We took Heather back to Berk and placed her in a prison cell.

Astrid said she was going to keep an eye on her for a while.

Later that night Astrid told me that she tried to escape already. Said that her parents were actually captured by the Outcasts

That was clearly a lie to get herself out. Sounded way too convenient.

•●●●•

The next day Hiccup wanted us to practice for our big battle tonight to get the Book of Dragons back.

Snotlout was using a mini catapult and shot a boulder at Fishlegs while he was turned around.

But he turned towards the flying boulder just in time for Meatlug to catch it with her mouth

"Hey, that was a little close, Snotlout!" Fishlegs yelled while flying on Meatlug

"Quit whining, Fishlegs!" Snotlout shouted back

Meatlug shot the boulder, which was now in flames, at Snotlout

Snotlout jumped out of the way "Hey! Cut it out!"

Fishlegs mocked him "Quit whining, Snotlout!"

I rolled my eyes and shook my head 'boys'

"Nice job, guys. But remember, the Outcasts are not gonna be coming one at a time." Hiccup said

"You don't need to remind me, we're under enough stress," Fishlegs said. He sounded upset

Hiccup reminded him "Remember, we're only gonna have one shot at getting the Book of Dragons back."

"Um, did I not make myself clear about the stress...?" Fishlegs said as he flew passed Hiccup

The twins flew in. Barf released the gas and Blech ignited it

Snotlout was...doing something with Hookfang. Whatever it was, he wasn't ready.

He jumped forward sliding as the fire hit Hookfang.

Snotlout sat up from the ground and turned towards Hookfang who was on fire.

Astrid flew in "Too early, Snotlout. We have to time it perfectly!"

He pointed at the twins behind him "It wasn't me, it was them!"

Ruffnut shrugged "Uh, sorry."

"Yeah, still working out the kinks," Tuffnut added

Hookfang started to get out of control.

"Can you calm him down?" Astrid told Snotlout

He stood up "Fine, whatever." He then grabbed Hookfang's horns and pushed him down to the ground.

Hookfang calmed down significantly and had his tongue out

"Figured that one out yesterday. He likes it!"

"Oh, wow...that...was actually impressive," I said with awe

Snotlout gave me a smirk "Well, I am an impressive guy. What can I say?" He leaned against Hookfang but he stood up making Snotlout fall down.

Fishlegs flew in and was surprised as well "Wait, wait, wait. He likes having his horns bent to the ground?"

"Tuffnut does," Ruffnut said

Fishlegs, Snotlout, and I looked at her as Ruffnut looked at Tuffnut.

"I do?" Tuffnut asked

Ruffnut had a mischievous smile plastered on her face and jumped on Tuffnut knocking him off of Blech and to the ground

Tuffnut looked relaxed "Oh, yeah... that does feel kinda nice. The dirt's soft..."

Astrid was getting impatient "Can we get on with it? There could be a whole army coming at us!"

The part of the plan was that I was to shoot (y/d/n)'s harden balls of sand through Snotlout's fire.

It made the harden balls of sand more explosive and more damage-inducing.

I was surprised that it worked. We only get one chance though.

Astrid will also use Snotlout's fire except with Stormfly's spine shot. To make them catch on fire.

"Well? We're waiting!" Snotlout said in a sing-song voice

Astrid flew up and I followed.

"Hit it!" Snotlout shouted.

Hookfang flew up a bit and blew fire towards the twins. They stepped to the side quickly

"Spines, Stormfly!" Astrid commanded

"Sand blast, (y/d/n)!" I said after Astrid commanded Stormfly

"Sand blast?" Astrid asked me as she looked at me curiously

"Yeah, I thought it would be easier than saying 'harden balls of sand'." I chuckled

Meanwhile, Stormfly shot her spines and right behind was (y/d/n) sand blasts. Both went through the fire.

The spines hit the wall still aflame

The harden balls of sand exploded on impact with the wall and left scorch marks

One of Stormfly's spine shot missed the wall and hit Tuffnut's helmet.

Tuffnut looked up at the flaming spine "Eh, I kinda like that too. Make a note." He said looking at us smiling

"That's gonna work great!" Hiccup said standing beside Fishlegs.

Astrid and I flew down behind them

Fishlegs looked at Hiccup "You know all this training is nice once we have the book. But Alvin's not just gonna hand it over to us."

Astrid got off of Stormfly and walked over and stood between them

"No... but maybe Alvin will hand it to Heather." Astrid said looking at Hiccup

"Uh... I think Astrid's been eating Dragon Nip again." Fishlegs said with his hand over his mouth.

Clearly, he wasn't trying to hide it and if he was...he didn't do it very well because I heard it and Astrid elbowed him in the gut

Hard

I covered my mouth with my hand almost letting out a laugh.

Fishlegs doubled over "OW! Why is it always violence with you!?"

Astrid placed her hands on her hips. "It's not violence, it's communication!" She smiled

Hiccup looked surprised he furrowed his eyes brows "So you're suggesting that we let Heather go?"

Astrid was still smiling she let one hand down while her other hand still at her hip

She shrugged "Sort of."

"Yep. Dragon Nip." Fishlegs nodded

Astrid hit his gut again. This time with her fist.

I winced at the impact

Fishlegs was holding his stomach and groaning in agony.

I think I just saw Fishlegs' soul leave his body for a second.

We added another step to our battle plan

•●●●•

It was night and the sky was clear and the stars were out.

I was carrying some food with me as Snotlout was carrying a wooden bucket, Ruffnut was carrying some clothes in a basket, and Tuffnut holding a pitcher of water. Hiccup was ahead of us holding a sack and placed it inside a boat we had docked on the beach.

Fishlegs was standing by the boat.

As we got closer I saw Fishlegs being a nervous wreck.

He stuttered and was talking really fast "T-t-t-t-t-this is gonna w-work, right? Cause if it doesn't work, Alvin's gonna know all of our dragon secrets. And if Alvin knows all of our dragon secrets..."

Hiccup placed his hand on his shoulder "Fishlegs! It'll work."

Hiccup turned "Oh, that must be--"

I also turned to see a person with black hair that looked extremely similar to...

"Heather!" Ruffnut gasped

"Get her!" Tuffnut yelled as he threw the pitcher on the ground.

Quickly followed by Ruffnut who threw the basket on the ground too.

Hiccup reached out a hand to stop them but they were too fast

"That rhymes!" Tuffnut added as they each grabbed Heather's arm. Knocking Heather down.

Tuffnut yelled at her face "YOU! MUST! STAY! IN! YOUR! CELL! How many times do we have to tell you--!?"

The girl punched Tuffnut while she pushed Ruffnut off "It's me, you muttonheads!" Heather yelled. Which was actually Astrid.

Tuffnut rubbed his jaw but was amazed "Whoa!"

Followed by Snotlout's amazement "Wow!

Then Fishlegs "Oooh!"

Tuffnut looked at her unimpressed "Oh, sorry, Astrid. Totally unconvincing."

Astrid walked past the twins while fixing her hair and rolled her eyes "Oh, yeah, I could tell." She said sarcastically

"Wow! I think you almost look like the real Heather! With the hair and everything." I said as I examine her disguise.

She smiled at me "Thanks, I just hope it's good enough."

I can hear the doubt in her voice

She walked towards the boat and got inside

Hiccup walked up to the boat "You sure about this?" He queried

Astrid leaned on the lip of the boat "No. But it's our only chance." Astrid said as she furrowed her eyebrows.

"We'll be shadowing you from the sky." Hiccup said

"I don't need shadowing," Astrid said emphasizing with her eyes and eyebrows

"Just in case. You know... it'll make me feel better." Hiccup said while shrugging

'That's so sweet!' I thought to myself

Astrid relaxed her face "Fine, just stay out of sight. If Alvin sees you, it'll all be over!" She said as she placed her hands on her hip

Hiccup shook his head "Don't worry about us. Just get the book and get out of there. We'll be waiting."

Astrid gave him a smile. Fishlegs walked up to the boat and pushed it into the sea.

"Hey, Astrid? Be safe..." Hiccup said as he looked at Astrid floating away.

Part one of the plan is done now it is onto part two.

•●●●•

It didn't take us too long to get to part two but it was long enough that Astrid should have already made it to Outcast Island.

Now it was our turn to head there.

As we were flying Fishlegs was well...was being Fishlegs "I wanna go on record as saying I'm not so sure about this plan, Hiccup."

Hiccup looked over at Fishlegs "If you have another one, I'm open."

"I just think landing in a wild dragon nesting ground is really going to freak Meatlug out," Fishlegs said nervously

Hiccup lifted his eyebrows "Really? Well, how does she feel about flaming arrows and catapults?" He said as he furrowed his eyebrows

Fishlegs replied anxiously "Uh, yeah, she really doesn't like those, either."

"Oh, you don't say?" Hiccup said sarcastically

Snotlout flew beside Fishlegs making fun of him "Tell you what, Fishlegs, when we get there, you just lay back, and let the real dragons do the work."

I flew in beside Hiccup

I rolled my eyes and gave a small smile at Fishlegs

"Fishlegs, I know this is pretty scary, but with this plan, I think we would be okay," I said optimistically

Fishlegs looked at me and Snotlout "Yeah... You guys really have no idea what a swarm of angry wild dragons are capable of."

I pointed at Fishlegs "Touché. But I still think we will be alright if we just follow the plan." I said as I gave him a half shrug.

He was right, I don't understand how angry wild dragons will act, but at a time like this, I wanted to have a positive mindset.

The twins flew behind Fishlegs and he was in between Barf and Belch

Tuffnut looked at Ruffnut "You know what would be awesome?" He asked quizzically

Ruffnut answered "Flaming arrows... Catapults..."

They leaned in closer to Fishlegs and looked at him "And wild dragons!" They yelled in unison and then flew up

Fishlegs yelled out "That makes four of you!"

As we were flying we made it to Outcast territory and it was still night. So far there was nothing.

Hiccup looked over at Fishlegs "You see this, Fishlegs? You got yourself all worked up for nothin'."

Our dragons started to get aggressive. I looked in front of us and there were Deadly Nadders, Gronkles, and Monstrous Nightmares.

"Umm... You were saying?" Fishlegs said as his voice cracked

Hiccup "Guys, remember! Stick to the plan! No matter how crazy it gets."

Snotlout got ecstatic and did an inward fistbump "Crazy? I love crazy! Bring it! Wait! What's the plan again?" He asked

"The fish, Snotlout!" I exclaimed as I pointed at the baskets on Hookfang

"Oh, right!" He nodded

We flew in closer to the dragons as the wild dragons flew in closer too. Before we flew into each other we all flew up above them

"Now! Fire!" Hiccup commanded

We released the basket of fishes that were attached to either our backs or on our dragons.

The wild dragons took the bait and flew after the falling fish

"That's sweet!" Fishlegs exclaimed

Snotlout cheered loudly "Yes! We did it! Stupid dragons!"

Snotlout threw a fist in the air.

A blue and purple Deadly Nadder flew past me and grabbed Snotlout...because he had fish in his hand.

I gasped. Before I could say anything Hiccup threw the basket off his back and flew after Snotlout.

Hiccup flew under Snotlout but he wasn't letting go.

Eventually, though he did.

We flew up to Hiccup and Snotlout jumped on Hookfang.

"Why weren't you letting go?" I asked him

"It was taking my lunch." He huffed as he crossed his arms.

I was baffled "Snotlout, we can get more fish later."

"But I wanted that one." He grumbled

I sighed "There's plenty of fish in the sea you know."

We continued our plan and finally made it to land safely.

We landed in the woods just like we planned.

Day was breaking now. We have arrived on time but Astrid wasn't here yet.

We waited for a while.

"Cacoo cacoo." Snotlout was cupping his mouth with his hands

I looked at him confused as I furrowed my eyebrows

"What are you doing?" Hiccup asked equally confused as I was

"Coo! Coo coo!" He said louder as he crossed eyed for a second.

He looked at Hiccup "Duh, that's our signal."

"Uh, we had a signal?" I asked in an uncertain tone

Hiccup sat down "Guys, we don't have the signal this time, Astrid does...We talked about this."

"Like any of this matters anyways? She's almost an hour late!" Fishlegs said anxiously

He started to fidget with his hands "Oh we should of never let her go. Alvin must have figured out what was going on and--"

He gasped

Tuffnut shook his head as he was sitting down by Ruffnut

"Costume sucked, I told you guys." He said

Ruffnut nodded in agreement

"Guys, she'll be here...it's Astrid!" Hiccup said as he shook his head to emphasize he then looked into the distance where she should be.

"I agree." I said as I sit down and leaned against (y/d/n) I continued "She's a fighter she won't let anything get in her way."

•●●●•

It has been a few minutes. Hiccup wanted us to go to plan B and get in position.

This was now part three of the plan.

Fishlegs stayed with Hiccup while the twins, Snotlout, and I took our dragons and hid behind a giant stone wall protruding from the ground on a hill.

Astrid eventually came and gave the signal and Hiccup flew up to Astrid. There were two other people with her.

Then, as we expected, at least 20 big Outcast Vikings came out behind rocks and trees and surrounded Hiccup, Astrid, and the two new people.

Snotlout almost went but I held out my hand "Wait! Hiccup didn't give the signal. We are waiting until he does." I whispered loudly and sternly.

He nodded

Then we continued to watch and listen. Alvin was talking to Hiccup and standing by was a Viking named Savage.

After their little talk Hiccup gave the signal "Now!" He shouted

Followed by Alvin "Now!" He bellowed

The Vikings readied their weapons and shields while we flew in.

(Y/d/n) sand blasted the Outcast Vikings in front of (him/her) as we landed.

On impact, the harden balls of sand exploded and got in their eyes.

They were screaming in agony and dropped their shields as they were rubbing their eyes. Which gave the opportunity for (y/d/n) to swipe at them with (his/her) sharp claws.

I didn't notice there were Vikings in the trees with crossbows in front of me. They aimed at me and it made (y/d/n) rear which sent me flying. I hit a tall stone wall with my back. I felt all the air escape as I slid down to the stony ground.

As I looked up Fishlegs got caught under a net. "This wasn't part of the plan, Hiccup!" He yelled

The twins were on the ground as two Vikings walked up to them with swords. While their dragon got their neck lassoed together

Hiccup, Snotlout, and Astrid were surrounded and getting shot by crossbows.

In front of me was my dragon. They got (his/her) mouth shut with rope. A Viking was struggling to keep (y/d/n) down. Then another Outcast Viking got another rope and managed to wrap it around one of (y/d/n) legs.

He pulled it and it made (y/d/n) lose (his/her) balance making (him/her) fall to the ground.

"(Y/d/n)!" I yelled I was going to get up but a big bearded Outcast Viking walked up to me with a sword.

I backed up against the cold stone wall behind me.

We all thought we lost all hope of escaping but in the corner of my eye, I saw a familiar Deadly Nadder.

It swooped down and picked up the net off of Fishlegs and dropped it on the Viking in front of me.

The Outcast Viking got confused. Then I got an idea.

I quickly stood up and pushed the giant Outcast Viking as hard as I can towards (y/d/n). It sent the Viking stumbling backward.

"(Y/d/n), tail swipe!" I shouted

(Y/d/n) lifted up (his/her) tail and swung it. It sent the Viking flying.

The two Outcasts who were holding (y/d/n) down looked at the direction of the Viking that (y/d/n) sent flying and back at my dragon in terror.

Then the Deadly Nadder shot the rope that was on (y/d/n)'s leg.

(Y/d/n) was now able to position (himself/herself) and managed to hit one of the Outcasts with (his/her) tail which knocked the Viking into the other one and sent them both flying in the same direction towards the first Viking, who was about to get up but got smashed back into the wall from the impact.

I quickly ran to my dragon, pulled the rope off (his/her) snout, got on, and flew up.

As I was flying I saw who was on the Deadly Nadder.

I thought I was seeing double but it was actually Astrid and the real Heather!

Heather came and saved us.

We all managed to get in the air finally.

"Alright guys, just like we practiced!" Hiccup shouted

My heart started to race faster as if it wasn't already beating fast.

We only get one chance and one chance only. We can't afford to mess up.

Hiccup continued "Ruffnut, cover fire!" He shouted

The twins flew in front of some catapults and Outcasts.

First, they released the Zippleback gas then it got ignited.

There was an explosion and yelling.

Meanwhile, a catapult shot towards Hiccup but he dodged it.

The boulder was flying towards Fishlegs.

Luckily Meatlug caught the flying boulder after Hiccup gave him a heads up, and then lava blasted at the catapult.

Which made the Outcasts run away from their catapult.

I was flying close to Astrid and Snotlout.

We were getting shot by arrows from the trees.

Astrid shouted towards Snotlout "Now, Snotlout!"

Hookfang caught on fire and flew in front of the trees

"Go for it!" Snotlout shouted back

Stormfly shot her spines. Sending a couple of Outcast jumping off the trees and catching the tree on fire.

(y/d/n) shot (his/her) sand blast three times timing it just right.

Each hit a different tree. Exploding intensely and it sent the Outcasts flying off the trees with hot burning sand in their eyes.

The trees were now all caught on fire.

They were running around screaming and yelling in agony while rubbing their eyes.

"Haha! I bet you didn't see that comin'!" I remarked towards the Outcasts

Snotlout threw a fist in the air and cheered "Yee-haw! You feelin' the heat, boys? 'Cuz I sure am!"

Hiccup got the last of the Outcasts and turned. "Great job, guys. Let's get out of here."

We all flew towards home.

As we were flying I saw Savage come out of nowhere and grabbed Astrid and pulled her off of Stormfly as he was falling down.

I gasped "Astrid!" I cried out.

She fell and grabbed a branch while Savage broke a tree branch and fell to the ground

Astrid tried to lift herself up but she pressed too much pressure onto the branch and it broke.

Then Alvin walked up beside Astrid while her back was on the ground and picked her up placing her on his shoulder then took off running

This time it was Hiccup's turn to cry out "Astrid!" He yelled

Hiccup flew in on Toothless and try to shoot at Alvin but he was too fast.

Alvin ran up to a cliff and dangled Astrid at the edge.

He was going to drop her to her death.

I noticed that Hiccup was getting ready to shoot but stopped for some reason.

Then a Monstrous Nightmare, that I never seen before, flew up the edge knocking down Alvin.

Letting Astrid go in the process.

It gave her enough time to take the Book of Dragons off of Alvin and get picked up by the Monstrous Nightmare.

Astrid swung herself onto the Nightmare and Hiccup followed close behind.

I sighed in relief and continued flying home.

•●●●•

On the way home. I was quiet. The twins and Snotlout, of course, were pretty loud on the way back

Heather also apologized to all of us and I forgive her, I understand how important family is.

Astrid turned to me and asked, "So tail swipe, huh?"

I chuckled "Yeah, I thought it would be useful during fights."

We landed in Berk it was almost sundown.

Hiccup got Stoick and Gobber so they could help Heather's parents.

She was telling the truth and I felt bad that I thought of her so badly.

We were at the docks while we let our dragons rest

Fishlegs, the twins, and Snotlout said their goodbyes first.

Fishlegs, Tuff, and Snotlout looked very very sad especially Snotlout.

But it's okay, he'll get over it

Hopefully.

It was just me, Astrid, and Hiccup

I walked up to Heather.

"You know...You're not that bad." I said as a grinned.

I playfully punched her arm.

I continued "By the way if you want to know more about Sand Wraiths let me know. There's still a lot to learn about them. Even I don't know somethings about them...yet."

She chuckled and smiled "Thanks, (y/n)"

Turned and waved at her.

Heather talked to Astrid and Hiccup and said their goodbyes.

She then got on her boat with her parents.

As I was walking up the docks. I saw Snotlout standing on the other side of the docks.

He was standing on one of the poles.

I walked up to him and also stood on one of the poles beside him.

"What are you doing?" I asked him as I tilt my head.

He was watching Heather's boat sail off.

"Saying goodbye." He said sighing

"Didn't you already said your goodbye?" I asked

He didn't answer he was eyeing Heather.

We watched Heather's boat sail off

Then I heard Snotlout whisper "Write me." And made a writing hand gesture.

Heather smiled and shook her head

I rolled my eyes and without thinking I punched his arm.

But I think I punched him too hard because he lost his balance and fell into the water.

I gasped. I look up and Heather was also surprised.

I jumped onto the dock behind me and Snotlout resurfaced and glared at me

"What was that for?!" He shouted

"S-sorry! I didn't mean to!" I stammered as I felt heat creeping up my face

"Here! Grab my hand!" I reached out my hand so I could pull him out.

He grabbed my hand but he pulled me into the water instead.

I almost screamed but water got in my mouth instead

I resurfaced and spat out a stream of water onto Snotlout's face as he blocked it with his hand.

Then I clung onto Snotlout for dear life.

"What are you doing? I mean not that I'm complaining." He said giving me a flirtatious smile.

I chattered my teeth the water was really cold.

"I c-can't swim," I said slightly embarrassed

"What?" He asked

"I k-know it's s-stupid...I was never ta-taught." I said through my chattering teeth.

There were some sounds of water and just awkward silence

"I can teach you!" He said excitedly.

I looked up to him with eyes widen then looked away flustered "I wouldn't mind." I said giving him a half shrug.

We both looked back at Heather who was giggling.

Both of us waved at her and she waved back as she was sailing off into the sunset.