This is a sequel to The Meeting. The first part may not make much sense if you don't read that first.
Giddy from the kiss she and Hiccup just shared she said, "Okay, what do you have to tell me?" Hiccup told her how the meeting had been good at the start, but then Dagur had showed up and made a mess of things. "He challenged me to a duel, and so I accepted." Astrid slapped him and said, "What the heck were you thinking?! You could have been killed!" "But obviously I wasn't, besides how could I with you to come home to?" Astrid laughed before saying, "Okay smooth talker, continue with your story."
"Merida called for us to fight, and so we did. Our blades each met the other's like two dragons fighting over nesting grounds. Dagur actually caused his own defeat. He hit my sword where it stores the Zippleback gases and the spark from his sword hitting mine caused it to ignite. He escaped with singed eyebrows, but you know how much of a coward Dagur can be when taken by surprise."
Astrid laughed and said, "Boy I wish I could have seen his face." "I wish I hadn't left you behind. Next time I will let my mother run things and you can I will go to those boring Meetings together." He said wiggling his eyebrows. She gently pushed him and said, "You're crazy. So what happened with Anya and the other leaders having dragon problems?"
"Oh they agreed to let me try to take care of the problem. Oh and Astrid, they think one of them might be a Night Fury!" Astrid caught her breath as she said, "Really? Oh Hiccup that would be wonderful! When do you go to do that?" "Whenever everyone is ready to go." Astrid's eyes filled with an Oops kind of expression as she said, "I just remembered they were all following me including your mother. They must be wondering what happened to us, come on." She said grabbing him by the hand and pulling him up on deck while he laughed in merriment.
"Well the lovebirds finally came up for air." Snotlout remarked. "Shut up Snotlout." Astrid said, pushing him so he fell off the boat. He sputtered as he surfaced, "Hookfang! Get me out of here." Hookfang ignored him for a minute before he listened to his rider. Once Snotlout was back on board, Hiccup told them what he told Astrid. Valka smiled at her son before asking, "When do you leave?"
"I was hoping tomorrow. Mom, do you think you could keep an eye on things here until we return?" "Of course Hiccup, Cloudjumper and I would love too." She replied, "Now you all should head home and prepare for your journey." All of the young dragon riders nodded their agreement and climbed aboard their dragons. As they took to the air and headed towards Berk, Hiccup was overcome with happiness at seeing the familiar landmarks come into sight.
After greeting those in the village who came out to see him, he and the others headed to bed. Morning came early, and found them already up preparing for the journey to Anya's home. Valka came out and gave him a hug, making him promise to be careful. And then they were off, taking to the skies in the direction of the rising sun. Hiccup had brought along a few of the smaller dragons so that he could send messages back to his mother if things were going to take longer than he expected.
The journey passed in an almost dull way, minus the bickering of the twins and the sighting of Thornado, who came to see them briefly. Soon Anya's island came into sight and they prepared to land. Suddenly a rock came flying at that! "Evasive maneuvers guys!" Hiccup ordered.