ew this chapter is so short

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Third Person P.O.V

Stoick looks up at the Viking mast, a dragon with two swords crossing it decorating the front. He grunts as he looks down at the map, lightly punching the table.

"I can almost smell them. They're close," he says in a low voice, looking up at the wall of fog. "Steady." Stoick looks it over with narrowed eyes before nodding, "take us in."

"Hart to port!"

"For Helheim's Gate," Stoick mumbles as he walks to the front of the ship, standing tall.

"Hart to port!"

The ship was turned, slowly rowing into the wall of fog, disappearing with the other two mighty viking ships.

It was quiet for a moment, a low rumbling sounding off.

A flash of fire goes off, revealing the large silhouette of a dragon above them in the thick fog.

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"You know, I just happened to notice the book had nothing on Night Furies!" Hiccup calls up to Gobber as (Y/N) keeps watch for the dragon stalking them. "Is there, like, another book? Or a sequel? Maybe a Night Fury pamphlet--"

"Get down!' (Y/N) yelps, ducking him down as a blast was shot at them.

His axe was destroyed, making him look between it and the dragon with a gasp.

"Focus, Hiccup! You're not even trying!" Gobber scolds from above, sighing heavily.

"This way!" (Y/N) drags him along as she races off, the Nadder on their heels.

"Today is all about attack!" Gobber continues as the Nadder leaps onto the fence, looking over the maze and losing the two after a moment. "Nadders are quick and light on their feet. Your job is to be quicker and lighter!"

Fishlegs yelps as he sees the Nadder eyeballing him, its tail spiking up before it shoots them at him.

He screams, blocking them with his shield as he whimpers, "I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!"

"Look for its blindspot. Every dragon has one," Gobber simply replies, picking at his teeth with an unbothered expression. "Find it, hide in it, and strike!"

The twins skid to a stop in front of the Nadder, freezing as it sniffs at them, unable to see them.

Ruffnut groans as she smells her brother, "Do you ever bathe?" She questions, both moving as the dragon moves its head.

"If you don't like it, then just get your own blindspot," Tuffnut snaps back, shoving her away as he focuses on the Nadder.

"How about I give you one?!" She growls back, butting heads with him before both gasp as the dragon sees them.

She grabs her brother, quickly pulling him away as fire was spewed where they once were.

"Blind spot, yes. Deaf spot? Not so much," Gobber cackles, casually leaning on his hand with an amused grin.

Hiccup pulls (Y/N) to a stop as he continues, "H-- Hey, so, how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?"

Gobber sighs in frustration, "No one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale. Now get in there!" He shouts, making Hiccup flinch as he backs up.

"I know, I know, but hypothetically--"

"Hiccup!" Astrid snaps, making him jump when he sees her and Snotlout crouched against the wall. "Get down!"

(Y/N) looks around for a moment as she stands below Gobber before clearing her throat, making Gobber sigh as he notices her.

"Yes, lass?" He calls, his eyebrow raised as he leans on the cage.

"Oh-- I was just wondering, uh..." She glances around once more, making sure the Nadder wasn't near her. "Have you ever heard of a dragon with... feathers as wings?"

Gobber's eyebrows raise, his expression unreadable as he watches her. (Y/N) tilts her head as she watches him, Gobber looking down for a moment before he laughs, shaking his head and wiping a stray tear from his eye.

"Feathers? Like a wee little birdie? I don't think so, (Y/N)," he shakes his head, making her nod with a sigh.

"I-- I was just wondering, you know."

He nods before humming in thought, "Well... there are lots of dragons we have yet to see, lass."

(Y/N) nods slowly, sighing again.

"Might want to think about getting back into training?" Gobber raises a brow, watching as she quickly snaps out of her daze and quickly nods, racing back into the maze as he chuckles.

(Y/N) looks around, yelping and gasping when she was suddenly grabbed as she rounded a corner, yanked to the ground.

She looks up, Astrid holding her against the wall before sharply shushing her as she goes to say something.

(Y/N) grumbles, slowly peeking around her before noticing the Nadder rounding the corner she was about to run into.

Astrid sighs softly, nodding before rolling past the gap as the Nadder looks away. Snotlout follows, (Y/N) simply crawling because she knew she couldn't quickly do it.

She winces as Hiccup tries to roll, only to be weighed down by his shield. (Y/N) gasps, swiftly grabbing his arm and helping him sit up as both take off running, the Nadder snapping at them.

Hiccup races one way, (Y/N) looking back as he does this and not noticing. She pauses for a moment before nervously looking around, sighing in defeat as she races after Astrid's form.

The Nadder flies overhead, landing on a fence and landing in front of Astrid, Snotlout, and (Y/N). 

"Watch out, babes," Snotlout pushes through the two, making Astrid shout in protest and (Y/N) recoil from his touch with disgust on her face. "I'll take care of this."

He throws his mace, missing and hitting the wall besides it as it watches, seeming to laugh at him mockingly.

(Y/N) snorts with amusement, shaking her head as he glares at her.

"The sun was in my eyes, (Y/N)!"

She rolls her eyes before gasping, yelping and following Astrid as a blast was fired.

"What do you want me to do? Block out the sun? I could do that but I don't have time--" he races a different way as the Nadder chases after Astrid and (Y/N).

Astrid slides, grabbing a wall and using it to quickly turn a different way as the Nadder runs past her, chasing (Y/N). Astrid watches for a moment and grunts, chasing after the Nadder with a glare.

Hiccup jumps as (Y/N) screams in fear, nearly tripping as she turns a corner. The Nadder slams into the wall as it pursues her, making the rest of the maze start to collapse.

He quickly looks around, the others shoving past him as Gobber raises a brow at him, looking up before gasping.

"Hiccup!" Gobber gestures back, his eyes widened at the sight.

Hiccup looks back at him in question, Gobber watching as (Y/N) manages to climb onto the falling fences, losing her balance.

"Hiccup!" She yelps as the fences begin to tip over, making him gasp and look back before grunting as she falls and lands on him, her shield becoming tangled up under his at an awkward angle.

"Ooh, love on the battle field," Tuffnut mocks as they watch the two.

(Y/N) groans in pain as she slowly sits up, grunting and gasping as a sharp pain goes through her arm.

"Ow!" She yelps, struggling to stand without hurting herself and Hiccup.

"She could do better," Ruffnut states and shrugs.

"Okay-- this is-- okay--" (Y/N) frantically breathes out, trying to pull her arm and shield free.

"Okay, how about we just, move your arm like this--" Hiccup grunts as he tugs on his shield, both yelping in pain as their arms were pulled.

"My arm is stuck in the shield!" (Y/N) pulls at the shield tangled in his, looking at the metal bent into her arm, her arm turning pink at the loss of circulation.

The Nadder bursts from the rubble, making her gasp and struggle to yank her arm free as Hiccup does the same, sitting up and pulling as the Nadder charges at them.

He looks between her and the Nadder, quickly yanking her down and turning them so she wasn't on the side the Nadder was on.

Astrid leaps over some rubble, swiftly running in front of the two and taking off her shield, her axe lost in the rubble. She swings the shield back before slamming it roughly in the Nadder's face with great force, making it cry out and shake its head as it waddles away with a whimper.

"Well done, Astrid," Gobber praises with a nod, slightly sighing in relief.

(Y/N) pulls away from Hiccup, panting lightly in fear as she looks up at Astrid with wide eyes, unshed tears in them. Astrid grits her teeth, roughly pulling her up with her free arm and turning to glare at Hiccup.

"Is this some kind of a joke to you?" She demands harshly, making him wince as he sits up. "Our parents' war, her parents' war is about to become ours. Figure out which side you're on."

Astrid shakes her head, glaring between the two as she swiftly storms off.

(Y/N) looks down at the shield stuck on her arm, hissing in pain as she tugs at it. Hiccup sighs softly, shaking his head before rising, looking over it and gently stroking over the red part with a pained expression.

Gothi quickly rushes down to the two, Gobber doing the same as the others leave.

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