Hi guys, I am back. I decided to take a short break from this, but now that Christmas break is here, I decided to start writing this sequel. And since it is a sequel, I highly recommend reading my first story "Change" so that you will have a better understanding of the characters. Speaking of characters, the only characters I own are Chris, Windwalker, Hael, and Hagen. Re, Aurora, Tenor, Ruby, Harmony, Apollo, Avalon, Black Widow, Serenity, and Edelweiss all belong to Serenity Dragonrider, who has generously allowed me to use her characters. I also suggest reading her stories since some of them incorporate my characters. The rest is owned by Dreamworks Animations. Anyways, enjoy, and like always, forgive any mistakes I made in this chapter. And please review, I would really appreciate it!

About two years have passed since the events of the dragon-Song war that changed their lives for the better. In that time, they helped their allies, the Draconians, find a lost family member; They helped change the tides in a war; they realized that Toothless was not the only Night Fury in existence; and, Hiccup and Astrid tied the knot. Yes, even Astrid, as tough as she was, was excited about marrying the man she loved; about becoming a wife-a chief's wife.

Overall, those things changed their lives for the better, and everything seemed perfect.

But...one should never leave things unresolved; You should never run away from your past, for it shall come back to haunt you.

Hiccup woke up to some rattling noises from up above, followed by a loud roar.

He smiled sleepily, sitting up in his bed to stretch his body, or what was left of him.

"You better hurry. You know how he gets if he doesn't get his morning flight", groaned Astrid, covering her ears, trying to go back to sleep.

Hiccup turned his attention towards his wife. "I am pretty sure he won't mind another five minutes", he said laying back down and snuggling with his wife.

Astrid chuckled, "As flattering as that was, I am not having Toothless bursting in here and dragging you out of the house again"

Hiccup's eyes became distant as he recalled that memory, and how embarrassing it was. "You're right. I guess we better get the day started then", he decided before giving Astrid a sweet kiss on the cheek. Quickly putting on his clothes, armor, and prosthetic, he rushed out of the house to only collide with his dragon companion, Toothless.

Toothless, shocked, stumbled to the side, and looked at the ground to see what ran into him. His eyes widened when he realized that his rider was on the ice hard ground, groaning. Toothless roared and shocked and pushed his rider up into a sitting position. He crooned in worry, hoping that Hiccup wasn't seriously injured. He nuzzled his shoulder.

"It's okay bud. I'm fine", Hiccup consoled. "Wait, were you running over here to drag me out of the house, again?"

Toothless roared his irritation.

"Well if you get up when I ask, you won't have to be dragged out"

"Yea yea whatever. Anyways, you ready to go flying?", Hiccup smiled

Toothless gave his rider a gummy smile and wagged his tail in excitement. Hiccup quickly saddled Toothless up and quickly took to the skies.

The duo flipped and spiraled through the clouds, having the skies all to themselves. Up there, nothing could hold them back; they were free. "Save your strength bud, we have a race today, remember?", Hiccup said patting Toothless' neck. The dragon snorted in agreement and he slowed down and glided across the winds, high in the sky.

Everything was peaceful, until they heard a triumphant roar.

They turned their attention towards the source, and we're happy to see their allies, the Draconians, flying towards them.

7 1/2 years ago, when Hiccup and Toothless killed the Red Death, as in any other battles, people were hurt, dragons and Vikings alike. Gothi alone couldn't handle all of the injuries by herself, especially the dragon ones, as she knew nothing of dragon anatomy. In response to that, a dragon healer known as Serenity, was dispatched from the land of Draconia, to help heal the wounded dragons on Berk. But even after all the dragons were hurt, she stayed there on Berk as Stoick offered her the position of dragon healer on Berk. As time passed, and problems grew (Outcasts, Berserkers, Screaming Death, etc.) the rulers of Draconia went to Berk to establish an alliance to help each other out in need.

Now, Draconia is a beautiful land. It is the homeland to all the dragons that roam this Earth. On that land mass is a castle,carved out of a castle-shaped mountain. It started out as a series of deep caves. As Draconia developed the caves became rooms made of marble, gold, and cement. The biggest room in the castle is the great hall. The castle is 1,000 ft high and has over 300 rooms. On one side of the castle is the capital city, Bluegreen, on the other side is a vast cove known as Castle Cove with its own small harbor, known as Royal Town. Castle Cove is sealed by a 2 mile long wall. The golden castle gates are in the very center of the wall. The king and queen of Draconia are Re and Aurora respectively. Tenor is the prime minister of Draconia (Every kingdom needs a government,yeesh).

Those three dragons are a bit different than the dragons from Berk. They had long, thick necks, long tails, large wings, and one pair of horns on the back of their narrow heads. Re, a green dragon and Aurora, a blue dragon, had the bodies and legs of large wolves; Tenor the black dragon, had the body and legs of a panther. Re and Aurora were the size of Clydesdale Horses while Tenor was the size of an Arabian Horse. They each wore armor in the color and design of their choice, with their own personal crest on their head plates: Re's was a green dragon with his wings open and held a golden apple in one talon and a golden music note in the other, it was surrounded by a blue circle; that crest was the crest of the country he ruled over. Aurora's crest was a huge snowflake made out of sapphire and turquoise stones that matched her scales. Tenor's crest was a silver crescent moon surrounded by silver stars.

Re and Aurora were Whippertails, meaning the last third of their tails had no bone, just solid muscle. They could be used to grab stuff and are thin enough to be used as whips. Aurora was the daughter of the Dragon God, Draco. With that being said, she was born with magic and can do countless things with it,except raise the dead and create life like her father could , on the other hand, was the most unusual dragon. Part of him was a Blackfang, meaning his teeth were pitch black and so venomous, they could kill anything in an instant. In addition to that, he had the skin, eyes, wings, tail, sonar flaps (instead of horns), and spines of a Night Fury. Tenor had been abandoned as an egg, and grew up with Re and Aurora, who were quite positive that he was the only Night Fury hybrid in existence.

Serenity is a young woman who was kicked out of her family at the age of 5 for being friends with a red dragon named Ruby. Ruby then decided to bring her to Draconia where he thought she would be safe. The dragons took her in, and did something that has never been attempted with any other human being ever. They turned her into the first human dragon in history. She is a dragon rider and dragon healer. She travels the world to learn about the dragons outside of Draconia, before Re called her in and asked her to come back home. She helps out any dragon who is sick or injured, so she is well-known amongst the dragons. She lives in the castle with the royal dragons.

But one fateful night changed their lives. One day, Berk was raided by a group of dragons, led by a Night Fury-a female Night Fury named Windwalker-when Hiccup and his friends found a map in an abandoned ship. The dragons easily stole the map back, but as the raid concluded, the Berkians found out that the female Night Fury had a rider, who coordinated the raid. His name was Chris, and he turned out to be the long-lost adopted son of Re and Aurora-who found him as a baby, unharmed, in a burnt down village where they then raised him as one of their own-when Hiccup and his Draconian allies tracked him down. From there on, they realized that Chris had to raid Berk because he and his nest were in a war. And that the map they found was a key component that could've changed the tide in the war Chris's nest was fighting-the dragon-Song war. With help from the Berkians and Draconians, they were able to win the war, and stop the onslaught of dragons. Chris was a tall, young man. Maybe a year or 2 older than Hiccup was. He had short black hair, big ears, tan skin, and had a strong, yet lean body frame much like Hiccup's. He wore black pants with black boots that had thick fur lining the top of his footwear. Accompanying his waist was two twin swords strapped to his left side. On his torso, was a dark colored shirt, which was covered by a slim winter trench coat with thick fur accompanying the ends of the sleeves. Windwalker, his dragon companion, was a female Night Fury with honey-golden eyes. Across her right flank was 4 scratch-like the aftermath of it all, Serenity and Chris got married and had a beautiful little daughter named Edelweiss, Re and Aurora had 2 hatchlings: Apollo and Avalon, and Tenor and Windwalker became mates and had a daughter named Black Widow. Avalon and Apollo were the son and daughter of Re and Aurora, and siblings to Chris. Princess Avalon was teal green with purple horns and lavender eyes. She wore purple armor with a big green maple leaf insignia on her head plate/crown. Her brother Apollo was blood red with golden horns, spines, and eyes. He wore dark red armor with a gold insignia of a dolphin jumping over a lyre, surrounded by a wreath on his head plate/crown. Like their mother, they also had the gift of magic and were slowly mastering it. The youngest of the dragons was Black Widow, the hatchling of Tenor and Windwalker. She, like her father, was half-Blackfang and half-Night Fury. She had the scales, sonar flaps, wings, fins, eyes, spines, and body of a Night Fury, and the long wolf-like legs, long neck, narrow head, and black teeth of a Blackfang. She had red eyes and a red hourglass shape on her forehead. She wore black armor with the same red hourglass insignia on her head plate/crown.

Hiccup and Toothless pulled up alongside the Draconians.

"Good morning Hiccup", Re greeted.

"Good morning to you to Re. I am glad to see that you and your family are here today"

"We wouldn't our bi-annual dragon race for anything", Tenor said excitedly.

"Well, you guys are here early. The race doesn't start until mid-afternoon", Hiccup said embarrassedly.

"It's fine. It will give us time to rest our wings", Aurora explained.

"Mama, mama, can we race too?", Avalon asked excitedly.

"Yeah, please?", Apollo begged.

"Well, you are getting older….I guess it is time your father and I allow you to do more things", Aurora thought out loud, "What do you think, Re?"

"I think we should. It is a great way for the kids to let out their pent-up energy. Although, if we want the teams to be even, we will need one more player", Re hinted as he eyed Black Widow.

Black Widow took the hint and looked up pleadingly at her mother and father. Her parents looked at each other and smirked.

"I don't know. I don't think she will be up to the challenge", Windwalker stated, feigning uncertainty.

"I don't think she can keep up with us", Tenor teased.

Upon hearing this Black Widow growled cutely. "I can do it. I can! Please please please, let me race!"

Her chuckled. "Well, if you are so enthusiastic about it, then yes you can race", Tenor consoled.

"Hooray!", Black Widow cheered and did a quick loop in the air.

30 minutes later, Berk's harbor could be seen. As the group landed in the plaza of Berk, Re gave a triumphant roar, signaling their arrival. The riders of Berk and their dragons met up with them.

"My king, it is good to see you again", Toothless said bowing, accompanied by the rest of the dragons.

"It is nice to see you all again", Re replied, "How are things?"

"It is going well so far. Whenever a problem arises, I deal with it the best I can, and if I am ever in need of help, I always have my friends and their riders", Toothless said gesturing.

"That's good. So, do you think you can beat us this time", Re smirked.

"Your majesty, no offense, but we are going to show you what it truly means to be the king of the skies today", Toothless grinned.

"Great. I love that enthusiasm. Do not hold back today"

Toothless retracted his teeth and gave the king a gummy smile.

"So Hiccup, anything interesting happen lately?", Chris asked.

"No, except for a few raids, but considering our dragons, we needn't worry about those anymore", Hiccup responded casually.

"I look forward to seeing how much you have improved since the last time we met"

"I don't mean to toot my own horn, but me and Toothless are going to prove who the real king is around here when it comes to racing", Hiccup chuckled.

"Alright, alright. Let see if you can prove me wrong today", Chris responded casually.

While everybody was chatting, Astrid pulled Serenity to the side.

"Hi Astrid, how's it been", Serenity asked cheerfully.

"Uh, go-good", Astrid stammered.

Noticing the nervous attitude, Serenity adorned a curious look. "What's wrong?"

"I have a problem"

"What do you mean? Are you hurt", Serenity questioned.

"Well….", Astrid trailed off. She then proceeded to whisper into Serenity's ear what her 'problem' was. "...I already went to Gothi 2 days ago, but since you were arriving today I figured if I could get a second opinion", Astrid breathed, nervously biting her lip.

Serenity beamed, "Of course I will. But if it is true, as a precaution, take it easy when you are riding your dragon. This month may be your last month that you can ride a dragon for awhile".

Astrid sighed, "I better enjoy it while it last".

Serenity hugged Astrid, and to both of their surprise, Astrid hugged her back.

As the group talked and caught up with each other, they failed to notice someone watching them high in the trees located on the outskirts of the town. The intruder was making no attempt to hide herself, as no one could see her anyways. She used her exceptional ears and eyes to locate the one she was truly after. She scanned the plaza until her eyes landed on Serenity. Once she did that, she growled lowly, her eyes narrowing, remembering all the pain and suffering that human caused her. But then, she noticed how something different about her-she had a mate and child. Her lips curled up into a dark grin as a plan grew in her mind.

"Oh Serenity, you will regret the day you ever met me. I will personally make sure you endure the suffering I felt", the intruder said to no one in particular. As she growled, part of her green drool leaked onto the ground, burning the grass beneath it. She then spread her wings and took off, waiting for the perfect time to strike.