After Spike, Hiccup and Astrid saw the strange smoke signal coming far off in the distance, they decided to fly through this new strange land to find out what the cause of it was. It was too big to be just a normal fire, and it looked like as if a massive disaster had recently happened there. They haven't seen any other people outside of Berk in a while, the most common being other dragon hunters who have still been hunting their kind, but they haven't seen anything on this level.

And as they all flew through the forest through the open cliffside, they begin to see that far off into this place, most of the forest was burnt down in a large disaster, they didn't know what could've caused something like this, but Spike has a chilling feeling it's something they don't want to find out.

Spike looked at Toothless and Stormfly who were just as worried about this whole sight, but as they flew to the coastline and emerged on the other side of this landscape, they were soon greeted with something truly shocking.

They saw a huge fort that looked like it had been destroyed in an attack that was very recent, what made this worrying for all of them is that it was destroyed by giant spikes of ice, something they've never seen before, they could see many different weapons, ships, and entire parts of this place were destroyed completely, leaving nothing but the remains in the water, while only a few parts of it were still standing.
"What could've caused this?" Hiccup asked with surprise as they all stayed close together while taking in this dramatic sight.

"I don't know, but it looks very recent, do you think it could've happened overnight or something?" Spike asked with worry which they didn't know how to answer.

"Even if it did happen overnight, what could've caused something like this to happen? What kind of dragons have we seen that can cause something like this?" Astrid asked as they saw a huge claw footprint on the ground far below which made Toothless very worried.

"It's okay Toothless, let's just stay close." Hiccup advised which they agreed with.

"Don't worry dad, I'm right besides you." Spike assured while they flew around the place to see if there are any survivors, or clues to help them figure out what caused this.

But as they kept on flying, Astrid took notice of something just ahead of them which was already a bad sign to her.
"Hiccup! Spike! Look!" Astrid shouted as she pointed just ahead of them, and as they turned around to see what she found, they're eyes widened in surprise as they found survivors of this fort loading a net into a launcher as they flew directly above the area.

"Fire!" One of them shouted just as they launched the net towards them which made them try to get out of the way.

"Astrid watch out!" Hiccup shouted just as he and Spike got out of the way in time, but Stormfly wasn't fast enough to evade the net, and it latched around her which knocked her out of the sky, and Astrid fell off her and almost fell to.

"Hiccup!" Astrid screamed which made the three of them fly down to save her, but as this happened, Stormfly landed on the fort roughly and was being swarmed by multiple dragon trappers trying to hold her down. Stormfly tried breaking free and using her spikes to knock them away, and one specific trapper who looked more experienced then the other's charged up to her while avoiding the spikes.

"Watch the tails! And tie those legs up!" He shouted as he jumped on her snout and pushed her to the ground while the others tried wrapping ropes around her. But they soon heard a loud sound in the sky and saw two more dragons fly by, and the figure seeing them had a look of surprise as he saw Toothless in particular.

"Is that what I think it is?" He asked with surprise just as Spike, Hiccup and Astrid finally landed down with Toothless to stop this mess.

"Stop!" Hiccup screamed while Spike landed down and roared at the other trappers to stop this now.

"Let her go now!" Spike shouted with anger while the trappers were all surprised seeing a talking dragon with them.

"Stormfly! What are you all doing?!" Astrid shouted as they aimed they're weapons at them, but Hiccup took out a specially made sword that lit itself on fire and swung it in the air as a warning which amazed most of them seeing it.

"Did that dragon just speak?!" One of the trappers asked while pointing at Spike who stayed right next to Toothless.

"Yeah! I did, but don't expect me to hold back on punks like you!" Spike warned while he held out his sharp claws as a warning.

But as the one holding Stormfly took a closer look at them, he recognized them from an incident that just happened recently.
"Back again?" He asked just as he looked at Toothless and realized he was a Night Fury, and Spike was a hybrid who was able to talk, which made them more rare and valuable then any dragon they've captured.

"Soil my britches.. That is a Night Fury! I thought they were all gone for good! And out of all the things I've seen today, a talking dragon who's part Night Fury is something I wasn't expecting either!" He said while pointing at Spike and Toothless with a smirk.

"Looks like our lucks turned around for the better lads! I don't think Drago has either of those, in his Dragon Army!" He said while the other trappers looked ready to capture them both too.

"Dragon Army?" Astrid and Spike asked at once while Spike looked really worried hearing that.

"How have we not heard about this before?" Spike whispered to her who had no idea about this either.

"Look, we don't want any trouble." Hiccup said as the trapper laughed mockingly before he tightened the rope around Stormfly even more.

"You should've thought about that before you stole all of our dragons, and blasted our forts to bits!" He shouted as he pointed to the destroyed fort covered in spikes of ice while the other trappers agreed with this argument.

"Well when you try to capture a ton of dragons like our friend here, don't think there won't be consequences for it!" Spike countered while Astrid slapped his arm to avoid making it worse.

"Don't make things worse Spike, what are you all even talking about?" Astrid asked since they were all at Berk when this happened.

"You really think we did this?" Hiccup asked while the figure was walking off of Stormfly.

"Dragon Trapping, is hard enough as it is, without do gooder dragon riders, sneaking in to rescue them!" He said as he looked to Spike next with an upset look.

"And you!" He said in a threatening tone pointing to him which caught him off guard.

"What?" Spike asked with surprise as he took in his appearance, and he felt familiar to him in ways.

"Don't think that just because that friend of yours took down a quarter of our army and freed some of the dragons, means you can come in and make things harder for us!" He said in a warning tone which confused Spike to no end.

"What are you talking about? I don't even know about this Dragon Army your talking about!" Spike argued back while he shook his head thinking it was a lie.

"Then maybe my mind was playing tricks on me last night? When I thought I saw another dragon speak, just like you!" He accused which made Toothless look at Spike with surprise hearing it.

"What does he mean by that?" Toothless asked with worry while Spike was annoyed by this.

"I have no idea dad! This guy is talking a bunch of nonsense!" Spike replied while pointing at him just as Hiccup pulled his hand in front of him to stop this.

"What are you even talking about? Are you saying.. there are.. other dragon riders?" Hiccup asked with concern hearing that from him.

"And.. another dragon that could speak?" Astrid asked too since that stood out to Spike more then anything right now.

"You mean other then your thieving friends from last night? You tell me! You may have an Ice spitting dragon on your side, as well as one capable of tearing down multiple parts of our army, but we still have a quota to fill." He accused again while they were confused on who he's talking about.

"How do you think we're gonna explain this mess to Drago Bludvist?" He asked with an upset tone which Hiccup had no idea about.

"Dargo.. what fist? Does anything you say make sense?" Hiccup asked since he sounded like a mad man at this point.

"He's expecting a new shipment of dragons for his army by tomorrow." One of the trappers explained while they still had they're weapons up.

"And Drago doesn't take well to excuses!" Another one added as the figure opened up his shirt a bit and showed them a very bad mark that was seemingly carved into him as punishment.

"This is what gave me the last time I showed up empty handed, he promises to be far less understanding in the future." He said as he looked at Spike again and took in his Night Fury traits.

"Even if the darkness was making it tough for me to see those Night Fury traits in you, I remember seeing a talking dragon just like you. " He accused again which Spike had enough of.

"Look, I don't care if your being delusional or just plain stupid! But here's something you should know, I'm the only talking dragon in this world! Believe me, after all these years me and my dad have spent with our friends, we never encountered or heard of another dragon that could speak like me! The one thing I do know is that you've captured our friend, and I'm not gonna let that stand." Spike countered while Hiccup stood in front of him to defend them.

"Look, we don't know anything about this Dragon thief, another talking dragon, or an ice spitting dragon, or your lunatic boss and his Dragon army." Hiccup argued while Spike noticed the trappers were aiming arrows at them for a surprise attack which made him growl seeing it.

"Just give us back our dragon, and we'll go. Strange hostile person who we've never met." Hiccup pointed out since they don't know what his name is.

"Oh where are my manners?" He asked with a chuckle before giving a slight bow while reaching out for a knife he had strapped to his back.

"I'm Eret, son of Eret, the finest, dragon trapper alive!" Eret introduced as he saw his men taking aim at them from just behind them.

"After all, it's just anyone else who can capture a Night Fury, or a talking hybrid dragon like you." He finished which made Toothless roar at them while Spike took out a sword he had for combat.

"And this is Toothless! He say's were leaving, now!" Hiccup said with anger which he laughed mockingly at again.

"They all say that, rush em lads!" He ordered his men who all started charging at them, but Toothless shot a plasma blast at the ice far above them which made some of it come crashing down on them which they barely avoided, and Spike turned around and shot another blast at the ones taking aim at them to avoid possible capture.

Hiccup took out his sword again and soon cut the ropes holding Stormfly down, and she used this opportunity to break free and knock away the trappers so they can escape.
"Stormfly, go go!" Astrid shouted as she hopped onto her back and they quickly began taking off while avoiding nets and arrows flying to them.

Spike quickly turned around and shot one more blast at the tower where the ones shooting the arrows were, and it resulted in the tower crashing down which made most of them scream while trying to avoid the rubble. And Eret growled in frustration as he saw the them all flying away.
"You will never hold onto those dragons do you hear me?! Drago is coming for them all!" Eret warned while Spike looked back one last time, still looking very concerned over what he meant moments ago.

Toothless could see Spike was concerned over it, he was too, they had never heard of another talking dragon up till now, and news like this coming out of nowhere, it's a lot for both of them.
"Son.. are you alright?" Toothless asked with concern while Spike looked down a bit while they flew together, and he shook his head a bit being asked that.

"I'm fine dad, what Eret said back there just has me worried, we'd best get back to Berk now, we need to let Stoick and the others know what we've found." Spike suggested which they all agreed with.

"Good idea Spike, come on, let's hurry!" Hiccup said as they took off at fast speeds back to Berk as fast as they could to see if they know anything about what's happening here.

Hours later after that incident, back within Berk, we see the people of the island going about they're day after another fun Dragon Race this morning, as Fishlegs, Snotlout, and the Twins fly around on they're dragons, Stoick is seen making his way through Gobber's shop and working on various requests.
"How are you? It was a great race earlier today right?" Stoick asked with a smile while moving past multiple villagers who were waiting just as he went up to Gobber, hoping he'd seen them recently.

"Any sign of them Gobber?" Stoick asked hopefully while he was working on something.

"Nah, they've probably flown off the edge of the world by now, are you sure you want those two running the village? We could still delay your retirement?" Gobber asked while he finished making a metal tooth for a Zippleback who was waiting politely for it.

"They're both ready, you'll see." Stoick said confidently just as they heard a familiar roar nearby, and all the villager's cheered as they saw Spike, Astrid and Hiccup arrive with Toothless and Stormfly after hours of being away.

"Haha! There they are! The pride of Berk!" Stoick said proudly while Spike helped Hiccup down while still looking worried over what happened earlier.

"So you both finally decided to show up for work huh? Took ya long enough." Gober asked while Spike and Hiccup quickly walked past him to talk with Stoick.

"Sorry, Spike and I got held up! Hey uh.. dad.. can Spike and I have a word with you?" Hiccup asked with worry while Spike helped Gobber get a few extra parts.

"It's extremely important.." Spike added while he walked up to them both.

"An itch you've been waiting to tell me?" Stoick asked with a proud tone which made them both nervous knowing what he's implying.

"It's not exactly the itch your thinking of.. but.. yes." Hiccup answered which made him more proud hearing that.

"Good man! Both of you! Now, lesson one a Chief's first duty is to his people. And for you Spike, you'll be working on helping communications between Vikings and Dragons." Stoick instructed while he took out a number, still not fully listening to what they're trying to say.

"Are people still in need of that after all this time?" Spike asked while looking to Hiccup who shrugged in response hearing it while Stoick looked at the number on the board.

"Alright, 41?!" Stoick shouted to the people outside of the shop who had various numbers in line.

"Stoick, this isn't exactly the time to be talking about.. this.." Spike said with worry just as they saw one villager pushing through the crowd after being called out.

"Dad, Spike and I.. really need to talk, can we just..?" Hiccup couldn't finish his sentence as the villager came up to Stoick to make a request.

"Excuse me, I've been here all day. Alright, I want one of those high seaters, with lots of spikes, and a big storage compartment!" The villager requested which Stoick understood perfectly.

"Absolutely, you got it sir!" Stoick said politely while he went to work on this request.

"Dad, this is far more important then just.. building saddles." Hiccup said again while they walked through the place together.

"And that's lesson 2, no task is too small, when it comes to serving your people!" Stoick instructed again while he passed by Gobber's dragon who was named Grump.

"Agh, Grump! You let the forge die out again!" Gobber shouted with frustration which made him slowly move around a bit, and he tried shooting a fire blast to it which ended up hitting another part of the shop which started to make another fire happen.

"I got it!" Spike shouted as he quickly pulled a nearby rope which opened a hatch that made some water pour down from above to put it out thanks to the time they've had to avoid these incidents.

"Thank you Spike." Gobber said thankfully just as Spike was walking back up to Hiccup and Stoick.

"Dad, we can talk about this whole.. Chief and Advisor thing later, but we seriously need to tell you about this new land we came across!" Hiccup argued which got the attention of everyone else hearing it.

"Another one?!" Gobber asked with surprise while Fishlegs was eager if they've seen anything new there.

"Any new dragons you found there?!" Fishlegs asked hopefully which Spike shook his head at.

"We weren't there for that long Fishlegs, what we found there was.. something much more concerning." Spike answered which got Gobber's attention.

"And what would that be Spike?" Gobber a sked while he handed him a box of tools that they'll need for saddle construction.

"We came across some.. interesting folks there, and they weren't particularly friendly." Hiccup answered which Gobber found strange.

"Really? Your Night Fury, talking dragon and Deadly Nadder didn't bring them cheering to the rooftops?" Gobber asked while he went over to a large shelf full of more supplies for them.

"No, this is different, these aren't the standard, run to the hills, who I've come to enjoyed, these guys were.. trappers, Dragon Trappers." Hiccup replied while Astrid tried giving more detail into what they saw.

"You should've seen they're fort! It was all blown apart, and stuck in giant spikes of ice, it was weird!" Astrid explained which did concern some villager's hearing it.

"We've never seen anything like it, and worst of all they thought we did it!" Hiccup explained while Spike still thought over what Eret meant earlier.

"You know, you three are gonna get in serious trouble one of these days! Not everyone appreciates this way of life." Gobber said as he got a new replacement for his hand to brush the beard he had on him.

"Gobber's right Hiccup, it's best we keep to our own. Besides, you and Spike will have more important matters soo, once we make the big announcement!" Stoick said excitedly while he activated a saw to work on another part of the saddle they're making.

"Stoick, one of them had said they've seen.. another talking dragon, one that looks like me, I had no idea what he meant.. but this land is one we've never been too before, and there may be another dragon out there, that's just like me." Spike informed which got them all interested hearing it.

"Are you sure that's what he meant Spike? Or are you sure he wasn't just crazy and seeing things?" Gobber asked while circling his finger around his head to prove a point.

"We haven't heard word of another talking dragon ever since we met you Spike, he may have just been using it to catch you off guard." Stoick suggested which Spike didn't believe.

"I don't think so, he was very serious about this, whoever this.. other dragon is, they helped destroy and entire fort that was holding multiple dragons captive. If this means anything, I think Toothless and, Hiccup I are gonna need to go back out there to find out more on what this means." Spike explained which got them more concerned.

"And, to add onto this.. he said that they are building.. a Dragon army." Hiccup added while he turned the machine off, making everyone more concerned hearing it.

"Or.. at least the guy they're working for is.. uh.. Dargo.. Bloody fist.. or something like that.." Hiccup finished which made Stoick's eyes widen with surprise as that name sounded extremely familiar.

"I'll bloody his fist with my face if he tries to take my dragon!" Tuffnut said with anger after hearing this.

"Or mine!" Ruffnut added which he groaned at hearing.

"Your such a moron!" Tuffnut said with a groan while Fishlegs and Snotlout were a bit too close to her since they both developed feelings for her overtime.

"The beautiful one." Fishlegs complimented which made Ruffnut groan in disgust seeing them like this.

But Stoick quickly grabbed Hiccup's shoulders and looked very serious after hearing it, and only asked one question after piecing it together.
"Bludvist? Drago Bludvist?!" Stoick asked with a serious tone which made them both very nervous.

"Uh.. yeah.. wait.. you know him?" Hiccup asked with worry while Stoick finally understood what this meant.

And they couldn't explain much after that, because Stoick was making his way through the caves of the island that had important stuff built in overtime.
"Ground all Dragons!" Stoick shouted to all the Vikings around the area which shocked Spike and Hiccup while they were running after him.

"What?! Why?!" Hiccup shouted with surprise as Stoick went around to give important orders for everyone.

"Seal the gates! And lower the storm doors!" Stoick shouted to every Viking around the place who were quickly getting to work.

"Hold on, isn't this all going a bit too fast?!" Spike asked with concern as they saw every dragon be brought inside for safety.

"You heard the man! Lock everything down!" Gobber shouted with a serious tone as he pulled a lever which began closing down all the doors within the whole area.

"No dragon or Viking leaves this island, until I give the word!" Stoick shouted with anger while they saw more Vikings getting ready to set up defenses.

"Is this all because some guy you knew is stirring up trouble in some far away land?!" Hiccup asked with fear while Stoick turned around to face them while looking very serious about this.

"This is because Drago Bludvist is a mad man! He has no conscience or mercy, and if he's built a dragon army, Gods help us all.." Stoick prayed while he ran off to get things moving.

"Get the Dragons into they're dens! Move!" Stoick shouted to the other Vikings who were moving the other Dragons to safety.

"Dad let's ride back out there, we'll follow those trappers to Drago, and talk some sense into him!" Hiccup suggested which Stoick didn't agree with.

"No, we need to fortify the island!" Stoick refused which made this harder for them both.

"Aren't you taking this a little too far right now Stoick? We have a chance to stop it, if not we could find those other dragon riders they mentioned, and try to get they're help!" Spike argued back just as Stoick turned to him with a serious look.

"Spike, I know your wanting to find out more on your past, but now is not the time! We need to do our duty, to keep the people safe!" Stoick countered again making Spike groan in frustration hearing this.

"Dad, it's our duty to keep the peace!" Hiccup argued again with a more desperate tone hearing it.

"Peace is over you two, I must prepare the both of you for war." Stoick said seriously while he looked around the place being closed down around them.

"War? Dad if Drago is coming for our dragons, including Spike, we can't just wait around for him to get here, let's go find him, and change his mind." Hiccup argued back which made Stoick shake his head regretfully hearing it.

"Son, some minds can't be changed. Berk is what the two of you need to worry about, a Chief, protects his own." Stoick instructed as he left them alone to think over this, and Spike could see Toothless was just as worried about this like all of them were.

"Hiccup.. are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Spike asked with a serious look while they looked at eachother, and they both agreed on the same thing.

"Secure the stables!" Stoick shouted in the distance while they both nodded in agreement on what they need to do.

"Hiccup, Spike, don't, you don't know what's out there!" Astrid warned as Spike was going up to Toothless to get out of here.

"Sorry Astrid, we can't just let these trappers keep harming other people, there has to be a way to stop this." Spike said as he spread out his wings and got ready to fly again.

"We have to go Astrid, stay safe." Hiccup said as he gave her a kiss on the cheek before getting on Toothless to leave.

As Stoick was still giving orders to all the Vikings around, he heard Toothless's roar right behind him, and he soon saw Spike and Hiccup take off into the air.
" Spike! Hiccup!" Stoick shouted with anger as they flew under a door that had almost closed behind them, and we're trying to find an opening to get escape.

"Come on!" Hiccup shouted just as they saw one way out and flew towards as it was closing.

"Let's get out of here!" Spike shouted just as they flew straight through it just before it closed.

"No!" Stoick shouted with anger just as Astrid flew past him on Stormfly next, and at the very last second, Stormfly flew through the side of the doors and took after them, and Stoick sighed in frustration knowing where they're heading. With so much on the line now, they aren't gonna waste any time to find out more of what's going on, and Hiccup has a plan on how they can stop it.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading this everyone! Sorry if there wasn't much interactions between Spike, Toothless, or some of the others in this chapter, but a lot had happened in a short time, and there wasn't much I could to do add onto it right now.

As for what I've set up in this chapter with what Eret said, please know that I will go more into detail about it in just a couple chapters, it'll not only tie into Spike's Night Fury traits, but set up more on what I'm planning on doing in the future, and know that it won't ruin the relationship that I've had Spike and Toothless form. It's also due to some.. really though personal stuff I recently went through that I'll go into when I feel most comfortable, but part of the stuff I'm adding in here, is because of that. So I hope you all can understand that.

But for now, I hope what I've set up here is interesting, I hope you liked this, and look forward to more of it!