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"So..what now?" Astrid slowly asks, making
(Y/N) sigh heavily and stroke (D/N)'s ear, him purring happily in reply. She take a quick glance over at Hiccup as he sighs, shaking his head with a frown.

"Guys, your final exam is tomorrow!"
Hiccup looks over with furrowed brows before he looks back at Toothless.

"You know you'll have to kill.." Astrid cuts herself off, her grip on (Y/N)'s shoulder tightening as she whispers.

"..kill the dragons."

"Don't remind us." Hiccup grumbles, looking ahead. (D/N) lowly growls, his ears flickering as he tilts his head in concern. Toothless becomes alert, a light clicking and rumble coming from him.

Astrid gasps, gripping her friend tightly as
(D/N) suddenly takes the lead, Hiccup yelping as Toothless swiftly follows. "Toothless?
(D/N)? What's happening?" He questions, looking down at the Night Fury.

"(D/N)?" (Y/N) quietly calls, setting her hand gently on his neck. She flinches back as he roars, his ears flat against his skull.

"What is it?" (D/N) snarls, swiftly dodging to the left as a Monstrous Nightmare joins his side, (Y/N)'s eyes widening as she gasps.

"Get down!" Hiccup quickly orders, making both girls lower themselves onto the Howl's back, Astrid slightly leaning over (Y/N).

Toothless joins (D/N's side, lowly growling and snapping his head to look around.

He suddenly roars and runs into (D/N) as a Nadder joins his side, making Astrid yelp bury her head into (Y/N)'s neck. (D/N) barks a warning, lowly hissing.

The (H/C) girl locks eyes with the Nadder, glaring as the dragon chirps at her before facing forward.

"You good?" Astrid softly questions before they all gasp at the sight of hundreds of dragons surrounding them from the deep fog, each holding an animal or fish.

"What's going on?" (Y/N) breathes out, her eyes wide as (D/N) continues to hiss.

"I don't know," Hiccup whispers, setting a hand on Toothless' head. "Toothless, (D/N), you gotta get us out of here, guys." Toothless jerks his head, ignoring Hiccup. "It looks like they're hauling in their kill,"

Hiccup mumbles, looking around at the dragons. "Uh..what does that make us?" Astrid questions, her voice shaking. "We'll be fine Astrid.." (Y/N) mumbles, reaching around and squeezing the nervous blonde's hand.

She gasps as (D/N) snaps at a Zippleback, making it cower away before it notices the two girls. (D/N) lowly growls, causing it to shortly roar back and fly further away from them.

They begin to move with the dragons, yelping as they begin to descend at a fast rate.

(D/N) and Toothless work together, maneuvering through the tall pillars of rocks and slowly spiraling around each other.

"Hiccup.." (Y/N) softly calls, her jaw slack at the sight of a massive volcano. The dragons all begin to enter through small tunnels, making the group yell in protests (D/N) and Toothless follow suit.

It was pitch black for a moment before the area was lit up by lava, the cries of the animals being carried by the dragons echoing off the walls.

The blazing heat stung the (E/C) girls face, making her wince and squint as she brushes loose strands of hair from her eyes.

"What my Dad wouldn't give to find this.."
Hiccup quietly breathes out as Toothless flies over, making his way to (D/N)'s side.

(Y/N) winces as Astrid's grip becomes to tight for her liking, making her lightly slap the girl's hands. The Hofferson quickly loosens up, making (Y/N) sigh in relief as she looks around at all the dragons.

"It's a nest.."she mumbles, Hiccup looking to her with wide eyes, he turns back, breathing in as he watches the animals fall into the foggy unknown. (D/N) barks at Toothless, making him nod and follow as the Howl swoops upward and onto a ledge.

Toothless lands besides his friend, cowering lightly behind (D/N) and lowly rumbling. "Well, it's satisfying to know that all of our food is being dumped down a hole," Hiccup scoffs, shaking his head.

"They're not eating any of it," Astrid agrees in confusion as I stare into the fog.

"Maybe.." (Y/N) begins but trails off as a Gronckle flies over the fog, buzzing lightly.
It shakes its head before regurgitating up a fish, spitting it out into the fog. "Maybe what?" Hiccup urges, pausing as a low snarl was heard.

They all watch the Gronckle as a large dragon's head suddenly appears from the fog, devouring the small dragon in one bite as the others cowering fear.

"What..?" Astrid breathes out, her hand trembling on (Y/N)' shoulder. "..Red Death.." the (E/C) girl whispers, her eyes wide as she watches the dragons begin to panic and fly around.

(D/N) lowly growls, his fur standing on end as his ear flickers. The large dragon peeks out of the fog, its nostrils flaring as it breathes in deeply.

"All right, bud, we got to get out of here." Hiccup quietly urges Toothless, shaking him from his fear. "Now!" (D/N) roars, swiftly shoving Toothless and flying after him just as the large dragon snaps at them.

The rest of the dragons begin panicking, following after them to escape the jaws of death.

"Move!" (Y/N) shouts, gasping as Toothless narrowly dodges the dragon, they shove a few dragons out of their path before finally squeezing through a hole, the Red Death roaring after them.

...

"No, (Y/N)'s right! It totally makes sense!"
Astrid says as they fly onto the shore of Berk.
"It's like a giant beehive. They're the workers and that's their Queen! It controls them."
(D/N) gracefully lands, snorting softly as Astrid swiftly jumps off him.

Toothless lands besides him, watching Astrid.

"Let's find your dad's!"

"Wait, Astrid!"

"No! No," Hiccup shouts, quickly unhooking himself and blocking her path as (Y/N) does the same. "No, not yet." He shakes his head, (Y/N) joining him and nodding.

"Astrid, they'll kill them," (Y/N) shakes her head, smiling softly when she sees Toothless playfully chasing (D/N).

"We have to think this through, carefully."
Hiccup agrees, sighing softly as he starts pacing. "Guys, we just discovered the Dragon's Nest," Astrid scoffs, shaking her head as she looks between the two.

"The thing we've been after since Vikings first sailed here! And you guys wanna keep it a secret?! To protect your...pet dragons?!" She demands, her voice raising.

"Are you serious?"

Hiccup and (Y/N) look at each other, standing with each other as they face her. "Yes." Hiccup replies, his voice holding no room for arguing.
"Please, Astrid," (Y/N) says in a firm tone, her eyes serious and pleading.

Astrid's glare falters as she looks between the two, Hiccup looking away and (Y/N rubbing her arm as she looks towards the water.
"Okay," Astrid says after a moment. "Then what do we do?"

"Just..give me until tomorrow," Hiccup sighs heavily, voice groggy from tiredness.

"I'll figure something out," he pauses, looking back at (Y/N). "Trust me, I won't let anything happen to them." He pauses, his cheeks going red as he decided to add one more statement.

"..or you."

(Y/N) stares at him, chuckling as Hiccup quickly looks away from her, a blush burning on his face as he kicks a rock around. Astrid looks between the two, smirking before clearing her throat and walking over to them.

She swiftly and lightly punches (Y/N)'s arm as she yelps, roughly punching Hiccup's shoulder after as he grunts in pain.

"That was for kidnapping me." Toothless chokes on the water he was drinking, shaking his head as Hiccup looks back with a confused face.

(D/N) looks over with a snort, standing tall and staring at Astrid with a light glare as his tail flickers. The blonde looks to the Howl and snickers, bringing a hand up in a mock surrender.

His ears perk as his glare falls, his tail swaying happily behind him as he resumes drinking water with Toothless.

"Come on, (Y/N), I'll take you home." Astrid calls, walking backwards as she gives Hiccup a two-fingered salute before facing forward.

(Y/N) nods, looking to her friend before hesitating, biting her lip in thought.

She quickly rushes to him, hugging him tightly and pecking his cheek before rushing after Astrid, the two laughing as they race back to the Village. Hiccup sways lightly, muttering incoherently as he places a hand where she kissed.

His cheeks were flushed pink, and warm. He watches her leave in a daze, a small smile on his face, not noticing the two dragons approaching him. (D/N) curiously rumbles on his left, Toothless chirping on his right as they stare at him.

Hiccup looks up between the two, stammering and scoffing.

"W-what are you two lookin' at?!"

(D/N) scoffs lightly, shaking his head in amusement as Toothless watches the two in the distance.

Maybe befriending a human wasn't so bad after all.

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