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Hiccup roughly slams the dart he found on a nearby table, his face hard and voice firm.

"Someone's here."

"Huh?" Gobber questions, turning back and raising a brow.

"There was a trap out in the woods," (Y/N) says with a sigh. "It was meant to kill a dragon on site..I nearly got caught in it."

Astrid's eyes narrow, Eret walking by, carrying a box of supplies with a worried expression.

"He somehow managed to slip past our scouts and lay two traps." Hiccup mumbles, his face showing confusion as he speaks.

"It ruined boy talk!" Tuffnut growls in annoyance, making (Y/N) look to him with a glare. Her eyes widen as she watches his grip on the dart begin to losses.

It flies through the air before striking one of the boxes Eret was carrying, making the man look up with a yelp of surprise.

"Tuffnut!!" (Y/N) yells, walking to Eret and looking him over with a worried stare. The man shakes his head, a small smile on his face to show he was okay.

"Let me at him! I'll show him what happens when he messes with-!"

"Okay we get it!" Hiccup stops him, chuckling at the man's protectiveness.

"Get some scouts in the air, Hiccup and I will fly coastline and see if we can spot anything.." (Y/N) mumbles, her voice holding authority. The group look to her and nod with proud smiles.

"Yeah..." Eret gains their attention as he walks over to the table, picking up the other dart and inspecting it. "I wouldn't advise taking Toothless and (D/N) anywhere, Chief."

"What? Why not?" Hiccup asks, approaching him and inspecting the dart.

"I know this handiwork," he explains, looking over the dart. "Grimmel the Grisly. Famous back where I'm from. The smartest dragon hunter I've seen..well, next to me of course."

Hiccup scoffs, "He can't be that smart. He left his trap unmanned!"

"Could've been on purpose."

The group all turn and stare wide eyed at the (H/C) girl, watching as she nods to herself, her hand on her chin while the other wraps around her waist.

"I mean it's possible! Nobody would leave a perfectly effective trap in the middle of the woods unless they were absolutely sure that it would work!" She continues, pacing around the room as she speaks.

"Of course it was effective, I mean it nearly caught me..so he placed it in a spot where he was certain that anybody would happen to stumble across it." She finishes her rant, a small smile on her face as she turns around to face her friends.

She tilts her head as they all stared at her, Eret nodding his head with a smirk and Hiccup watching her with wide eyes.

"..what?" She asks, her arms crossed as she raised a brow at the group. They all shake their heads, turning away and mumbling to eachother.

Eret lets out a chuckle, handing (Y/N) the other as he starts to walk away. "Nothing's an accident when it comes to old Grimmel."

He stops near Toothless and (D/N), setting his hands on his hips as he looks between them.

"He lives for the hunt. To get inside the mind of his prey."

(D/N) looks around at the sky with perked ears, sighing as he lays down besides Toothless, who was also looking around.

"To control its every choice. It's all a game to him."

"Well, he doesn't know who he's playing with," Astrid replies, making Hiccup nod.

"Yeah, (Y/N) and I have dealt with his kind before."

"Don't underestimate him, Hiccup. He'll be back," Eret nods, joining my side.

"Then we'll be waiting for him." Hiccup grins, making me look back at Eret. "We'll stop him before he gets anywhere near (D/N) and Toothless."

...

A lone candle lights the room along with the firepit, Hiccup pulling out a book from his bookshelf. He blows the dust off, wiping some of it away as he turns.

(Y/N) sits a few ways away, her body sprawled across another chair as her head rested back, her eyes closed as her breathing slowed with every breath.

A large blanket was draped across her form, covering all the way to her neck and polling around the floor, her arms were crossed, her hair undone and falling across her face.

Hiccup turns to her, a gentle smile on his face as he takes slow steps towards her. He leans down and pecks her forehead, ducking his head even further, he whispers something into her ear, his voice gentle as he glances around the room.

He pulls away with a smile before shaking his head and turning back. He walks down closer to the firepit, kneeling at his map as he flips through some pages.

"All right, all right, come on..." He mumbles to himself, his eyes flickering between the pages.

"Give me a clue here. Give me a clue, dad."

Hiccup stops on a page, the sound of wood creaking softly sounding above him.
Toothless and (D/N) quietly snore by the fire, their bodies pressed together and breaths deep.

(D/N)'s ears peek up, gaining Hiccup's attention. The dragons head was still down, his eyes closed, but his ears frantically moved around before stopping. His right ear flickered before he pulled them both back.

Hiccup narrows his eyes, gasping softly and turning around when he hears a light tapping.
There Grimmel stood, pouring himself some tea before smirking.

Hiccup quickly rises, glaring at the man as Grimmel speaks.

"Oh, I hope you don't mind if I help myself?" He speaks lowly, taking a sip of the drink.
"This is," he takes another drink, "Quite good."

Hiccup draws his sword, the flames lighting up the room as Grimmel nods with a hum.
"That is impressive," he says in amusement, swishing the liquid around in the cup. "But let me finish my drink."

"What-!" Hiccup starts, his voice raised before Grimmel looks to him with a scowl. "I suggest keeping your mouth shut! Wouldn't want to wake your little girlfriend.." the man teases, Hiccup watching him with wide eyes as Grimmel takes slow steps towards the sleeping (Y/N).

The Chiefs heart began to speed up, his heartbeat thrumming in his ears as Grimmel looks down at the girl, a smile on his face as he strokes her hair gently.

Hiccup looks back at the dragons, making Grimmel swiftly pull out his crossbow and fire two shots.

It strikes through the blanket Toothless was under, who grunts for a moment. (D/N)'s head snaps up, the dart striking his neck, and he passes out with a rumble.

"Toothless!"

"Hiccup..?" A small voice called, Hiccup's head snapping back and watching as (Y/N) groggily stood up, the blanket falling and pooling around the floor as she rubbed her eyes tiredly.

She shakes her head, running her fingers through her hair before looking back and gasping at the unknown man. She grabs her sword from behind the chair, and points it dangerously close to his neck.

Grimmel's smirk widens as he watches the girl, gulping the last of his drink, he places his cup down before stalking closer to her, his hands folded behind his back as he backs her up against the table.

"What did you do to them?" Hiccup demands, facing Grimmel with a glare.

"Nothing that they won't sleep off.."

Grimmel shrugs before approaching Stoick's chair. He chuckles as he sits down, (Y/N)'s eyes glaring harshly as her nails dug into her palms.

"May I? Chief Hiceup, hmm.." Grimmel hums, snickering. "Do I say Chief-" he hiccups mockingly, "..or do I call you Hiccup? What do you prefer?"

"Get up!" (Y/N) shouts, surprising both Hiccup and Grimmel. The man stares at her with wide eyes before rising from the chair, his smile never leaving.

"Oh but of course! ..(Y/N)..what a lovely name." He complements, stalking around the fire. "I admire a women with authority!"

"I'm flattered." (Y/N) replies with an eye roll, causing Grimmle to look to her with a mixture of surprise and annoyance.

"You have no idea who I am, do you?"

(Y/N) goes to say something, only to be cut off by Grimmel letting out a short laugh.

"Well, your fathers knew of me. Ah, Chief Stoick! Now there was a Chief!!" He yells, barking out laughs every few seconds.

"Oh and (F/N)! Two of the greatest dragon hunters to have ever lived. I wonder...what would they think of you?"

Hiccup remains silent as he watches
Grimmel, (Y/N) glancing around subtly for a moment before focusing on the man.

"He had it right, you know. Making it his mission to destroy the beasts so that you could grow up in a better world." Grimmel pauses, looking to (Y/N) with disgust.

"And (F/N), lost his life fighting for a ridiculous dream, pathetic.." he spits, rolling his eye and looking away.

(Y/N)'s eyes widen at his words, before it falls into a scowl, she grips her sword tighter and tighter, her breath short and fast.

"He changed his mind," Hiccup replies in a low voice, his sword dripping magma every so often as he moves it around.

"And look where that got him." Grimmel fires back with a smirk, Hiccup's eyes widening as he softly gasps.

"So, let's get to the point." Grimmel dusts off his coat, sighing softly and facing the two. "I am the Night Fury and Woolly Howl killer. I've hunted every last one but yours."

Hiccup's eyes widen, (Y/N) looking over at the two dragons before looking back at Grimmel.

"And you two are going to give me those dragons, or I will-!"

"We will never give them up!" Hiccup interrupts, (Y/N) nodding with a smirk.

Grimmel lets out a laugh, passing Hiccup and shoving his flaming sword away as he walks by.

"You wish dragons to live free among us like
equals?"

Hiccup breathes heavily in anger as he follows Grimmel with his eyes, (Y/N) remaining by his side as she turns her neck to watch him.

"A toxic notion, my boy. History has shown that we are the superior species," Grimmel continues, walking around the house.

"What if word of your misguided ideas were to spread? It would be the undoing of civilization as we know it."

His gaze flickers down to Toothless' tail, making him double take.

(Y/N) nervously glances at Hiccup, who nods firmly.

Grimmel kicks the tail, making Fishlegs loopily sit up as he speaks, "Did we..get him?" He collapses, the false head of Toothless falling off as Hiccup uses his sword to swipe away Grimmel's crossbow.

"Now!"

(D/N) swiftly sits up with a snarl, shaking out his neck and watching as the dart falls to the ground, it's liquid still inside. At that moment, (Y/N) silently thanked the gods that she decided to never cut her dragons fur.

Who knew that Woolly Howl's fur was so thick?

Astrid steps out from above one of the beams, Valka and (M/N) bursting through the front door as Gobber appears from the side door.

"Sorry to barge in!"

Hiccup raises his sword to the man, fury on his face as he speaks with anger. "You think you can come into our home, sit in my father's chair, and threaten our dragons?"

"This is Berk," (Y/N) speaks up, remaining at Hiccup's side and glaring up at the man.
"We're strong, we're ridiculously crazy, and we love our dragons!"

"And we have defended our way of life from far worse than you." Hiccup finishes, Grimmel looking between the two with a laugh. "Ooh, fighting spirits!" He chuckles again, "I love it, only...I'm afraid you're mistaken. You've never seen anything like me."

He whistles, (D/N)'s ears perking as he looks up with a roar. Astrid looks back with a gasp, leaping down and landing roughly as the roof caves in from being burned.

She shakes out her head, gasping and crawling backwards as a Deathgripper leaps down with a snarl.

The Deathgripper hisses, raising his tail before swinging it down towards (D/N). He dodges it, ramming his head into the chest of the Deathgripper and knocking him back.

Grimmel whistles again, another Deathgripper appearing above and attempting to strike Valka with his tail.

"Son, get clear!" Valka yells, (M/N) swinging her spear down and stabbing through the dragon's tail as he strikes.

Astrid scrambles out of the way of the two dragons, (D/N) roaring as he was knocked aside, the Deathgripper prepares to bite at him, but shrieks as (Y/N) slices at its leg.

(D/N) kicks him across the room, shaking out his head with a snort as (Y/N) looks around at the fire frantically.

"Guys we have to go!!"

Gobber races along with Astrid, Fishlegs on his shoulder like a sack of potatoes as he groans weakly. The Deathgripper roars at them, turning and facing (M/N) and Valka.

He sprays his acid, Valka using her shield to protect her and (M/N). It melts just as he finishes, Hiccup joining the two while looking around.

"Have both dragons ready when I return!"
Grimmel growls, appearing from the smoke before smirking as he looks over at (Y/N). "Or I will destroy everything you love."

A beam collapses behind Hiccup, distracting the three as Grimmel quickly flees.

(Y/N) races through the house, (D/N) using his wings to protect her as he runs behind her, and they join the others.

(Y/N) staggers, catching her breath as Hiccup came up beside her, cupping her cheeks and checking her for any bruises.

She gasps, her eyes wide when she sees the destruction on Berk.

A large cloud of smoke covered Berk, people screaming and clamoring in the distance.
Houses were swallowed by flames, and dragons flew around the island in a panic.

(D/N) looks around with a low growl, anger growing within him as he takes off flying to try to calm the other dragons and join Toothless.

Hiccup's eyes widened as his brows pull together in horror, (M/N) and Valka looking at one another in sadness as (Y/N) holds Hiccup's hand in fear, her other handing clutched over her mouth.

She slowly sinks to her knees, Hiccup lowering himself down with her in worry. He watches with sadness as (Y/N)'s head slowly falls to the ground, her forehead touching the grass as she sob's harshly.

"Why can't we just live in peace.."

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