Lost and Found: Sister

The Retrival Plan

"Come on, bud," Hiccup urged his dragon to go faster. They cut through the air, in a rush to get home. There was no way he and Toothless would be able to save his sister and her dragon themselves. They needed Valka.

They sped over the ice and water, still a long way off from the Sanctuary.

Hiccup worried that they wouldn't make it back in time. For a normal dragon, it was a few hour's flight from the Sanctuary to the Bloody Barbarian's island. Hiccup reckoned that it took Stonescale a little over two hours, with him being so slow.

"Just a little faster," Hiccup encouraged.

They were maybe fifteen minutes out, when a cry cut through the sky.

"Hiccup!"

The pair slowed at the sound. They turned and spotted two dragons heading their way.

"Is that... Marina and Goldstar?" Toothless asked, eying the specks that drew closer.

"What?" Hiccup was confused. Why would Natalia and Goldstar be flying with Willow out here?

They flew to greet the travelers.

"We've been trailing you for ages! Didn't you hear us?"

Hiccup shook his head. He had been too focused on his destination. Nothing else had entered his head. Until now.

"Natalia, Goldstar, what are you doing out here?"

"You wanna know?" Natalia asked. She turned and Goldstar raised her tail. Tied to one of the tassels on the Scuttleclaw's tail, was a small, red banner. Something black was on it, but he couldn't make it out. It fluttered in the wind, but after a few seconds, he recognized the horns, eyes, and teeth.

He looked back at his dragon's tail, unable to believe it.

"Is that-?"

"Your insignia? Yep. I hope you don't mind."

"It's great!"

Natalia laughed nervously. "Good, because..."

She held out her messenger bag. Painted on the back and the flap was the insignia in red. "So people know where our loalties lie," she told him.

"Whoa," Hiccup breathed. He also noticed all of Marina's trading bags bore the same insignia.

"And that's not all," Willow said, "Natalia made banners with the insignia, and we've traded five of them! And do you remember Snove and Daniel, on Glacier Island? They special ordered a few, and now they've got them hanging on their tent! You're popular, Hiccup!"

Toothless growled.

"They mean both of us, bud," Hiccup reassured him.

"So, why were you guys flying so fast? Or is that your normal speed?" Goldstar asked.

Suddenly, the urgency of the situation returned. Hiccup and Toothless took off in the direction of the Sanctuary.

"Hiccup? Wait!" Willow called out. She and Natalia followed, catching up to him.

"It's Hanna! She made some dumb decision, and now she's been captured by a tribe of vikings! I need to get mom, so we can go save her!"

"What tribe?" Willow growled.

"The Bloody Barbarians."

Both Willow and Marina growled. They had a long lasting rivalry with the tribe. "We're in."