go" in a swift movement, Toothless set the sails on fire, and Moonlight started to shoot down the masts when a unforgettable figure step into sight. "Ryker" Ocean growled, her eyes darkening. "Ocean?" Ocean ignored her brother as she notched an arrow. She was getting ready to fire when Hiccup flew in from of her, "Hiccup, move." She spoke through gritted teeth and glared at him. "Ocean, you can't kill him in cold blood." Her grip tightened on her bow. "Hiccup move." She stated again, "There are other ways, Ocean." Ocean squeezed her eyes shut, and took a deep breath, before lowering her bow to her lap. "Come o-" "You. Hush. We have work to do." Ocean directed Moonlight to shoot at the ship again and Hiccup went to help Xzander at the other end of the ship, neither noticed the silver dragon until it was to late. Ocean felt something hard hit her in the back and before she could gather her thoughts, she was falling "MOONLIGHT!" Moonlight tried to dive down, but was attacked by the same dragon that pushed Ocean. Ocean fell onto a Hunter when she landed, before falling off and hitting her head on deck. Though she wasn't to out of sorts, she knew it better to play unconscious. Closing her eyes, she kept herself still as she heard heavy footsteps come near her. "Well, well, well. It looks like your sister actually did something helpful, Dagur. She delivered our worst enemy." Ocean felt someone tap push their foot against her, and she tried to stay limp. "Our worst enemy. My worst enemy is still up there! All this is, is some little girl!" "Just get her down into a cell." "Why can't you do it?" "DAGUR!" "Fine." Ocean heard Ryker walk away, and she carefully opened one of her eyes. The man Ryker called Dagur had turned his back to grab some rope. "His worst enemy is a little girl." He muttered under his breath, as Ocean quietly got into a crouching position. "I mean, at least my worst enemy has a battle scar." Ocean smiled as she pulled out two daggers. Both hidden in her boots. In a swift movement, she jumped up and wrapped one of her arms around his stomach, holding the dagger to his side, while holding the other to his neck. "Don't alert anyone." She whispered, as Dagur tensed up, "I won't hesitate." Ocean glanced around, all while keeping her hold on Dagur, to see that she fell in a spot that was mostly surrounded by crates. "Who are you?" Dagur asked, as Ocean and he walked backwards to the side of the ship. She lightly laughed, "So your boss didn't tell you?" She mocked, "He's not my boss!" "Could've fooled me...Let's just say that I'm not a girl you want to mess with. Ryker and his family have learned that the hard way." Ocean knew what Dagur was trying to do. Distract her so he could escape. Wasn't gonna work. Her legs bumped the edge of the ship and she decided to humor Dagur for a second, which of course also included half-truths. "The Dragon Hunters killed my family, and have tried to kill those close to me. Those who work with them work against me." She pushed both daggers against him, but didn't pierce his skin. "Remember that." And as quickly as she had captured him, she let him go and jumped ship. Once again, she was falling, but instead of hitting water she hit a warm being. "Hey Snow." Ocean cringed, "I really hope Hiccup isn't freaking out at the moment." Snowflake gave a dragon-laugh, and Ocean summarized that it meant he was freaking out. "Great. Let's grab Moonlight and then get Hiccup." An explosion sounded in the distance, and four dragons flew up from it. "Good, he got Kira out. Let's go."

Moonlight shot a small fireball at the Razorwhip. She was able to draw the dragon and Rider away from the Hunter ships and now they weren't in sight. Just as she was about to shoot again, the rider held up her hands, "Stop! Please" Moonlight closed her mouth, and glared at the rider, "We don't want to hurt you." The Razorwhip whispered. Do you really think that I'll believe that? Moonlight asked, glancing at the girl who was watching them curiously, "You pushed my rider off of me!" "That was just for show. Heather will get her out." Moonlight growled, "Either really think that I'm am idiot, or the Grimbornes have left you in the dark." The Razorwhip's eye's flashed, "What do you mean?" She growled, "I knew that Heather should have gotten us out of there ages ago." Moonlight looked at the girl, Heather, again. She truly didn't seem to want to hurt her, and with the way the Razorwhip was acting, "I'll trust you." Moonlight looked the other dragon in the eye, "My rider, my best friend, Ocean Rose, is wanted by the Grimbornes. Except they don't just want to just lock her up and torture her. They want her dead, and Ryker will not hesitate to kill her the moment he has a chance." The Razorwhip flinched, and turned to go back to the Hunter Ships. "Windshear?" The girl asked questionably, before Windshear took off, with Moonlight following. Heather looked back at the pretty black Night Fury, "How did your rider find you?" Heather tried to spot the Hunter ships, "Who is your rider?" Heather shook her head, "I'll find out from Astrid." She muttered. Moonlight watched her carefully. All the signs screamed that she was a spy for the Dragon Riders, but you could never be to careful. "MOONLIGHT!" Moonlight flew past Heather as he watched Ocean appear, "There you are!" Ocean stood up, and leapt from Snowflake, landing firmly on Moon's saddle. Ocean leaned down and wrapped her arms around her dragon, "I was worried." Her eyes flicked up, finally noticing Heather. "You!" Heather held up her hands, "Wait! I can explain!" Ocean grabbed her bow, "This better be good." Heather took a breath, "You have to promise not to say anything to Hiccup or any of the other rider's, and the only reason I'm even going to tell you is because I've heard stories about the girl that even Ryker won't get near." Ocean smiled slightly, "He and I have a love-hate relationship. He loves to use his gauds to capture me, I love to tie up said guards, release dragon, and destroy his ships while escaping." Heather laughed nervously, "About six months ago, I found out that I am the sister of Dagur the Deranged, Chief of the Berserker Tribe. At the same time I was reunited with some friends up mine." "Hiccup and the others." Ocean stated. "Yes. Well, they invited be to live on Dragon's Edge, but I declined. After just flying around for a while, I decided to pretend to join Dagur. Originally my plan was to get him to trust me, and then kill him. But when I learned of his alliance with the Dragon Hunters..." Ocean took a breath, "You decided to become a spy. Your playing a really dangerous game here, who-ever you are." Heather laughed, "My name's Heather." Ocean smiled, "I'm Ocean Rose, and I guess you're okay. I mean, anyone who works against the Dragon Hunters works with me..So none of the Riders know of this?" Heather's fingers tightened on her saddle handles , "No" "Your lying." Ocean stated. Heather was going to attempt to lie again, but something told her that she could trust this girl. "Astrid knows, and only she." "Then I'll take my questions to her." Clearing her throat, Ocean nodded towards some clouds of smoke in the distance, "I'm suppose to meet the Riders somewhere else, we all abandoned that place after I escaped ship. If I don't go, they are going to think I tried to split again. Be careful, Heather." "You to Ocean." The girls smiled at each other, before taking off in different direction. Ocean towards a group of dragon riders, all wanting answers, and Heather to a place full of people who wanted her dead.

What To Do? (Mini-Chapter 1)
We know what Hiccup, Astrid, Snotlout, and the Night Riders are doing. We know that Fishlegs is in Berk, trying to confirm what Hiccup now knows to be true. But what about the twins?
Ruff and Tuff sat in the Clubhouse. Thinking. They were bored. It was as simple as that. Usually they would be setting up pranks, but with no one around to witness them. "Why don't we find something embarrassing about each of them and use whatever we find to blackmail them into doing our bidding?" Ruffnut suggested, "And if we don't find anything of use?" Shrugging, Ruff stood up, her braids all falling down her back, "Set up a prank." Tuff didn't really want to do what she was suggesting (he had been thinking of spending the afternoon with Chicken. Curling up in the sun and reading a nice, Viking murder mystery), but at the same time, "Okay. To Snotlout's we go!" The twins ran to Snotlout's hut. For a while, searching proved useless (other than them being able to trash Snotlout's place, of course), until they found one of Astrid's weapons. "I wonder how Snotlout got ahold of this?" Tuffnut picked up the sword. It wasn't that old. Probably an eighteenth birthday gift given to Astrid by her Grandparents, both of whom loved swords. "Who knows." Ruffnut's eye's lit up, "What is, on top of hiding eels around the room, we stick the sword in a place where anyone can see it," "And let Astrid beat the snot out of Snotlout!" Tuff finished, laughing at his own, horrible, joke. Ruffnut shook her head, and grabbed her brothers arm. Once the twins were done setting up pranks in Snotlout's hut, they headed to Fishlegs place. "So, is there anything interesting in here?" Tuffnut asked, picking through some Dragon Figurines. Ruffnut didn't answer, and instead opened up a chest. "I know it's here." She muttered, throwing some things out. "Uh, sis, what are you looking for?" "You remember a few weeks ago when Fishlegs and I thought we were married?" 'Yeah," "Well, while I was moving our things in, and rearranging Fishlegs things, I found...THESE!" Ruffnut held up a book, and opened it to show Tuff some drawings, of Heather and Windshear. "He couldn't bear to get rid of them," She said sadly, though Tuffnut didn't notice. "Well, let's take them to use against him when he get's back, and in the meantime we can put eels outside the hut, and dump algea all over his floor. Then make some horrible topiary statue, things. And we can hide some granite under his bed..." Tuff rambled on, with each prank getting better by the minute, while Ruffnut silently nodded her head. She was unusually quiet as they set up the traps, but Tuffnut blew it off. The next hut they went to, was Astrid's. "Should we?" Ruffnut looked at her brother. Tuff was determined. Astrid was the crown jewel. When you have a chance to prank, or embarrass her, you take it. "Yes." The twins searched the hut. They couldn't find anything. At least not what Tuff thought was valuable. But the one thing that was, Ruffnut found and decide it better not to use it. Why? Well, "What's this?" Ruffnut opened up a diary and started to read, "He saved my life, again. Day by day, I can feel my barriers breaking.." Ruff slammed the book shut, and, as in a show for her brother, gave a dramatic sigh while placing it where she had originally put it, "Ugh, it's boring, there's nothing of use for us in here." "Tuffnut also sighed, "You're right. Let's just set some of the weapons in Snotlout's hut, leave some clues, add some eels in the barrels, get some fish set up in a net that will release when she opens her door, and release the boar." He groaned, "It's boring, but if we can't find anything else, and we have no idea when they will return, it's all we got." The Nut's got to work, and then headed to the last hut. "So many opportunities!" Tuff cried as he grabbed prosthetic legs and tails. "We could hide some, plant other's in Snotlout's hut, we could search for his notebooks...." Tuff went on with more ideas, and the twins were there for hours. But do I know what they had planned? Maybe. Shall I reveal it now? No way! Where's the fun in that?

Chapter 7

Xzander stood on the cliff that led into the cave and looked out at the sea. He had followed the dragon rider, Hiccup, the one Ocean had been flying with, the one who was her brother, to it. Ocean was a couple of minutes behind. Before , he would have trusted her, but that trust was now worn thin. "So, who are you exactly?" Xzander turned to see an arrogant young man looking at him. Great. He thought, Another Hunter. "I could ask you the same thing." Xzander glanced down at the other guy, who was quiet a bit shorter than himself. "Snotlout. Snotlout Jorgenson. My dragon Hookfang," Snotlout pointed to a Monstrous Nightmare in the cave, "is a Monstrous Nightmare, and can turn himself into an inferno. You don't want to mess with us." Snotlout held his hand out, and Xzander shook it, while chuckling. Definitely like Hunter.. "My name's Xzander, my dragons, he gestured to his right where the Skrill and Triple Stryke were resting, and loved watching Snotlout's eyes widen, "Are Electro and Daybreak. Electro is not a big fan of people. Isn't that right bud?" Electro lifted his head, growled, and then lowered it, attempting to go back to sleep. "Y-you ride a Skrill! I-I mean. Nice to meet you, sir. How are you? Please don't kill me." Xzander chuckled, "I'm not going to kill you, but I will say that you should learn some manners. Especially when you're talking to a guy who just got out of a battle with Dragon Hunters and has barley slept in almost three, four days now. As for you're fist question, my name is Xzander and Ocean Rose is my best friends. That is all you need to know." "O-of course." Snotlout nervously backed into the cave. He didn't usually feel threatened by people, not even Ryker. But there was something about this guy that let Snotlout know that he wasn't dealing with an amateur fighter, or a push-over. He instead went to interrogate Layla, who, as Xzander could tell, was in no mood for people, and would probably bite his head off. Good for Snotlout. A low chuckle turned Xzander's attention to the young man behind him. Hiccup. "I couldn't help but notice Snotlout and your exchange. It was quiet amusing." Hiccup held out his hand, "We never really were properly introduced, I'm Hiccup Haddock." Xzander's held out his hand, "Xzander Lanelight." Hiccup pulled his hand back and nervously rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm gonna take a guess and say that you know who I am?" Xzander flinched, at what Hiccup didn't know, and nodded his head. "Let's just say that everybody on our island has heard of you and your father, and everyone knows of you're relation to Ocean." He shrugged, "Plus, while we were out there Ocean mentioned that she met a relative, and you are the only one who bears resemblance to her." Hiccup laughed, but couldn't get the first sentence out of his head. "Is it bad that you're guy's village knows who I am?" "It could be." Hiccup was going to respond, when something else caught his eye, that slightly darkened. "Well, look who has decided to show up." Xzander turned to see Ocean. She bit her lip as she looked at the young men in front of her. "Y-your both, right here. Uh, th-that's wonderful that you two are getting along." She carefully started to move around them and giggled nervously, "Y-you know, I probably should go over and see...Kira! Yes, yes, yes. Um, you know how she is after these sorta things, needing to make sure that everybody is okay and everything. So, I-I'm just going to go in there and-" She quickly turned and jogged over to Kira. Hiccup put a hand over his mouth to keep from laughing, and Xzander bit his lip. Both wanted answers, but at the same time, they could hold off on them, just until dawn. Xzander walked over to Moonlight, who had been going to lay next to Electro and Daybreak, and stroked her head. "Thank you for keeping her safe." Moonlight nudged his hand before setting down. Hiccup continued to watch his sister, "So, apparently stammering runs in the family?" Xzander shruged, "She only does that when she's extremely nervous." Hiccup laughed, "Then she's a bit better than I am." His face grew grim as he turned to Xzander, "I do have a question though." "What's that?" "I overheard quite a few dragon hunters saying that Ryker wanted the auburn-haired girl more than anyone, and Ocean mentioned that she was wanted because of who she is and who raised her. What's going on?" Xzander closed his eyes, "Ocean should be the one to explain it to you, but I will say that Ryker, really his entire tribe, want her dead." Hiccup went quiet as he pondered this information, he wasn't going to try to get more, considering that he just met Xzander, but all it brought was more questions. A commotion inside brought him out of his thoughts. "Get away!" Looking in, the guy's saw Layla gripping her bludgeon tightly, her dark eye's storming. The victim of her rage, was Snotlout. "I am tired. I am sore. I want to be left alone, not bothered by some guy who I just, met! Do you understand?" With her black hair falling out of it's braid, some down her back some around her face, her bangs a mess, and a scrape on her cheek, she definitely fit the freaky category. Astrid and Ocean were attempting not to laugh as Snotlout retreated to the far end of the cave, where Hookfang lay. "Y-yes ma'am. I will leave you alone. I will be over here, leaving you alone." Xzander laughed. Now Snotlout would remember to leave Layla alone after battles." "So who was that girl, again?" "Layla." "And her brother-" "Cousin" "Close enough. Is the black haired guy, Landon?" "That is correct. They were born within a week of each other and were raised together." "So basically they are you're version of the twins." "The twins?" Hiccup smiled sheepishly, "Sorry. There is a set of twins in our dragon riding group, but they stayed back on our island to guard it. Their names are Tuffnut and Ruffnut. A male and female. They love to pull pranks, are quite crazy, but at the same time, we're lucky to have them fighting beside us." Hiccup cringed, "And they love explosions, which is not good considering that they ride a Hideous Zippleback." Xzander looked in the cave, first at Layla, then at Landon. "Well, we do sometimes call Lay and Lan twins, but their a bit different from your guy's twins. While Layla and Landon do love pranks, and Loki Day, they are hard-core warriors who train a lot. They don't share a dragon, though they both ride Hacatoo's. They can be a bit crazy, but more of risk taking crazing, and he," Xzander pointed over to Landon, "Is extremely protective of Kira. I mean, he's also protective of Layla, so if someone hurts her, even accidently during training or something, they might want to be on their guard." He paused for a moment before looking Hiccup in the eye. "He also has been a brother figure for Ocean over the years. I'd play it safe for a while." "Oh." Hiccup took in the information, before speaking again. "What about you. You just told me how Landon would react if one of the girls got hurt, but what about you." Xzander took a deep breath. "Layla is like a little sister to me, and though I wouldn't physically hurt someone who broke her heart, I would give them a lecture. Truthfully, everyone in the group feels a bit protective of Kira, it's just Landon is the most protective. But, Kira's always been a bit...different. A bit more childish, but sweet." "And what about Ocean." Xzander reached into his pocket, and pulled out a ring. "I will always protect Ocean, but our current relationship stands on whether she left the ring because she didn't know if she was going to return to Night Gem Island, or because she truly wants to break off our betrothal." Hiccup's eyes widened. So not only was he gaining a sister, but it also seemed he might be gaining a brother. "OK, y-you know what. Yes Ocean might need to explain the big issues of her life to me, but I've missed out on 17 years of my sister's life, and you are just the person to fill in the blanks." He sat down on the cliff, and Xzander shrugged his shoulders, before walking over to Electro so he could lean up against him (Hey! He was tired just like all the other Night Riders) "Where do you want me to start?" "The beginning." Hiccup nodded his head. "Start at the beginning."

Ocean hugged her knee's to her chest. Hiccup and Xzander were still talking outside the cave. Layla had given her a quick hug, but, after getting Snotlout off her back, crashed over by her dragons. Landon, had given her a short lecture on never running away again, before also going to sleep. And Kira was basically asleep by the time Ocean entered the cave, so all she got from her was a, 'Oh good you're okay'. But that was enough. Though looking at them all made her feel guilty. She was sure that she was part of the reason on why they were all so worn out. She glanced at Snowflake, who had curled up beside her, and sighed. "Snow, how do I apologize?". "So, are all of your riders here?" Ocean took a sharp breath and looked over at Astrid, wondering how much the older girl had heard. "N-no, Hunter stayed back at Night Gem Island." "That's an...interesting name." Ocean softly laughed, "Trust me, it makes sense once you see the island." Astrid lightly smiled. After watching the girl next to her burn dragon hunter ships, she had a new found respect for the girl. "Why did you leave your island?" Ocean turned her head away from Astrid and rested it on her knees. "I-it's not something I feel like talking about right now." Astrid looked at the younger girl, "OK then. What about fighting? I know you we're lying when I had first asked you back on Dragon's Edge." Ocean looked at Astrid and smiled. "Yes I was lying. I've been training in the art of fighting since I was old enough to walk." "What's your preferred weapon?" "Toss up between a bow and arrows, and a sword." Astrid shook her head. "I'll stick with my axe." There was an awkward silence, before Ocean got up the courage for her next question. "What's Hiccup like on a normal basis?" "Well, he loves dragons, as you can tell, and likes to invent things. Exploring is one of his favorite past times, and he is a born leader." Her voice started to soften, "He's unassuming and heroic and--" "Uh, Astrid." Ocean tried not to laugh as Astrid blushed, "I-I mean...It just..." She gave a sigh of defeat. "There are some things that Hiccup should tell you, but what do you want to know?" Ocean smiled, "Everything."

The night had been a long one. Ocean and Astrid had fallen asleep about an hour before Xzander and Hiccup, who had both finally crashed only about an hour before sunrise. So when morning came, everyone was a bit grumpy. "Ocean Rose, wake up." Ocean felt someone shaking her shoulder and she opened her eyes to glare at who it was. "Ouch" Layla laughed, before dropping a sack in front of her. "Here. I found another cave that you can use to change in. I thought you would want to get out of that outfit once we found you." "Thank you." Ocean groaned as she sat up and took the sack. "What, were you up all night?" "Almost." Ocean grew quiet, "Layla, I'm--" "Don't." Layla gave her a small smile, "We can talk later." Ocean rolled her eyes when Layla turned away, Layla's 'later' almost always meant it's in the past, forget it. Ocean walked out to the ledge, where she saw both Hiccup and Xzander. Hiccup was lying practically on top of Toothless, and Xzander was sitting up, but asleep. She quietly made her way to Moon, but wasn't quick enough. "Where are you going?" A groggy voice asked her. "She turned to see Hiccup, who was attempting to stand up. "I'm going to change. And if you want proof, go ask Layla." "Someone's cranky this morning." Hiccup growled, "Speak for yourself." With that she jumped on Moonlight, who had just been waking up, and flew off towards the other cave. "Yikes." Hiccup turned to see Landon leaning up against the cave wall. "That was not a good start to the morning." Hiccup groaned and ran a hand through his hair, "I didn't mean to snap at her." Landon shrugged, "Hey, I've had my fair share of snapping at people these past couple of days. We're all tired, and probably still sore from last night's battle." Hiccup laughed, "That's an understatement." "See! You're already exiting your grumpy morning mood, and Ocean will be out of hers in an hour, or two." "I take it that she doesn't like mornings?" "Not necessarily. She likes mornings just fine, if she got enough sleep." Hiccup shook his head, and walked into the cave while Landon headed over to wake up Xzander. "So, how are you this morning?" Hiccup asked Astrid, "Tired. Ocean and I we're up most of the night talking." "About?" She smiled, "Like I'm gonna tell you." Hiccup laughed and looked around the group. Layla and Kira we're packing some bags, while Landon and Xzander were still out on the ledge. "Will you at least tell me what you learned about the people we're with." "Well, Layla doesn't like to be bugged after a battle," "I know that," "Landon protective of Kira, and is basically a big brother to Ocean and Layla." "I also knew that." Astrid sighed, "Well did you know that both Kira and Ocean are training to be healers, and Ocean is very knowledgeable in the way of herbal remedies, and herbs themselves?" "That I did not know." He laughed as he thought of all the scrapes he got into, "I guess it's a good thing that--", he broke off when he saw Astrid's eye's widen. "Wha- woah" Hiccup looked at Ocean. Or at least, he thought it was Ocean. Her dark auburn hair was in a think, long braid over her shoulder and instead of her bangs being a mess like the day before, they were styled to go right over her left eye, while flyaway hairs framed her face. Her shirt was a lot like Astrid's, but it was violet, and the sleeves ended a couple of inches above her elbows, and they hugged her arm. Her skirt had multiple jagged layers, each just a bit longer than the previous one, and was multiple colors of brown, that stopped a couple inches above her knees. She wore extremely dark blue leggings, and her boots were dark brown and had a triangular fold at the top, stopping almost at her knee, her knee pads looked to be shed JNF scales, along with her shoulder pads which were connected together by two dark brown straps, one which was across her chest. She also had a dark purple hood attached to the other brown strap. Her belt and wraparound armbands were both black, and both looked to have designs stitched on them with dark brown twins. She had a black chocker with what seemed to be a dark purple gem in the middle, and wore a dark brown headband. She also had a dark purple scabbard attached to her belt. "Wow Ocean." Astrid folded her arms over her Chest. "What?" "You look a lot less innocent. More hardcore. I like it!" Ocean shook her head and smiled. "So Hiccup, I was wondering if you, Asrrid and Snotlout wanted to visit Night Gem Island? You can send for the twins and Fishlegs too." Hiccup looked to Astrid who nodded her head, and glanced back at Snotlout. He didn't seem to pleased with the idea, but he also wasn't objecting to it. "Why not. I am sorta curious on why it's called Night Gem Island." "Good! We leave in an hour."

Hiccup glanced around at the group. Ocean was, intentionally, in the middle of the group, along with Astrid. Landon, Layla and their dragons, were at the back of the group. Kira and her dragons were to the right, Snotlout to the left, and Xzander and himself were at the front of the group. Originally he wanted to fly alongside Ocean, but Astrid pointed out that Ocean was probably not in the mood to talk. She had been beyond upset when she realized that the others had formed a protective circle around her, and had basically been mum since. "So...Any hint to why your island is called Night Gem Island?" "Nope" Hiccup sighed but perked up when he heard a soft giggle. Glancing back he saw Ocean biting her lip, as Astrid told her a story, and from what he could hear, it was about the time the twins had became "rulers" of Dragon's Edge. "Table Boy?!" Ocean called out to him questionably. "Can we please not mention that time?" "Why not?" Snotlout asked, "It was pretty funny when you became the 'Table boy.'" Astrid laughed, "Yeah, and how about the time Ruffnut used you as a test subject for all the dragon and eel bites?" Snotlout turned away as his face grew beet red, "Shut up Astrid." He muttered. "Test subject?" Layla asked curiously, she still didn't like Snotlout much, and this sounded interesting to her. As Astrid started in on how Snotlout convinced Tuffnut that he was turning into a Lychanwing, Hiccup took out his spyglass to scan the sea. "Anything?" Xzander asked a moment later. Hiccup nodded grimly. "Two ships, they look like some from last night." He kept his voice low, as to make sure that no one else could hear them. "Do you think three dragon's could take them on?" "Maybe? They didn't look to be in the best shape. I think they may be the ones that you, Ocean and I attacked." Xzander nodded, and flew back to speak to Landon for a moment. "Okay here's the plan. You and I will go to check out the ships, Astrid is going to take Layla's place, and Layla will cover for us." "And what will Landon tell her?" "That you and I are just doing some quick scouting around the area to make sure that we're not being followed." Hiccup had Toothless fly towards the Hunter ships, while thinking back to what just happened. He didn't really want to lie to Astrid, so he would be telling her the truth later. But it wasn't so much of that which was bothering him, it was Ocean. How was she going to react to this? He shook off his thoughts as the ships became clearer. "Up bud," He whispered, as Toothless slipped into the cloud coverage. "Well, Xzander? You know Dragon Hunter ships better than I do." "One of them is Ryker's, the other seems to be a supply ship." "Supply ship?" Xzander nodded grimly, "Yeah, they do hold dragons, but usually smaller ones. They also hold the weapons and," He glanced down at Electro and swallowed, "other devices." "Oh...So how are we going to take them on? Element of surprise?" Xzander had been quiet, looking at Toothless strangely. "Did Ocean ever mention something called 'Lightning Explosion' to you?" "Yeah...why?" "Lightning explosion is when Electro and Moonlight both fire at the same time, and both have the same target. The moment their shots meet," "An explosion happens." Hiccup thought back to years before, when he and Toothless had faced off with a very aggressive Skrill. Their shots had met, and if they hand been on land, or shooting at a boat, major destruction would have followed. "Of course, it would be a bit more damaging with Moonlight, but if Toothless and Electro can pull it off, we might be able to get into the supply ship, and get out before the guards grab us." Hiccup took a nervous breath. For one, he wasn't use to having someone else take lead, and two, he wasn't sure how he felt about this plan. But he wasn't the one who had years of experience dealing with Dragon Hunters. "What would we need to do?" "We'll need to fly apart just a bit, and at the count of three, both dragons will need to shoot at the main ship. Hopefully, we can get the timing right on the first try. Once the shot is done, you can sneak onto the supply ship." "Oh, so you're giving me the hard job." Xzander's eye's widened. "No, you're job is relatively easy. Electro, Daybreak and I have the hard job. Distracting the Hunters, trying to stay away from a Razorwhip, since that is also the boat that Dagur and Heather were one, and dodging arrows and boulders." "Well, when you put it that way--" Hiccup broke off. He really needed to learn more about the Dragon Hunters. Maybe Ocean would be able to help him. Now, he just had to hope that they could pull this off.

Heather sat out on the deck. She and Dagur had been in a "meeting" with Ryker most of the night. First they, especially Dagur, were lectured for the loss of Ocean Rose. Then they were filled in on that situation. No wonder Ocean wanted her out! Heather held back a shiver just at the thought of how heartless the Grimbornes could be. Even Dagur had paled slightly at the beginning of the story. Sure, he had sent her adrift as a child, but... Heather put the thought aside. Ocean had escaped, she had been rescued from the house as a baby. No one knew who had saved her, but someone did, and Heather knew that Ryker didn't just want Ocean. He wanted to know who had saved her. Once he knew that, he would deal with them both. "Can you believe that guy?" Dagur asked coming up behind her. "What do you mean?" "well sister, maybe if he had originally told me what Ocean was like, and who she was, I wouldn't have been so quick to assume that she was unconscious!" Heather almost smiled at her brother's fury. Almost. "Even Ryker thought that she was unconscious. Don't blame yourself." "Why are you so mellow? Not trying to get on Ryker's good side?" Heather scoffed, "The idea of trying to get on his good side started to diminish the moment he started in on who Ocean Rose is." She said softly. "I understand, but don't be so quick to say it." Dagur growled, "You might lose your head." With that he walked off to engage in an argument about, who knows what, with one of the guards. "He understand?!" Heather spoke under her breath, "How could he, setting me adrift-- What's that?" She looked closely at the clouds, she had seen a flash of black, which she quickly identified as Toothless. It was one of the other dragons. Dark purple, blue fire. "GET DOWN!" She screamed, quickly grabbing a shield and ducking in a corner just as a gigantic explosion happened. Not everyone was so lucky though, some of the men had been thrown back and hit their heads, leaving them unconscious. "Dagur?" She called uncertainly as she got up. "Over here," he coughed, "Are you okay?" She nodded her head while heading towards the stairs. "I'm fine, but I think Windshear and I should get up there before that happens again." She had barley finished her sentence when fire and lightning came at the ship. Taking the stairs to at a time, Heather hurried to Windshear's stall (which was basically like all of the cells, only she wasn't chained to anything) "Come on girl!" Within minutes she and Windshear were up in the air.

Hiccup snuck down into the hold. Xzander had mentioned a crate that needed to be found. Hiccup didn't know exactly what was in the crate, but he knew that it was important.. Toothless didn't like it down here, Hiccup knew that, so both of them were ignoring some of the things in cells. "what's in this?" Hiccup asked out loud when he found what he needed. He opened the lid, and immediatel shut it. "I now know why Xzander wanted us on this ship! Come on bud!" Hiccup picked up the crate (that was a lot bigger and heavier than he expected) and, clumsily, mounted his dragon, and the two went up onto the deck, and took off in the air. He could see chaos. Unconscious dragon hunters, conscious dragon hunters shooting arrows and boulders at Xzander and his dragons, and, "Heather." The girl was flying, and dodging Daybreaks tails. The Triple Stryke was just as skilled in the air as she was on the ground. Toothless carefully maneuvered through the mess, firing a few shots, and sped up into the clouds, after the duo was sure that they had gotten Xzander's attention. "Did you get it?" Xzander yelled as the two sped away from the ships. "Yeah I got it! Why didn't you say anything?" "I needed you to have a clear head! Not clouded by anger!" "How long have they been stealing them?" Xzander shook his head, "We don't know. But I do know that as mad as Ocean will be when she finds out what we did, she and the other girls are going to be in their element." "Really? I mean I can see it from Kira, but Layla and Ocean?" Xzander laughed, "Don't let looks deceive you. Trust me, there's more to your sister and Layla than meets the eye."