This changes everything.

Fishlegs, flaming boulder!

See, girl? I told youwe'd have time to eat.

Arrows coming next, guys!

THEY YELL

-HE SNARLS

-Gar!

Hey, bud, let's set these guys free.

I keep saying,don't underestimate them.

And what do you do?You underestimate them!

Someone is giving them information.

Someone who knows our every move.

Sorry about this, Snotlout.

Hookfang!

Well, that had to beembarrassing.

-Who knew you had sucha feminine scream?

-Yargh!

Whoa! Whoa! Wh-aa-aa-aa!

Really? Her, he saves?Thanks a lot, Hookfang!

I know I'm not as stockyor annoying as Snotlout,

but let's try and work together,OK?

Argh!

They're down! Pull them aboard!

OK, Snotlout, you gas, I spark.

I got it, I got it! OK.

Yes! How awesome are we?

Um...let me think. Totally awesome!That's what we are.

-All right!

-When you're done handingout the Viking of the Year awards,

you mind getting us out of here?

-Shall we?

-We shall.

That was indescribable!

You! Get off my dragon!

Actually, my boy Snot and Iare going to hang for a bit.

You know, relive the glory ofbattle.

You don't mind riding Hookfang,do you, sis?

Ugh! Come on, Hookfang.

Finish her!

Single spine shot, girl.

Sorry, Windshear,but this has to look real.

WINDSHEAR GROANS

It's OK, girl. Just nicked you.

What were you doing up there?

You have something to say, Ryker?

Something didn't look right.

Yeah? Which part? You giving hera heads-up I was there,

or you doing nothing,leaving me exposed?

Gar!

Now, now, let's not get crazy.

You're talking to me about crazy?

Let me put it another way.

If you touch one hair on my sister'shead, I'll run you through!

-We're headed back to the island.

-On whose orders?

Viggo's. He's waiting.

Good. We'll let him settle this.

What do you know about Viggo?

Oh, just that he's pretty muchthe opposite of Rykie.

-How so?

-Svelte, smart.

And, when I say smart,I mean, supposedly cleverer than me,

which is almost inconceivable.

It's really hard to fathom!

And I'm still going to needsome proof!

-HE LAUGHS

-It's impossible!

Who could be?

But that's what they say.

Oh! And he loves the art ofthe kill. Loves it!

And when he puts you to sleep,

he's like a fart in the wind,you never see it coming.

What does Ryker say about him?

Not much. I think the big bossscares the little guy.

Scared of his own little bro. Sad.

Nothing worse than a family rift.

How great is it that you're here,huh?

That we're here? Together?

What WERE you doing up there?

-Ha! Gotcha!

-HE LAUGHS

You are too easy!

Now, let's go meet this...ViggoGrimborn!

HE LAUGHS

Ooo! Ooo!Now I've got the shiveries!

HE LAUGHS

Did you see that lookon Ryker's face?

I was, like, 'Tuff, now!'And, you were, like...

'Your wish is my command, Snotman!'And then...

BOTH: Bam!

We have to pull Heather out.

If I hadn't reacted, her coverwould have been blown.

I wanted her out weeks agoand somebody talked me into...

-I know I did, but things weredifferent then.

-How?

It's way too dangerous.

It's always been way too dangerous.

This has gotten crazy, Hiccup.

And she hasn't even met up with thisViggo character.

Exactly! Viggo Grimbornleads the Dragon Hunters.

If we can take him down,the whole Dragon Hunter army

will be without a leaderand they will collapse.

You are so tough and nutty!

And you are so lout and snotty!

THEY LAUGH

If something happens to Heather...

Nothing is going to happen to her.She's way too smart for that.

And if she thought for a secondthat they were onto her,

Windshear would get her out.

What do you think she would do if wetried to pull her out of there?

Exactly. She'd never go for it.You have to remember that.

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

THEY LAUGH

BOTH: Best time ever!

Oh, my Thor!

BOTH: I cannot believe you just saidthat! Me neither!

Did we just think each other'sthoughts?

I think we did,cos that's what I just thought.

-You know what that means?

-I have... I have no idea.

We just becameofficial best friends!

What? I have never hadan official best friend!

Always unofficial acquaintances!

Well, you do now. Come on!

Bring it in, but this time,for the real thing.

Ah! It's good! It's good!It's real. It's real enough!

Will you two take it somewhere else?I can't hear myself think!

Hey, you want to go someplacewhere nobody can tell us off?

I thought you'd never ask.

Er...it's perfect! Where didyou find this place?

Oh, I just say it found me.

Ha! Great story! Now, what shall wecall this Shangri-La?

BOTH: The Awesome Viking Cave ClubNorth-east.

-This is too real!

-Ooo! Argh!

-It's getting so real.

-Boom!

-THEY LAUGH

FAINT SHOUTS

They say there are two waysto be fooled.

One is to believe what isn't true,

the other is to refuse to believewhat is.

Maces and Talons.

I began playing with my grandfatherwhen I was just a boy.

I always insisted upon beingthe Honourable Viking Chief.

I could never understand how hebested me time and time again.

HE CHUCKLES

For years, I assumed his skilltranscended mine.

I believed what wasn't true.

But, you see, in Maces and Talons,as in life,

the line between good and evilis often unclear.

Black and white can become greyso easily.

What one soul considers evil,

another might consider righteous.

The Honourable Chief who fails tosee this is found to be...the fool.

Welcome! Brother!

You must be weary.

The dragon trade is exhaustingbusiness.

Argh! Oh!

Even more so when profits wanebecause inventory goes missing.

Viggo, I only borrowed the hideto exchange for food!

It wasn't missing for more thana day!

Oh, thank you, Viggo! Thank you!

We're not animals.

Rest. Much to discuss tomorrow.SHE can stay.

Come. Walk with me.

FAINT SHOUTS

My brother's treated you well,I trust?

You forgave that man.

I...wasn't expecting that.

Forgiveness. Not really a soundbusiness practice, now, is it?

SCREAMING

Trust, however, is imperative,Heather.

And there simply cannot bea traitor among us.

A man will neverknow how far he's willing to go

until he steps to the edgeand looks down. Wouldn't you agree?

Er...I suppose, metaphorically.

Argh!

I've always hated the use ofmetaphors.

Now, down to business.

I need your assistance, my dear.

-You do?

-Yes.

In exposing this wrongdoerwho is in our midst.

Oh. Of course. Do you have any ideasof who it is?

Unfortunately, yes. Ryker hasalways been a bit jealous

of the power structure amongstthe Dragon Hunters,

and his role in that hierarchy.

That type of ambitioncan often cloud the mind.

So, you think it's Ryker?

I'm not entirely certain.

See, your brother claims to knowthese Dragon Riders well,

yet they always seem a step aheadof us.

Now, I would never suggestturning on one's own family...

But if Dagur is standing in the wayof your...of OUR success,

that is not to be tolerated.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

Nor is it tolerable if thiswrongdoer is my own flesh and blood.

I'm so pleased that we are able tosee eye to eye on this, Heather.

I was going to ask if I couldtrust you,

but you've made thatquestion unnecessary.

Will you see what you can uncover?

Excellent! In the meantime,I'd like you to join me

in a most delicate retrieval.

But we must keep it to ourselves.

Tell me, have you ever encountereda Flightmare?

As a matter of fact, I have.

And I can even tell youwhere to find one.

THEY YAWN

KNOCKING

Who is it?

Let me in!Astrid is driving me nuts!

No can do, poo.This is a private club.

To gain entrance,you would have to...

Hang on a second.

It's your sister and she has theDragon Eye. Should I let her in?

Hm. Well, I am kind of bored.

Wait! We could do dragonshadow puppets.

Arrrrghhhh!

No! Stop! Stop!

THEY YELL

This place is a dump!

It's a fixer.

Great bones, though.

So, how'd you get your grubby littlehands on that thing?

I just told one Mr Hiccup Haddockthat I was taking it.

And because he puts his fulland unwavering trust in me,

he handed it over with pleasure.

OK, fine. I stole it when he waschasing Bjorn Boar out of his hut.

Aahhhhh! What are you doingwith the Dragon Eye?

-Hiccup let us borrow it.

-Yeah, he knows we have it.

-I stole it.

-I knew it!

You know he doesn't like you guysplaying with it.

That's why it's fun to steal it.

-Are you coming in or not?

-Fine!

Someone should be here who knowshow to use the Dragon Eye correctly.

-You sure you weren't followed?

-Positive.

SNARLING

Besides, Viggo suspects Rykerand Dagur.

He asked me to go with himto capture the Flightmare.

Just me, Windshear and him.

Flightmare? Why would Viggo wantthe Flightmare?

-Hiccup, you're missing the point.

-He does that from time to time.

-N-No, I don't.

-Look, it's me, Viggo and Windshear.

The perfect time for an ambush!

I agree, but how exactly does Viggothink the three of you

are going to capture the Flightmare?

You haven't met Viggo Grimborn.

He is a professional Dragon Hunter.

Right, but you're not goingto actually let him capture it?

Of course not.That's where the ambush comes in.

You guys show up, grab Viggo and weset the Flightmare back on its path.

Hm. Now all we have to dois find it.

-It follows a stream of glowing algaeas its food source.

-Right.

Last year, I spent a lot oftime tracking it,

pinning down its locationevery couple of weeks.

I know where it should be and I gavethat information to Viggo.

Which made him trust youeven more. Hm.

Listen, I better get back.This is the algae trail.

Follow it to here.This is where we'll be.

So will we.

Whoa! Heather's tracking and mappingskills are quite extraordinary.

Is there no endto that girl's talents?

Um...can we just talk about theelephant in the sky for a second?

-No!

-Cool. Why do we think Viggowants the Flightmare so badly?

Maybe Viggo likes the waythat algae stuff makes you glow

when you rub it all over yourself.

You know what? You may notactually be that far off.

He's got to be using its algae orits paralysing spray for something.

We could ask him ourselves,

if we were waiting for himwhen he gets there.

There! Let's stay together.

We need to make sure Viggo doesn'tget anywhere near that dragon.

How will we know when Viggo's here?

He already is.

OK, Ruff, Tuff, make sure youget enough algae...

To lure the Flightmare away.We know.

This guy never stops! 'Lure theFlightmare. Don't eat the algae.'

Ridiculous! I mean,why would we eat the algae? Hm.

BOTH: Why wouldn't we eat the algae?

I can't see the algae trail,but we should be getting close.

Oh, we are, Heather.In fact, we're almost there.

Exciting, isn't it?

Er...Hiccup?You might want to see this.

Hiccup, you might want to see this,too!

I don't understand. I thoughtHeather and Viggo were coming alone.

They were. Which probably meansthey're not coming at all.

Everyone, look out!

You set this whole thing up!

He's called the Impostor.

Some call him the Traitor.

I thought you should have it,as a parting gift.

Pity, really, I hadhoped you'd be a better adversary.

And after we got off tosuch a smashing start!

-How did you know?!

-I knew fromthe moment I laid eyes on you.

You're no Dragon Hunter, my dear.

Aw, don't despair.

At least your friends will allbe dead by the time we arrive.

YELLING

Now, on my command, fire!

Don't let them out of your sightthis time!

Keep closing in on them!

They'll lead us right tothe Flightmare.

OK, just don't get near its mouth.

It sprays mist that can freeze youwith fear the instant it hits you.

-And you know this how?

-I'm a fan.

Ah! Did I get any on me?Am I glowing?

Cos I really don't want this thingto see me as food!

You're fine. How about me?

Same.FIERCE ROAR

Argh! Go! Go! Go! Go!

Whaa!

Not the way I would have done it,but that's one way to go.

A-A-A-A-A-A-Argh!

THEY GRUNT

-WINDSHEAR SNARLS

-Windshear!

I'm coming, girl!

HEATHER GRUNTS

BOTH: Huh?

Nice job, girl.Let's go help the others.

Hiccup, there's too many of them!

And the Flightmarereally isn't helping!

We'll be fine as long as we stayaway from its mist.

Hiccup, can't you just let it knowwe're the good guys?

Yeah. Tell it to come infor the big win.

You guys are brilliant!

I don't know about brilliant, butwe do have a certain glow about us.

Ha-ha! Get it? Cos of our faces.

And the brilliance is short-lived.Follow me!

He IS persistent,you have to give him that.

Yes, well, in this case, hispersistence will NOT pay off.

-Fire!

-Fire!

THEY YELL

HE LAUGHS

Oh, no! You got us!

-LAUGHTER

-We surrender!

-We surrender!

-HE LAUGHS

Good one, Rykie!Bring it on, Hiccup!

Hey, this stuff's cool. Shiny.

THEY YELL

Ryker, Dagur, I'd like youto meet my friend, the Flightmare.

-Hey, what are you doing? Get backto work. Shoot someone!

-They can't!

The mist from the Flightmarefreezes its victims with fear.

Ah, perfect!

YELLING

I'm so sorry, Hiccup.Viggo, he... He made me!

I know, I know. It's OK.He tricked us all. Where is he now?

Still on his ship, I think.

Its... Its mouth! Get its mouth now!That's it! Yeah!

-Sorry. Not going to happen.

-Heather, no!

Astrid, keep trying for Heather!

It's time Viggo and Iwere properly introduced.

EVIL LAUGHTER

-Hookfang!

-Oh, Thor! Oh, Thor! Oh, Thor!

We're outnumbered! Retreat!

Where is he?

We couldn't get Heather.There were just too many of them.

-What about the Flightmare?

-Gone.

Viggo, too. Astrid, this guyisn't messing around.

-No kidding!

-Our dragons may not be enough.

We're going to have to outthinkthis guy, outsmart him somehow,

or Heather and Windshearhave no chance of...

Don't say it!Please, just don't say it!