The Haddock Twins: Race to the Edge

Reign of Fireworms

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Chapter 7: Reign of the Fireworms.

"Okay, that's 542, 43..." Fishlegs Ingerman counted as he and Meatlug flew by. He then spotted another Night Terror. "Oh, there's one hiding under that tree trunk! I see you, little guy. You're 544." He said, beaming with excitement. "Isn't this exciting, girl? The first annual Dragon's Edge Census. Once we get all these Night Terrors counted, we move on to the Gronckles." He then hugged his dragon excitedly. "Ha ha! Maybe you'll make some new friends."

They then landed and spotted a flock of Night Terrors sleeping. "Okay, there's a big flock." Fishlegs commented before counting. "575, 576..." He was keeping track on a parchment when a Fireworm dragon landed on it. "Oh, hello."

The tiny dragon suddenly set itself on fire, burning the parchment as well, causing Fishlegs to jump back in shock. The Fireworm then flew away. "What is a Fireworm doing this far out?" He asked Meatlug. "They aren't supposed to be anywhere near our island." He then shrugged. "Eh, it could have lost its way." Taking out another parchment, the teen went back to the task at hand. "Now where were we, Meatlug? Was it 576, or was it 675?"

Just as he was trying to remember, Fishlegs and Meatlug both smelled something burning in the air. The duo looked and saw another Fireworm dragon setting a nearby bush on fire! "Whoa! Whoa, whoa." Fishlegs tried to douse out the flames, but in doing so caused his second parchment to catch fire as well. The Ingerman teen immediately dropped it.

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After having one too many encounter with the Fireworm dragons, Fishlegs went back and reported his findings. The Dragon RIders then flew back to the clearing which was on fire.

"It began with one Fireworm, and as we were flying back, we kept seeing more and more." He explained.

"Do you think they're migrating?" Astrid inferred.

"If they were migrating, the whole island would be on fire." Hiccup pointed out.

"Not necessarily." Fishlegs started.

"Here we go!" Snotlout said, rolling his eyes.

"When Fireworms migrate, they send out scouts to see if their migration route is safe." He explained.

"If this is a stop along that route..." Hicca started to say.

"An entire flock of Fireworms could be coming through here." Astrid finished.

"Well, I say bring 'em on! I love those little scorchers." Tuffnut said, grinning.

"Are you still gonna love them when they all land here and burn our entire island to the ground?" Raeda asked, crossing her arms.

"Yes!" Tuffnut answered, before thinking over it. "Wait, no. Wait, is that a trick question? Because it's pretty tricky."

Astrid ignored the Thorston boy. "Fishlegs, how much time do we have?"

"Uh, it's hard to say. If it's a full migration, the rest of them could be here as soon as next week." The dragon expert answered.

"Huh, Good to know. It's been nice knowing you, island. Snotlout is outlout!" Snotlout declared.

"We're not abandoning the island, Snotlout." Hiccup stated, stopping his cousin.

"Uh, yeah, we are. Watch." Snotlout turned Hookfang around so that they could leave, only to be stopped by Hicca and Midnight.

"Hiccup's right, we put too much hard work into this place to just leave. Snotlout is not 'outlout'." Hicca said firmly. "We're staying. Now let's get to work."