The Rider(HTTYD and Brave, 2012)

The Past

(Setrina's POV)

Setrina rode Stormfly for about an three hours before she got to Creena, even at Stromfly's top speed. Stormfly had followed Toothless to Scotland, but she had also made a mental point in her mind marking the location. As soon as they landed, Stormfly collapsed. Setrina took only a few seconds to check on her exhausted dragon before two villagers came and she ran off to find the rest of the team. She bumped into random people as she did so, but she didn't care. She just needed to hurry. She ran into the Hilfa Headquarters, and saw a scene she had missed extremely. Tyna had his nose stuck in a book, while Festa practiced fighting, and Hogva was fast asleep on the couch. She felt an immense amount of relief to see them. When she ran in, they all jumped. Tyna looked frightened, Festa got into a battle stance, and Hogva just looked left to right really quick.

When they saw who jumped in,they immediately moved to greet her. Tyna was the first to reach her.

"Setrina, you're back!" He spoke with almost impossible relief.

"Nice to see you in one piece, boss." Hogva said, rubbing the tired look from his eyes. Festa was the only one to notice something missing from the picture.

"...Where's Brynjar?" She said. Setrina looked at them with a look of complete determination.

"He's been hurt." The team seemed to solemn at that, their faces turning to masks of concern. "We need to go to Scotland."

"When?" Festa said.

"Now." Setrina turned to go get her extra armor.

"Whoa, wait a second, boss. I'm all about going, but we can't just up and leave. We got an entire village to protect, remember?" Hogva voiced.

"Of course, I do. And I wouldn't be insisting if it wasn't important." She started to get irritated. Another moment wasted was a moment Brynjar didn't have.

"Look," Festa said, "I hate to admit it, but he's right. I'm sure whatever bad guy is after him, it isn't so much that he can't handle it."

"...The wound wasn't from a bad guy...it was from a Stormcutter. I would recognize those marks anywhere."

"So?" Hogva said. "Not to be rude and all, but it isn't exactly uncommon for a dragon to attack someone every now and then."

"Except," Tyna said, "There's only one Stormcutter alive, and it's been missing for years. If it attacked a dragon rider, it obviously isn't in hiding any more."

"Okay, but it still attacked Brynjar. Maybe he found it's nest."

"And Brynjar would know better than to mess with it, out of all of us."

"And Brynjar had Toothless." Setrina said. "Even a Stormcutter wouldn't mess with a full-grown Night Fury."

"So why were they attacked?" Festa asked, mostly to herself than the others.

"I don't know, but whatever the reason, it was important enough for Brynjar to order me to get you."

"Uh, that still leave's us with the problem of an entire village unprotected." Hogva said.

"This is a village of dragon riders. I think they could do well without us. And the trainees could take care of the village." The trainees were young kids who had just bonded with their dragon. The three kept arguing, until Tyna spoke up.

"...How about someone stays behind with the trainees, and the rest go?" That seemed to shut everyone up.

"I'll stay." Hogva said. "You'll need Tyna's know-how, Setrina's the only one who knows the way, and Festa's got enough meat to make for the both of us."