Astrid and I were flying around Berk early in the morning.

We always do this once in a while. Just soaking in the early morning sun and the smell of the fresh cold air.

I took a deep breath and sighed. As I was enjoying the view I noticed someone in the arena as we were flying by.

"Hey, Astrid. Is that Hiccup?" I asked her as I watched a boy and a black dragon in the arena. I saw the black dragon picking up what seems to be a jug and handing it to the boy.

"Yeah...it is. What is he doing?" She asks out loud.

She flew down to the arena and I followed right behind. We flew in quietly

"Okey-dokey. We'll start in the west islands and work our way back." I heard Hiccup saying to Toothless.

"Back from where?" Astrid asks as she lands. I also land and started to walk beside Astrid.

Astrid started to make a beeline for Hiccup

Hiccup turned around in surprise "Ah, jus-just a quick spin around the island."

Astrid raised her eyebrow "Uh-huh. Quick spin, huh?"

She started to dig in Toothless' saddle satchel. She pulls out a very large salmon with one hand and hands it to me and then pulls out a water jug "With enough food to feed Snotlout's whole family?" Astrid asked unimpressed by Hiccup's lie.

Snotlout landed in the arena right behind us "Did I hear my name?" He walks up to us and sees the salmon in my hands "Oooh! Do I see a salmon?" He took it out of my hands and started to eat it.

"Uh... Alright. Look. If you must know..." Hiccup said slowly

Astrid crossed her arms "And we must..."

"Hmmm, hmmm." Snotlout said with a mouthful of salmon.

"I'm going to do something for my father." Hiccup mumbled looking down

We all stared at him. Snotlout finished chewing his salmon and swallowed. I was sure he was going to say something but he didn't buy it either.

"Okay. Okay." Hiccup sighed "Trader Johann is bringing something for him, something important and he should have been here by now."

Snotlout took another bite of the fish and looked over at Astrid and me.

Astrid watched him in disgust while I wasn't even phased

"You're not eating this fish, are you? Because it's delicious!" Suddenly, Hookfang snagged the fish out of his hand and ate it "Hey!" He yelled out he snapped his fingers and held out his hand.

Hookfang made a weird burp sound and started to make loud wet retching sounds. Then threw back up the fish.

It was mostly eaten with only the head left.

"Snotlout, you're not going to..." I then trailed off as Snotlout lifted up the fish and ate it.

I looked at him bewildered "You did not just..."

He looked at me "It's perfectly good fish!" He said with his mouth full.

I rolled my eyes at him "Whatever, just stop talking with your mouth full, you're gonna choke."

He just rolled his eyes and ignored me

"When do we leave?" Astrid said taking a step forward

"I need to go alone. If we all disappear, my dad will get suspicious." Hiccup said to us with furrowed eyebrows

Snotlout laughed still having some salmon in his mouth "Go alone? You without us? Ha, ha! Like you could handle anything if we weren't there to bail you--" suddenly he grabs his throat "ugh... Help!" He chokes out. Astrid stepped in front of me and punched his stomach. A piece of salmon flew by Hiccup

"Out..." Snotlout finished as he breathed out. He got on one of his knees, recovering from choking and getting punched in the stomach.

I looked down at him and crossed my arms "I told you!"

Hiccup gave in and sighed "Alright, fine... You three can come, but that's it! Don't even tell the others. Heed my warning. I am serious." He said as he looks at each one of us with his eyebrows furrowed in seriousness.

Well, serious as serious Hiccup can get because honestly, he isn't very threatening.

That was really clear when we followed Hiccup

•●●●•

When I meant we followed I mean...

"Hey, Hiccup, Snotlout told us there'll be salmon. And I love lox." Tuffnut said excitedly

Hiccup rolled his eyes and sighed "I'm pretty sure I said 'Don't tell the others...'" Hiccup told Snotlout as he looks over at him

"And I'm pretty sure I didn't listen to you!" Snotlout said

"Hiccup, aren't you always saying it's better when we work as a team?" Fishlegs smiled as he let's go of Meatlug's ear and almost lost his balance

"Ah... Next time I say that just slap me in the face." He replied nonchalantly

"I'll do it right now," Ruffnut said as she raised her hand

Tuffnut nodded "She will. And she slaps like a guy. It's awesome! Watch!" Ruffnut slapped his brother hard. Tuffnut shook his head and smiled "Yeah..." Tuffnut smiles

As we continued to fly Astrid saw something in the water "Hey! Look!" She exclaimed pointing at the figure on top of a wooden board

"I can't see anything through the tears," Tuffnut said as he looked at where Astrid pointed

"Is that... Johann?" Hiccup asked rhetorically

"I thought he had a bigger boat than that." Snotlout commented

"Well, looks like he downgraded...a lot," I said in a joking manner

"Come on, gang. Let's check that out!" Hiccup dived towards Johann and Toothless picked him up.

We flew up to a giant rock formation. Toothless gently placed Johann down. We all landed and got off our dragons.

I walked up to Johann and kneeled down. He was still breathing.

"Luckily, he's passed out from exhaustion," I said over my shoulder.

I looked back at the bearded man and started to shake him "Johann...Trader Johann...wake up."

His eyes shot wide open and slowly stood up. He looked at me like I was the scariest thing in the world.

"Johann! Here have some water." I said as I handed him a jug of water.

He took it "Thank you." He said in a scratchy voice. He haphazardly chugged the water. "What happened, Johann?" I asked softly.

He stopped and stared at me "The fog... The fog..." he said slowly

I took a step back and looked at him weirdly.

"Ooohkay?" I said stepping back to the group.

Hiccup turned towards me "(Y/N), can you get the fish?" I gave him a firm nod

Meanwhile, Hiccup started to talk to the very spooked man "Johann, where is your ship?"

"No idea. All I know is, one minute, I was sailing in a perfectly calm sea, the wind at my back, and the next thing I know, my entire ship is pulled out from under me and I'm shark bait!" He cried out.

I handed Hiccup the fish he asked for.

"I don't understand." Hiccup said with eyebrows laced with confusion. He then hands the fish to Johann. He quickly snatched it out of Hiccup's hands

"I do. I was three days late and trying to make up time and I got too close!" He exclaimed with furrowed eyebrows

"Too close to what?" Fishlegs asked nervously

"Too close to... Breakneck Bog!" Johann said in a scared voice

"Breakneck Bog..." Everyone in the gang said in unison except for Tuffnut. He was a bit too late.

"Breakneck Bog?" I asked out loud confused about this new place I never heard of

Fishlegs looked over at me with concern "Many ships have sailed into its waters, few have returned."

"My grandfather has told me it's pirates," Astrid said looking at me

"Ooh, pirates?" I said in awe

She nodded

Snotlout laughed "That's ridiculous! Everyone knows it's haunted by a Fog Monster."

"Fog Monster?!" Fishlegs screeched

"Haunted?! That's so cool!" I smiled at Snotlout

I have a soft spot for haunted places. I love the thrill of getting to see and getting scared by the supernatural.

Fishlegs looked at me as if I was crazy

"Legend says the Fog Monster makes this really creepy moan. Then he surrounds you and scrapes the skin off your bones!" Tuffnut said purposefully making Fishlegs scared with his hands curled

"AAH!" Fishlegs yelled out

"And then he scrapes the bones off of... whatever is under those." Tuffnut finished

"And then it drops the bones from the sky," Ruffnut said as she raised both her hands and acts like she was sprinkling something

"Yes, yes it's true! What he says. It...it... surrounded me!" Johann said terrified

Snotlout looked at Astrid "See? Fog Monster! Pirates... ha-ha... stupid grandfather."

Astrid glared at Snotlout and crossed her arms.

"I don't think he was stupid!" I said to Snotlout

"Thank you, (Y/N)!" Astrid said smiling at me

"Still stupid." Snotlout whispered to me

I gave him a half-lidded eye look

Hiccup walked up to Johann and placed a hand on his shoulder "Johann, we have to find your ship. There's something on it for my father."

He nodded "Yes, yes, yes, there was, but it wasn't for your father." Johann said still looking scared "It was for you." He finished

"For me? From who?" Hiccup asked as he let go of Johann's shoulders

Johann furrowed his eyebrows looking at Hiccup "He didn't tell you? It was from your mother."

"My mother?" Hiccup muttered

"That's impossible," Astrid said in disbelief

If I remembered correctly. Astrid told me that Hiccup's mother was taken away by a dragon a long time ago when Hiccup was just a small child.

I felt very sorry for him. I know what it feels like to lose someone.

"What is it?" Hiccup asked curiously

Johann shook his head "I have no idea, lad. I just know it's in a chest with the Berk crest on it." He said sadly

Hiccup kneeled down to Johann "I have to find it. Take us back there. You- you show us where you were when you lost your ship."

Johann looked away and yelled "No! Noooo! I won't! You can't make me!" He looks back at Hiccup "I have a knife in my boot!" Johann said as he stood up. I heard the twins starting to chuckle. I raised my eyebrow at Johann.

"I don't have a knife in my boot..." he mumbled, "But no more fog, please," Johann begged

"Alright, just tell me how I can find Breakneck Bog." Hiccup said

Johann turned his body "Head due East. There's a group of islands in the shape of a man's hand. Breakneck Bog is the thumb." He said as he pulls up his thumb

Hiccup turned towards Snotlout "Snotlout, you and the twins take him back to Berk."

"Ha-ha," I said, teasing Snotlout

He furrowed his eyebrows angrily at me and looked at Hiccup

"Back to Berk? With this clown and those clowns?" He said as he gestures towards Johann and the twins.

"Would you look at him?" He gestures towards Johann who was standing beside Hiccup and was slouching looking down.

"You don't have any choice." Continued Hiccup "And if anything happens, you'll be glad you have them with you." The twins turned to Snotlout and snickered

"In fact, (Y/N), you should go with them." Hiccup finished

My smile turned into a frown. "W-what why?!" I exclaimed

"Ha-ha," Snotlout said to me smirking

'Oh, that's so not fair!'

"Because your dragon is really strong in the ocean it'll be useful for (y/d/n) to be there." Hiccup said explaining

"That is some cruel and unusual punishment..." I muttered

"It's not a pu-" Hiccup almost exclaimed

"I'm just kidding!" I interrupted him almost cracking a smile but frowned and sighed "Fine, I'm not okay with this...but I'll do it anyway." I mumbled crossing my arms

Hiccup gave me a smile

"Question: What are the rest of us doing?" Fishlegs squeaked out

"We're going to Breakneck Bog." Hiccup said in a serious tone.

Fishlegs started to whimper and shook in fear.

The three: Astrid, Hiccup, and Fishlegs all got on their dragon and left.

•●●●•

"Let's just leave him!" Snotlout said looking over at me and the twins.

"Yeah!" Tuffnut said as Ruffnut agrees with him.

"N-no! Don't leave me here!" Johann yells out

I rolled my eyes and sighed "Alright, Johann come on, let's take you to Berk."

"O-on dragon?" He stuttered

I raised an eyebrow at him

"Yeah, what else? You don't see a ship around here, do you?" Snotlout asked as he leans on Hookfang's horn.

"No! You can't make me!" He yells as he trembled

"Well do you want to swim to Berk?" I asked Johann

He gives me a worried look

I softly sighed and closed my eyes and opened them "Sorry...look, Johann, you have three options, okay? One, you can stay here and we can go to Breakneck Bog and see the Fog Monster. Two, you can swim to Berk on your own and we go to Breakneck Bog and see the Fog Monster. Or three, you ride the dragon and we all escort you to Berk..." I said slightly annoyed with the situation

"I like the third option." He said as he raises three fingers.

I nodded "Good choice."

He walks in front of our dragons and hesitates for a while

"Any day now..." Snotlout said annoyed

"C'mon be nice!" I told Snotlout. He rolled his eyes at my comment.

Johann still doesn't move from the spot. Snotlout jumped off of Hookfang and lifted the poor man up and placed him on his dragon. Snotlout then mounted on.

"Still waiting on that salmon." Tuffnut angrily said to Snotlout

Snotlout ignored his comment "This job is lame." Snotlout said out loud and looked over at Johann "And so are you. Stop crying!"

I rolled my eyes. I looked over at the scared Johann and smiled at him

We flew off towards Berk. It wasn't even five minutes and the twins and Snotlout started to glance and look at each other, smiling.

I looked between them and saw them looking down.

Then it clicked "Snotlout..." I said in a warning tone.

He ignored me and he pushed Johann on to a tiny little rock island. Just enough for one or two people.

I was about to fly down and get him but Snotlout flew in front of me.

"What are you--"

"Don't you want to see the Fog Monster?" He interrupts me as he smiles.

I hesitated "I-I mean yeah...but--"

"Well, we can go now!" He says excitedly

I looked over behind Snotlout and saw Johann looking up at me.

"I-I..." I stuttered

"C'mon, Fog Monster." Snotlout said in a sing-song voice

"Snotlout, I don't know, what about him?" I said as I gesture towards Johann

"He'll be fine! We can come back and get him!" He said still trying to convince me.

I sighed and caved in "Fine..."

Snotlout gave me a toothy grin and flew beside me

"Uh, we'll come back and get you later, Johann!" I shouted out at him and quickly turned and flew towards east.

Johann shouted something out but I couldn't hear what he said

I groaned "You guys are such a bad influence on me."

"I'll take that as a compliment," Tuffnut said.

I rolled my eyes and sighed

"You think he'll be okay?" I asked out loud

"He'll be fine!" Snotlout said reassuring me

"Yeah! Unless a storm passes by." Ruffnut said nonchalantly

Snotlout ignores her "You worry too much, relax."

I sighed and gave him a smile "It's because I hang out with people that make me worry."

•●●●•

As we were flying towards east. Snotlout had the idea of pulling a prank on the three to pay Hiccup for sticking him with Johann. We gathered some bones that we found along the way to Breakneck Bog.

As we were flying we saw the ship in the tree.

"Whoa...take a look at this!" I said in awe

"It's Johann's ship. Aren't they suppose to be on water?" Snotlout asked

I shrugged "Supposedly. I wonder how it got up there." I wondered out loud.

"Probably the Fog Monster," Tuffnut answered

We saw Hiccup, Astrid, and Fishlegs land in the distance. "Look there they are!" I said pointing.

We all landed a bit close but far away that the fog was covering us pretty well. Even I had trouble seeing them but just a silhouette of their dragons and bodies.

The twins both scattered some bones in front of their path.

Meanwhile, Snotlout and I watched them from a distance while holding piles of bones to use for later.

"I don't get it. We flew all around the island. No boat." I heard Hiccup say out loud

Then followed by Astrid "Not even the remains of a boat."

"You know who would take a boat? A Fog Monster!" I heard Fishlegs exclaimed

"What are you guys looking at?" Tuffnut whispered behind me.

I gasped. Almost screaming.

"Really?" I harshly whispered to Tuffnut1

"Shh," Snotlout said to both of us.

Suddenly, I heard some skittering and rustling.

Toothless, Stormfly, and Meatlug started to growl

"Settle down, bud." I heard Hiccup say

Then heard Fishlegs "It's okay, Meatlug. It's okay." He said nervously

"What was that?" I asked quietly looking behind and around me"

"What was that?" I heard Astrid also asking

Snotlout looked at me "Shh!" with his finger up to his lips.

"Only way to find out." I heard Hiccup say in the distance

I rolled my eyes "You 'shh'!" I whispered to Snotlout in annoyance

"Scoot over I want to watch too," I grumbled and slightly pushed him as I watched the three.

I was now touching his arm with mine. I felt myself blushing but I ignored it and kept on watching and listening.

"Wait a minute! You don't go towards the weird scary sound!" I heard Fishlegs whimpered

Snotlout scoffed "What a baby." He whispered to himself

"Yeah, we do. We always do." I heard Astrid say to Fishlegs behind her

"I hate that about us," Fishlegs said as his voice was filled with worry

As they were walking, we quietly followed. They got to where the twins scattered the bones. Somehow, Hiccup and Astrid walked over them, without even realizing, but Fishlegs bumped into it and looked down "Agh... Bones... That's just perfect."

The twins snickered and high-five each other with their free hand. They were holding bones as well.

They got to the boat and suddenly the anchor fell down almost crushing Astrid but Stormfly saved her.

I glared at Snotlout's back head.

I guess he felt my glare because he glanced at me and then actually looked at me "I didn't do it." He said shaking his head.

I then looked at the twins. "Don't look at us," Ruffnut said.

I sighed and looked back at the three.

"Wow! Trader Johann's ship!" I heard Astrid say in awe

"Wow! He really got off course." Hiccup pointed out loud.

"Fog Monster." I heard Fishlegs mumbled out

Hiccup, Astrid, and Fishlegs got on their dragons. Ready to fly up.

"Their dragons will be too heavy for the boat so we should wait for them to send their dragons down," I whispered to the twins and Snotlout

They nodded and we waited for a little bit, and just like I thought, we saw Toothless, Meatlug, and Stormfly fly down.

"Let's go!" Snotlout whispered out and ran over to Hookfang and jumped on, carefully not dropping the bones. Then he flew up above through the fog and above the boat.

I got on (y/d/n) carefully as well and followed Snotlout behind.

The twins then followed behind

We flew above the boat and made sure to stay out of sight.

Snotlout looked at us "Okay, on the count of three..."

"One..."

Meanwhile, Hiccup was talking "Okay, so let's just find this thing and get out of here."

"Two..."

"We're looking for a chest with the Berk crest on it." I heard Hiccup say

Suddenly, one of the bones I was carrying fell out of my arms.

I heard a clattering sound on wood and heard a gasp.

I looked up at Snotlout and gave him a sorry smile "Woops?" I whispered

"Care to explain that?" I heard Fishlegs say down below.

Snotlout rolled his eyes "Three..." he finished and dropped the bones from his arms and I dropped the rest of mine and the twins followed.

"Below deck!" Astrid shouted out

After all the bones stopped clattering we flew down to the boat and unmounted quietly and jumped on the boat. I pointed downwards at (Y/d/n) and (he/she) flew down. Hookfang and Barf and Belch followed.

"Ah, it's just a little...bone-shower. And it passed." I heard Hiccup say below deck.

"Bone-shower...So I'm the only one who thinks that's weird?" Fishlegs said nervously

"Um..." I heard Astrid say.

I looked over at Snotlout. "Okay, what next?" I whispered

Meanwhile, Hiccup was talking "Okay... It's a little weird."

Snotlout picked up a sharp weapon and started to scratch against the boat and slowly started to walk making the floorboards creak.

"So is that." I heard Fishlegs said in a scared voice.

Snotlout continued to randomly scrape around the boat.

"Okay, let's just start looking for the chest and quickly...ah...that really doesn't sound like friendly scraping..." I heard Hiccup say

Snotlout started to snicker. He looked over to his left and saw a couple of gold necklaces.

"Ooh," he said in awe as he picked one up and placed it around his neck. He picked another one up and showed it to me "Do you want one?" He whispered to me

I shook my head "No, thanks. I'll pass." I whispered back.

Suddenly, I heard a scream

"AAAAAAHHHHAAAAAAHHH!"

It sounded like it came from Fishlegs.

Snotlout turned around and I looked up with wide eyes.

The twins were on their knees and were quietly laughing together.

I relaxed, realizing it was them who caused it.

"Fishlegs, I found it!" I heard Hiccup exclaimed

Snotlout looked over at me "Let's do one final scare!" He whispered to me holding in a laugh

Meanwhile, Fishlegs was freaking out "Oh, oh, thank Thor! There was a hand, no skin, all scraped off."

Snotlout started to take very heavy steps towards the stairs that led down below deck.

"It's coming after us!" I heard Astrid say in a panic

"Hide! In there!" I heard Hiccup yelled out.

I quietly followed Snotlout down the stairs. The twins close behind and for a split second I saw some doors closing at the end of the lower deck.

I pointed at it "Over there." I mouthed

He nodded and we all took wide quiet strides towards the door.

I grabbed hold of the door handles and shook the door a little bit by accident

"Nobody... breathe." I heard Hiccup whispering inside

"I just want you to know, I love you guys." I heard Fishlegs whimpering out

I shook my head and sighed through my nose

'They're really going to hate me for this...'

I then aggressively pulled open the door and took a couple of steps back

Hiccup, Astrid, and Fishlegs screamed with eyes opened wide but stopped when they saw us.

I gave them a sorry smile and waved

"Hey, guys! Need a haaaaaaaand?" Tuffnut said standing in front of me holding a whole skeleton arm.

"Ugh!" Astrid growled out and tackled Tuffnut to the ground. She ripped the skeleton arm out of his hand and repeatedly started to beat his head with it.

Luckily, he was wearing a helmet but still looked like it hurts

"Yeouch! Ow! Augh! Ruffnut! Do! Something!"

Ruffnut then grabbed the skeleton arm and started to beat him! "Youch ow! Augh!" Tuffnut yelled out with each hit

Hiccup sighed "Alright, alright. Break it up, you guys."

"Ouch! Ow-ow!" Tuffnut exclaimed.

Ruffnut stopped but Astrid took the skeleton arm and gave him one last good hit "Yeouch! Uuuuuuugh..."

Astrid looked up at me with furrowed eyebrows "(Y/N), You were in on this too?!" She exclaimed

I raised both my hands up "In my defense, it was not my idea!"

"Then, who..." She asked. I glanced over at Snotlout. Astrid sighed and muttered, "Of course."

"So let me get this straight: This was all you. The bones, the scraping?" Hiccup said to Snotlout

He smiled and nodded "That's right! And this was all you: "Ooh! Ah! Eek!" He said making faces and mocking their screams

Fishlegs walked up beside Hiccup "Actually, most of that was me."

Hiccup rolled his eyes and sighed "Oh, gods...Why-why would you do that? What were you thinking?!" He yelled out to Snotlout

Snotlout furrowed his eyebrows in annoyance and pointed at Hiccup's face "That I was gonna make you pay for sticking me with Trader Johann."

"Where is he?" Hiccup asked as he at Snotlout and looked over at me.

I looked over at Snotlout because that was also wasn't my idea and I shouldn't answer

"Don't worry about him. He's fine." Snotlout answered smiling

Astrid got up from being on top of Tuffnut. Snotlout walked over to Astrid. "Just so you know, I'm not going to forget this." She then hit his stomach with the skeleton arm "And what's with that stupid necklace?" She asked as she lifts it up with the skeleton arm's hand.

"You likey?" Snotlout asked flirtatiously lifting it up "Yeah. Just a little something I found on deck. I can grab one for you if you want."

Suddenly, the boat started to rock back and forth

I gasped "Oh no! We're going to--"

Then there was a loud crack below us and we started to fall. Our bodies started to float up to the ceiling above us

"Ahh!" We all started to scream.

Then there was just a loud thud that shook the ground

I groaned as I blinked. "Ow..." I strained out. Everything was slightly blurry. I blinked a couple more times and noticed I was laying on top of something or someone...

He shook his head regaining his consciousness

I looked down and realized what or, should I say, who I was laying on top on.

I felt my face flush red and I rolled off of him and stood brushing myself off. Luckily, he was still recovering from the fall and didn't notice. Hopefully.

"Everybody okay?" I heard Hiccup say.

Suddenly, there were some creepy and eerie noises outside of the boat.

We all got quiet. I could hear everyone's ecstatic breathing.

"Run!" Hiccup shouted out at us.

We all ran towards the stairs but there was a thick fog that started to flow in and it was all around us.

"Oh...Kay I-I think I've seen enough of this Fog Monster!" I yelped out

"I'll admit. Starting to come around on the 'Fog Monster' theory." Hiccup stated out loud.

As I was walking backward I bumped into something or someone. It felt like a person but then I felt something else in front of me and it didn't feel like a person at all.

I let out a scream which caused everyone in the boat to scream out as well. Fishlegs screaming the loudest.

The fog starts to dissipate and it was silent "Is it gone?" I asked out loud through my covered face.

I looked between my fingers and noticed Snotlout in front of me with Fishlegs on his back.

"I think it's gone. You can get off my back now, (Y/N)." Snotlout said not looking behind him

I stepped in front of him "What do you mean?" He looked at me confused and looked over his shoulder.

"Hi," Fishlegs said nervously. Snotlout then pushed Fishlegs off his back with his eyebrows furrowed in annoyance.

"We're alive! Right?" Ruffnut asked. Tuffnut flicked her arm "Ow!" She exclaimed and punched Tuffnut in the gut.

"Can we please just get out of here?!" Astrid pleaded

"Wait! The chest! I- It- It's gone! I just had it." Hiccup said as he looks at his empty hands.

I noticed something felt weird around my neck. I touched it and noticed my locket around my neck is gone as well!

'No! No! No! I made sure it was extra tight around my neck. It shouldn't have fallen off!' I started to look around on the ground and couldn't see it.

Meanwhile, Tuff, Ruff, Snotlout, and Fishlegs ran to the stairs and went around Hiccup with worried faces "Oh, too bad, so sad. See you back on Berk!" Tuffnut said quickly

I kept looking around at the ground haphazardly. Turning over crates and barrels.

"What are you looking for?" Astrid asked me with concern.

I shook my head "Nothing!"

"Meatlug! Oh, I missed you, Meatlug. Don't worry, Daddy's taking you home." I heard Fishlegs said outside

"Are you--" Astrid began to say but I interrupted her.

"Yeah! Come on. Let's go up." I said and ran up the stairs following Hiccup.

"You guys go. I have to find that chest." I heard Hiccup say to Fishlegs, Snotlout, and the twins

"Do what you gotta do. See you when we see you." Snotlout said behind his shoulder as Hookfang was walking.

I walked up beside Toothless who was sitting beside Hiccup "Come on! Don't go!" I called out to them

"Hold on, you guys. That chest is from his mom." Astrid said as she walked up beside me

"Yeah. Touching story. Gotta go!" Tuffnut said as Barf and Belch walked away as well

"Put yourself in his shoes." Astrid continued

"Shoe." Snotlout corrected her

She groaned "What if it was your mother?" Astrid said

They stopped their dragons and stood there.

"Do you think that worked?" I whispered to Astrid.

They looked at each other and turned around and started to walk back to us.

"I think so." She replied with a smile.

Hiccup, Astrid, and I hopped off the boat soon after, followed by Toothless.

As the four dismounted off their dragons. Snotlout pointed at Astrid "I hate you." then he looked over at Hiccup "And this does not mean we're really friends."

Hiccup smiled at them "Thank you, guys. I mean it. Now let's go find that Fog Monster." He said with determination

•●●●•

I was deep in thought trying to remember where my locket went. It wasn't anywhere inside the boat and I remembered putting it on this morning.

It disappeared exactly at the same time when Hiccup's chest disappeared. I also remembered something barely touching me. Not my back but my chest.

"There it is!" Astrid yelled out pulling me out of my thoughts.

I looked to see where she was pointing at.

I squinted through the thick fog and scrunched up my face in confusion.

"Is it just me or does fog not move like this at all?" Hiccup commented.

We all flew after it but suddenly it got split into...two?

"What the...?!" I exclaimed

"There's two of them!" Snotlout shouted out

Hiccup pointed to the right "Astrid!" He yelled

"On it!" She yelled back. Snotlout and the twins followed her while Fishlegs and I followed Hiccup.

We went through the trees and were right behind. We flew down and landed what seemed to be a small rocky canyon.

"We lost it." Hiccup said as Astrid, Snotlout, and the twins landed beside us

"So did we," Astrid said

We all dismounted and saw a dark fog figure in front if us.

"It didn't lose us." Tuffnut said as he pointed at the creepy figure

The fog split into two and started to surround us.

Our dragons started to roar.

"Settle down, bud." I heard Hiccup say to Toothless.

They then started to fly up

"What are they doing?" Ruffnut asked out loud looking confused

"They're leaving us." Tuffnut answered

"I knew Hookfang never liked me." Snotlout said sadly.

"They're not going anywhere. Look!" Hiccup said pointing in front of us as the smoke like fog goes away. Our dragons were creating a breeze with their wings.

"They're dragons!" Astrid said in awe

We all looked around us as these tiny dragons were on the walls. I don't remember seeing these guys in the Book of Dragons. Maybe it was in it but I just forgot about it.

The dragons had yellow eyes, head almost in a shape of a dragon skull, there were spines along their backs and their tails were long.

"Yeah, angry ones." Snotlout said watching them

The dragons made high pitched screech sounds at us.

"Well, look on the bright side, Fishlegs. No Fog Monster." Hiccup said to Fishlegs as he didn't leave his eyes on the little grey dragons.

"I feel so much better now." He replied sarcastically

"They're everywhere..." I muttered as I looked at them. Some sort of smoke was coming out of their nostrils.

"What are those things?" Ruffnut asked also looking at the little dragons.

"They're like smokey dragon-pirates without the eye-patches." Tuffnut replied

"Smothering Smokebreath dragons." Fishlegs muttered.

We all turned and looked at him

"What?" He said as he looks at us

"Fishlegs, are you serious?" I asked slightly annoyed with worry mixed into it.

"You knew about these things?" Snotlout's voice cracked in annoyance as he pointed at the little dragons behind him.

"Well I've read about them. I didn't believe they actually existed!" Fishlegs exclaimed defensively

Astrid crossed her arms "So you went with 'Fog Monster' instead?!" She exclaimed in disbelief.

Hiccup looked at us "Guys! Can we please talk about this later?" Then looked at Fishlegs "What else did the book say?"

Fishlegs started to count with his fingers "They hide themselves in a veil of smoke, they're very territorial and, uh..." there was a pause "I forget the third thing." He sighed

The Smothering Smokebreaths started to fly towards us and attack.

I stood by (y/d/n) while (he/she) protected me from the small dragons. I got on (him/her) and ducked as a Smothering Smokebreath flew towards my face.

I didn't bring any weapons with me. I was out in the open and vurnable.

We all tried to fly out but the small dragons just pushed us back with numbers.

"There's too many of them! Let's fall back." Hiccup said to us after we all landed.

"Um... Fall back where?" Tuffnut shouted at Hiccup

"Give us a fire line!" Hiccup yelled out to the twins pointing at the small dragons coming at us.

"Don't have to ask us twice." Tuffnut muttered and Barf released gas and Belch ignited it with sparks. There was huge explosion in front of us.

The little dragons made a scraping sound roar almost like when you scratch an ax head against a rock.

We took this time to fly up and out of the canyon

"What are we doing? Why are we still here?" Fishlegs asked nervously.

"I can't leave here without that chest." Hiccup said as he looks at Fishlegs and down at the canyon

"You don't even know if they have it!" Snotlout shouted out.

We heard chain noises and looked up. It was an anchor from Johann's ship getting carried by smoke.

The cloud of smoke carried it inside the cave in front of us.

"I have a pretty good idea. Let's get a closer look." Hiccup said, his eyes not leaving the cave's entrance.

We flew back down and hid behind a large flat rock. We saw little dragons zipping into the cave

"Fishlegs? Anything more you'd like to share?" Hiccup asked as he looks at Fishlegs.

Fishlegs nodded "Unfortunately yes. That third thing: The Smothering Smokebreaths build their nest out of metallic objects."

My eyes went wide open 'Oh no...'

"That doesn't sound too cozy." Tuffnut said with furrowed eyebrows but then smiled "Or does it?"

"It's not supposed to be." Fishlegs said as his voice wavered "They do it to defend against attacks by bigger Dragons."

"I wish I could see in there." Hiccup sighed as he pound his fist on the rock

"Yeah, you do. Hehehehehe." Tuffnut said chuckling

We looked over at him and he was holding a spyglass backwards looking at his hand

"Where did you get that?" Hiccup asked

"Duh. From the ship. Or whatever that was in the tree." Tuffnut said nonchalantly still messing with the spyglass.

Hiccup snatched it out of his hand and gave Tuffnut an annoyed growl and looked through the spyglass

"They're melding them all together." He moved the spyglass to the right "The chest! It's in there!" He placed the spyglass down "We've get to get them away from that pile of loot."

I silently gasped 'Oh no! I hope they haven't gotten to my locket!'

"Maybe we can lure them away." Astrid suggested

"With what?" Hiccup asked

We heard whistling behind us.
We turned around and saw Snotlout cleaning his gold necklace

He lifted it up and started to admire it "Shiny." He looks up at us smiling "Haha...what?"

•●●●•

It took everyone to convince him to distract the dragons. But eventually he agreed

Snotlout stood on one of the rocks and held out the necklace "Here, dragons! Got something for you. Over here. Come get it." He shouted towards the entrance. Little by little the dragons start to pop up. Snotlout started to mumble something under his breath. Something about Hiccup and eating and chest.

The dragons all came out clumped together and went for Snotlout.

"Quickly, quickly! Those things will be done with Snotlout any second now." Hiccup said to us

Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, and I flew inside the nest. The twins decided not to get involved.

"Aaah! Uh! Watch it! Not there! Hey!" I heard Snotlout yelling outside

Meanwhile, I looked around and found it. It stuck out like a sore thumb because it wasn't melded into the other metals yet. I started to climb up the piles of melded metal.

"What are you doing?" I heard Astrid ask me.

I looked down at her and sighed "I kind of lied...back at the boat. I lost my locket and I was trying to look for it. But I found it now!"

"Uhm guys! They're coming!" Fishlegs yelled out to us

I quickly grabbed the locket and stuck it inside my satchel. Hoping it would prevent them from getting it.

I quickly slid down and got on (y/d/n)

"Hiccup! Look out!" I heard Astrid cry out. I turned my head and a group of them headed towards him

"Toothless!" He shouted out

Toothless climbed up to him and started to flap his wings. The smoke started to disappear.

I then flew out towards the cave entrance and noticed Snotlout was no where to be seen.

"Hiccup! Don't leave me! Aah!" I heard Snotlout yell out from pile of metal. He was held down by the dragons

I gasped and watched from the cave entrance. Hiccup rolled his eyes and turned around muttering something.

"Plasma blast!" Hiccup yelled out.

Toothless shot around Snotlout, scaring the small dragons. The dragons let Snotlout go and Hiccup landed in front of him

"Oh, yeah!" I heard Snotlout yell

I relaxed and let out a sigh. Hiccup flew by us and we quickly followed

We flew above Breakneck Bog and yet they were still following up

"Anything you have that's metal, throw it at them!" Astrid cried out

Everyone started to throw their weapons into the giant group of Smothering Smokebreaths.

I was kind of amazed at how many weapons they were carrying.

Most of them flew back to their nest

"We did it!" Snotlout cheered

But we weren't done yet

"Hiccup!" Astrid exclaimed

A straggler grabbed onto Hiccup's metal foot and pulled him off of Toothless. He was flying back down to Breakneck Bog. However Fishlegs flew into the Smothering Smokebreath and Meatlug head butted it, sending it away.

Hiccup mounted back on Toothless and Fishlegs and Hiccup came back up to us.

I sighed happily and pulled out my locket and started to place it around my neck.

"So glad we are done with that!" I smiled.

Right after I said that a Smothering Smokebreath flew straight into me and grabbed hold of my locket. I got pushed off of (y/d/n) but gripped onto my saddle before I fell into the ocean but then I gripped onto my locket with my free hand.

"(Y/N)!" Hiccup gasped

"Are you kidding me?! Can you just leave us alone already?!" I yelled at the dragon as we started to play a game of tug-of-war with my locket.

With the dragon pulling and pulling myself up. I sat back on my saddle and grabbed hold of my locket with two hands.

The dragon pulled hard but I pulled harder. I made sure to grab it closer to it's mouth so I don't snap the chain.

"Let go!" I screamed at the dragon but the dragon refused to let go.

"(Y/N)! You need to--" Fishlegs started

"No!" I yelled at Fishlegs interrupting him and startling him.

"We can get you another locket, (Y/N)! Just let go!" Hiccup said to me.

But I ignored him.

I did one hard pull "Let! G-Whoooaaa!" I yelped out.

The dragon finally got bored and let go but it did it when I pulled.

I ended up doing backward flips while falling.

Everything was spinning and was hard to see what was going on. I was in shock, I couldn't even yell out anything or hear anything either.

I gripped onto my locket and shut my eyes. I was ready to hit the sea and possibly break all the bones in my body and also possibly die.

But nothing happened, instead I felt pressure on my shoulders. I opened my eyes and I was right above the water.

There was a reflection of orange and a hint of black. I looked up and I was under Hookfang.

Snotlout looked down at me from his dragon but I looked away.

'I think I would have rather died...'

He flew towards my dragon and dropped me on top of (y/d/n).

"Why didn't you just let go of the locket?!" Hiccup exclaimed

I didn't say anything but he continued "It's just an old, dirty, rusty locket, we--"

"How dare you say that!" I said angrily at him while I was just staring at (y/d/n)'s head and gripped hard on my locket.

There was a heavy silence

"What?" He said in bewilderment.

"It's not just an old, dirty, rusty locket...this locket is...my memories." I muttered

"I-I'm not sure what you're implying." Hiccup stuttered.

I tried not to get too angry and emotional so I took a quiet deep breath.

"Read between the lines, Hiccup. This locket is important to me like how that chest is important to you." I said to him as nice as I could.

He finally understood what I meant. "(Y/n), I am so so--"

"It's alright. Just forget about it." I quickly said as I glanced over at Hiccup and back down to the ocean

We flew back to Berk in awkward silence for a few moments until Snotlout spoke.

"Hmm, I feel like we are forgetting something." He said out loud.

I felt that too and then I remembered. My eyes went wide and I looked over at Snotlout and at the twins who also looked at me.

"Johann." We all said together.

"What about him?" Fishlegs asked.

I started to fidget with my fingers before I could open my mouth, Snotlout confessed.

"We may or may not have left him on a rock...in the middle of the ocean?" Snotlout said grinning.

"You what?!" Astrid exclaimed

"Um, yeah, uhm...we should probably..." I trailed off.

"Yeah..." Snotlout nodded

"We'll be back!" I said to the rest of the group as Snotlout, the twins, and I flew towards where we left him.

•●●●•

"I can't believe we forgot about him!" I exclaimed as we quickly flew

"We? I remembered!" Snotlout said as he looked at me. I looked at him with no expressions and looked away.

"Anyways, what was that between you and Hiccup?" He asked curiously

There was a few seconds of silence and did a heavy sigh "It's...just one of those things that's kind of hard to talk about..."

Snotlout might sometimes act really dumb but he can also be understanding and smart. If he wants to.

He didn't say anything more. So I assumed he got the hint and dropped the subject.

•●●●•

We finally got to the tiny rock in the middle of the ocean. I saw Johann curled up in a fetal position. I started to panic. He looks dead!

"Is he dead?" Tuffnut asked nonchalantly

I looked closer and saw some breathing movements.

"I think he's just sleeping." I said to Tuffnut. I turned towards the sleeping man "Johann, we're back like we promised!" I yelled down at him.

He slowly turned his body towards us and then he quickly sat up.

"Oh, thank the gods! I thought you have forgotten about me!" He cried out.

I forced a fake smile "haha, yeah..."

Snotlout flew in and got Hookfang to grab him by his tunic and flip him up and land him right behind Snotlout.

•●●●•

We dropped Johann off. He was silent the whole time but I could tell he was angry.

We got some rope to get his boat back to Berk.

(Y/d/n) carried the front, Hookfang in the middle, and Barf and Belch were at the back.

"Alright, Alright. That's it. A little to the left!" Stoick shouted

We slowly started to place the remains of the boat on the dock

"We're going to have to clear the forest to fix that boat." I heard Gobber commenting

Stoick turned to Johann "We're glad you're safe, Johann. Is there anything else we can do for you?"

Johann smiled but then frowned when he turned towards us "Yeeeees! Just give me five minutes alone with the four who dropped me back in the ocean!" He said as he glared at us

I let out a nervous laugh "Ah...oh man..."

We landed and dismounted our dragons.

We got an ear full from Johann and I'm pretty sure he went over five minutes.

"We are really really sorry, Johann...right guys?" I said through my teeth, glaring at Snotlout and the twins.

They just made some grunts and mumble sounds and shrugs. I just sighed. That was the best apology that Johann is ever going to receive. From them at least.

"But at least you're..." Johann frowned and furrowed his eyebrow at me "okay?" I squeaked out

He rolled his eyes and sighed. He then started to walk away.

I sighed in relief.

"That was stressful." I muttered to myself.

•●●●•

Later that night I went to my usual thinking spot. The cliff where I looked over the ocean and hear the crickets singing and the leaves rustling behind me as the ocean waves crashed below me.

I grabbed the locket around my neck and held it in my hands.

-song starts here-

🎶Na, na, na, na, na, na, na🎶

I look up at the horizon feeling tears in my eyes

🎶I miss you, miss you so bad
I don't forget you, oh, it's so sad
I hope you can hear me
I remember it clearly🎶

🎶The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it won't be the same, oh🎶

I closed my eyes and let the tears fall

🎶Na, na, na, na, na, na, na🎶

🎶I didn't get around to kiss you
Goodbye on the hand
I wish that I could see you again
I know that I can't
Oh, I hope you can hear me, 'cause I remember it clearly🎶

I kept my eyes closed and just felt the cool breeze as I just gripped onto my locket close to me.

🎶The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it won't be the same, oh🎶

I opened my eyes and furrowed my eyebrows angrily. I stood up and paced around

🎶I've had my wake up
Won't you wake up
I keep asking why
And I can't take it
It wasn't fake it
It happened, you passed by🎶

I picked up a rock and threw off the cliff

🎶Now you're gone, now you're gone
There you go, there you go
Somewhere I can't bring you back🎶

I saw a stray pebble and kicked it

🎶Now you're gone, now you're gone
There you go, there you go
Somewhere, you're not coming back🎶

I sat back down towards the ocean touching the sky.

🎶The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it won't be the same, no🎶

🎶The day you slipped away
Was the day that I found it won't be the same, oh🎶

I started to calm down and started to breath heavily as my voice cracked

🎶Na, na, na, na, na, na, na🎶

And whispered as I felt sad again

🎶I miss you🎶

I sighed "I miss you guys so much." I whispered to myself my as I held my locket close.

I heard dragon wings flapping and a soft thud behind me.

There was silence for a couple of seconds. Until, the person spoke up.

"Hey..."

I quickly wiped my tears "Hey, Hiccup." I said, not bothering turning around

I heard him walking closer to me and sat beside me.

"I want to say...I'm sorry about today." He softly said to me

I gave him a soft smile "It's alright. It's not your fault. You didn't know."

He nodded "Would you like to talk about it?" He asked

I thought for a second but I shook my head "I don't feel ready just yet. It still hurts. To talk about it, even thinking about it...it's painful."

He nods again "I understand."

I softly sighed there was more silence.

I did a heavy sigh and sniffed "This world is so cruel... but I learned quickly that this world can't be perfect without suffering..." I looked at the dark ocean that looked like it went on forever.

"Why would you say that?" Hiccup asked as he looked at me with curiosity

"Because...suffering causes learning...it causes understanding for others. Without suffering we wouldn't know what happiness would be." I said looking up at Hiccup and smiled

I continued "through suffering, I know what my happiness is...it's here." I said as I looked at the sky.

"At this cliff?" Hiccup asks

I laughed and shook my head "No..."

I looked at Hiccup "Berk... and you, Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, (y/d/n)...You guys don't even realize it but you guys help me continue to wake up everyday and think 'everything is going to be okay.' Because everyone that I love and care about is here."

He gives me a sad smile and suddenly he hugged me. I was caught off guard by the hug. But I embraced it.

We left go of the hug and I smiled at him "Thanks, I needed that." I said softly at him.

He smiled and nodded.

"Oh, so why are you out so late?" Hiccup asks.

I stared back at the ocean and saw the moon starting to peek out behind the clouds. "I come here to think. Sometimes sing." I giggled. I continued "I usually come here when I can't sleep."

I looked back at Hiccup "What about you?"

"Oh! I just like to take late-night flights once in a while." He said shrugging

I nodded "Those are nice too." I said as I let out a chuckle

There was some nice comfortable silence. I looked over at Hiccup and remembered the question I was going to ask.

"Oh, by the way. What was in that chest?" I asked as I tilted my head to side.

He smiled widely at me and started to tell me his story.