A couple of days have passed, and the Misfits were at their now usually hangout spot on the far shore of Dragon Heart, practicing their aim with their new long distance weapons, which Hiccup, Finn, and Val choose crossbows while Runa had chosen a spear and Berry had chosen the simple bow and arrow. Toothless and the other Misfit dragons were watching on the sidelines with the baby Octofin " Tiny " playing in the ocean behind them.

Berry: ( To Tiny, in dragon: ) Stay where Mama and Uncle Frosty can see you, and don't talk to dragons you don't know!

Hiccup: Ah, it's still going to be awhile for me to get used to the fact that Berry can speak dragon.

Finn: Welcome to the club. By the way....( With a knowing smile: ) What's going on between you and Nymph? You two seem to be becoming glued to each other's side recently whenever she comes out of the sanctuary.

Val: And silently pissing Ericka off.

Finn: Ah, with Ericka, she's also pissed off about something. She's like a human version of a Red Death.

Berry: Hey, don't insult my Mama's species like that.

Finn: Right, sorry.

Hiccup then fired a shot with his new crossbow at one of the targets that Val had carved onto the trees in front of the group, Hiccup missed the center by a few inches.

Hiccup: Speaking of your mom, Berry, are you sure that your mom was a Red Death? From what I've heard and had read about in the Academy's library, Red Deaths sound very.......... aggressive. It's kinda hard to picture one taking care of a kid, Lycanwing or not.

Berry: Well, no she isn't my mom biologically, I may be a nitwit, but I ain't stupid. But, yeah, she's a Red death. Her size and protective temper does not lie.

Hiccup: ( nervously: ) Okay, so...what would happen say...a whole village of Vikings have been trying to find a dragon's nest to stop the nightly dragon raids in order to scare them off...?

This caused all four of his friends and their dragons to pause and look at him with dumbfounded expressions.

Finn: Hiccup, be honest with me....Is everyone in your village mentally deranged?

Berry: And possibly suicidal?

Hiccup: Well, uh, they're Vikings, so....

Runa: ( as she shook her head: ) If they do find the nest and possibly anger the Death dragon, I give them ten seconds tops before it kills them all.

Val: And even if they didn't know about the Red Death, Hiccup, the fact that a bunch of Vikings believing they could scare off an ENTIRE NEST of dragons, is not only crazy, but incredibly foolish.

Hiccup: Okay, and what about the nest itself?

Berry: Well.... ( As she puts down her bow: ) How often were those raids again?

Hiccup: Basically every night.

Berry: Okay, depending on the age of the Red Death; if the Red Death is less than 2,000 years old, it needs that much food for it's personal growth or the growth of its nest. If it's over 2,000 years, it most likely the Death dragon is staying in the nest 24/7, guarding a clutch of 3,000 eggs and needs that much food to keep her strength and health up until eggs hatch.

Finn: Don't the Mama Death lay their eggs before they die?

Berry: What? No, that's just a legend you humans came up with. Anyway, and it also depends on if they get close enough to the nest to let's say crack a big hole into the nest. The Death dragon will most likely see it as a challenge for her nest, and well.... Bye bye, Vikings, and hello, Meat pancakes! And even then, the whole thing would most likely cause some amount of possible critical stress about the safety of the nest's location, and if their location is infertile of food, well... Not good things.

Hiccup stayed silent as he processed this information before his thoughts caused him to slowly figure out how to save the dragon nest from getting discovered by Berk and how to help stop Berk's nightly dragon raids without anyone on Berk knowing, and the Misfits quickly noticed this.

Runa: I know that look in your eyes, Under Flyer. What are you thinking?

Hiccup: Hypothetically, if I were to say that I wanted to find the dragon nest to possibly relocate the Death dragon ruling it and it's flock of dragons to a more secure and fruitful location...what would we need to do that...?

Val: For starters, I would say that you're crazy-

Finn: ( with a smile: ) I'm in.

Runa: Well, first we would need to find a more secure and fruitful location and figure out a safe route to that location from the nest, in order to less the risks of running into Dragon hunters, secondly, if it's a soon-to-be mama Death, we would need to figure out a way to transport it's eggs to that location, and lastly, we will need more than just the five of us to be able to pull it off.

Hiccup: So, we would need help from the other packs?

Runa: Basically. The Finders would be best to help with finding a new island for the nest, we just need to find the nest, count how many dragons are in the nest, the species of each of those dragons, and, thanks to Berry's ability to speak dragon, what the nest request the new island to have.

Hiccup: ( knowingly: ) And I'm taking a guess that Ericka and the other Phantoms wouldn't help us even if it's a life and death situation?

Val: Yep. She would rather kiss a Viking, or worse a dragon hunter than help willingly.

Hiccup: What about the Priders?

Val: Well-

Finn: Over my dead body.

Runa, Val, and Berry groaned in response as they were used to Finn's behavior towards the Priders, pacifically one of the Priders, while Hiccup rolled his eyes with a slight chuckle before Val pulled Hiccup aside while Finn was distracted by Runa and Berry as Finn had began rambling on about how much Riff annoyed him.

Val: ( silently, to Hiccup: ) Riff and the other Priders might be willing to help us, but it will be.... difficult for...reasons that only Finn and the girls don't know about.

Hiccup: And those reasons are...?

Val: Well, you know how, back when we rescued the dragons in Berk's arena I mentioned Finn being in love with someone who had hit him over the head with a sign and he doesn't even know what that someone looks like?

Hiccup: Yeah....? Wait, are you saying that....

Val just nod his head " yes " in response causing a look of complete shock to appear on Hiccup's face.

Hiccup: And does that someone know that Finn...

Val: Yes, and he feels the same way, but....well, you've seen how Finn's behavior towards him is like.

Hiccup: Yeah...

The two then heard a small roar and looked down to see that Tiny had went up to them, looking up at them with a smile and a tiny seashell in his mouth, before he placed it at Hiccup's feet with his tail wagging happily, causing Hiccup to smile slightly at the baby dragon.

( Meanwhile, in Eir Sanctuary )

Nymph was currently in the sanctuary's healing room, aka the room where Hiccup and Toothless had woken up in after she and NightEmerald had found them washed up on shore, with one of the sanctuary's healers. The healer was holding the black egg as they were examining the egg carefully. Bullfrog can be seen asleep on the desk behind them.

Nymph: Is it...?

The healer: Indeed it is, ma'am... ( With a hopeful smile: ) We have ourselves a night fury egg.

Nymph felt tears of joy slowly form in her eyes under her cloth as the healer placed the now confirmed night fury egg in her arms, and Nymph slowly held the egg close to her chest.

Nymph: A night fury egg... I knew it in my heart when Hiccup put it in my grasp, but...I didn't want to risk fooling myself...

The healer: You weren't, Nymph.

Nymph: ( with a sad tone: ) But, unlike NightEmerald, I will never know what this night fury's face will look like....

The healer placed a comforting hand on Nymph's shoulder before speaking.

The healer: No, but you will be able to hear them and maybe....this little dragon can help NightEmerald gain her confidence back, and you yours. Like how you are helping that Misfit pack by letting them prove themselves like the other packs even though you already have spots in the Sanctuary saved for them.

Nymph: ( with a sad smile: ) I just want to give them what my parents gave me before NightEmerald and I had to drop out of training after our incident... Even though my parents had a spot saved for me, they gave me the chance to prove myself that I had earned that spot.

The healer: Are you ever going to tell them about it?

Nymph: Maybe... ( With a soft smile: ) Once they've finished training or have done something so impactful, they would prove themselves ready for their spots early while still training. But for now....

Nymph gently hugged the night fury egg a bit closer to her chest with a soft smile.

Nymph: NightEmerald, Bullfrog, and I have a little star to prepare for.

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That's it for this chapter, I hope you like it

Till next time my agents of mischief 😜