Me- Heh-heh, I'm having fun writing this! There was one review that kind of "harshed my mellow" though. I shall respond to it as such, Benji- I actually briefly covered that in chapter two, very briefly, so you probably didn't notice. There are people who own the island as kind of a "Historic Town" thing, a tourist-y thing, so people have to make sure things work and look good. Regarding the ropes from the bolas, I don't know the amount of time it would take for rope to biodegrade, so I just assumed it would be strings. Don't get so caught up on the details! (I mean that in the nicest way possible.) Glad I could clear things up. Oh yeah! And FuyuSarah, don't fret, I'm sure Hiccup and Astrid tied the knot, however, fate has a funny way of repeating things it thinks worked out well… hope that's vague enough for you! Also, yeah, it's probably in Norway, but with the accent… Eh…Anyway, enjoy!

Return of the Dragons

Nobody said a word. Haddock looked around at each one in turn. Suddenly, Amanda exploded. Well, maybe "exploded" isn't the right term, first there were a few sputtering noises. Then she began. "Wha- A DRAGON? Are you out of your mind? That thing's not a dragon! Dragons don't exist except for in fairy tales! Do you think this is a joke? I came here to do some research on ancient Viking culture and you're setting up this elaborate prank to make us believe you actually found a real live dra- WAH!" During this little tirade, Haddock had hopped onto Toothless who had taken off and scooped up Amanda in his paws.

The poor girl was screaming in terror. Toothless seemed to know what he was doing and flew over to a tall tree, away from the village. Amanda dropped down onto one of the branches, Toothless, the top of the tree. "Haddock! Haddock, get me down from here!" She demanded.

"Listen, Amanda if you would just listen to me…" He tried

"I am not listening to anything you have to say!" She spat.

"Then I won't speak." He surrendered. "Just… let me show you…" These words tasted familiar on his tongue. "Please, Astrid?"

Amanda, who had begun to lift herself onto the branch for better support, froze. "What did you just call me?"

Haddock dismissed the question. "Because I had a dream last night." She explained, a suspicious eye still cast on him, "There was this boy, who looked a lot like you. He called me Astrid too…"

Haddock sighed. "I don't know. Pleas Astri- Amanda… just…"

She glared at him, but made her way onto Toothless's back. "Alright, now get me down from here."

"Toothless, down. Gently." He patted the dragon, who seemed to be tense.

Sure enough, Toothless spread his wings, allowing the wind to lift them slowly. "See? Nothing to be scared of." Suddenly, Haddock felt his gut plunge as though Toothless was about to take off, but he knew Toothless wouldn't do that.

Until he did.

Haddock gripped the saddle for dear life, Amanda screamed for dear life and gripped Haddock's vest. "Toothless, what are you doing?!" He screamed over the roar of the wind.

Suddenly Toothless began plunging in and out of the sea, "Toothless, we have to get her to trust us!" Haddock hollered every time they were in the air.

Toothless then soared high into the air and… "And now the spinning… Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile." Haddock grumbled.

Amanda was clinging to Haddock, scared for her life now. "I'm sorry! He's real! It's too real! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" She cried.

Then things were calm. Amanda managed to pull her head out of Haddocks vest and look around. It was though she had said some magic words. She spun her head this way and that, taking in the fact that she was flying, on a dragon no less. Suddenly, she started laughing. Nobody had ever heard Amanda Pike laugh before, Haddock was thrilled he was the first.

A few minutes passed and Amanda spoke again. "Well, I've got to admit, this is pretty cool! It's… amazing! He's amazing." She patted Toothless, who purred.

"I'm sorry I was so… obnoxious… down there." She muttered. "I just, I've always been so down-to-earth. My motto is actually 'Proof, or it didn't happen.' But now, here I am, riding a dragon of all things, miles above earth…" She trailed off.

"Maybe, every once in a while, we need to put our heads in the clouds." Haddock grinned. "Alright, Bud, take us back."

Toothless nodded and they gently descended back into the center of the village where everyone was still waiting. Sam stepped forward and they slid off Toothless. "Uh, listen, Haddock… I'm sorry about all the things I said and-"

"You wanna learn how to ride a dragon." Haddock finished, raising an eyebrow.

The teens all looked at each other, then said in unison. "Yeah."

Mr. Gob took a step back. "No' me, ah ge' air sickness something' nastay!"

"We know." They chorused.

"Well, I don't know if Toothless will allow anyone to ride him except for me." He glanced at the Night Fury. "And I'm even surprised he let me. And with the prosthetic and everything, it would just be confusing."

The others looked disappointed, until Frank spoke up. "Well, maybe there're other dragons."

They all looked at him. "Well, my ancestors used to live here, and they had this really old book with all kinds of dragons in it, it's written in old Nordic runes so it's-"

"Toothless!" Haddock interrupted. "Are there more like you at home?"

Then Toothless smiled, just a little thing, and let out a call. It echoed through the bones of the humans before him and rang throughout the surrounding sea. Once the echo died down, they remained silent.

Then there were more. Calls of all different sounds and pitches, unlike anything any man had ever heard responding back to Toothless. Then there was the flapping of wings, thousands of them, different sizes, shapes, and as they soon saw, colors. The dragons were coming back to Berk. Where they had been, nobody knew, but they were back now. One of several types landed before the teens, the others rested on houses or just generally flew around, claiming Berk as their home again.

The kids, and Mr. Gob examined the dragons before them. "Frank, you think you can tell us what each of these are?" Haddock asked, walking over to a huge red one with a long jaw and longer claws.

"Oh sure! That one's a Monstrous Nightmare! Their scales are highly flammable, so as a method of protection, they set themselves on fire!"

The Monstrous Nightmare slowly crept up to Sam, who began stepping back. Haddock stopped him "Relax, Snotlout, it won't hurt you." He chuckled.

"Wait, what'd you-?" But Haddock took him by the wrist and put his hand up so it was touching the dragons' snout.

It began to purr, gently. Sam laughed, nervously at first "H-Hey! Check it out! I'm touching a dragon! A real live dragon! Ha-ha! I think I'll call you Fireworm." He gave it a pet.

"Next up please!" Haddock motioned to the group of dragons.

The next to step forward was a large green dragon with two heads. "The Hideous Zippleback." Frank recited. "Two heads means twice the danger, if attacked. One head breathes gas and the other ignites it! Razor-sharp serrated teeth inject venom for pre-digestion, prefers ambush attacks over-" but he was cut off by the twins bickering.

"I want the head that breathes gas!"

"Oh please, you have enough gas as it is."

"Yeah? Well you're so full of hot air, why do you even need a dragon?"

"I should just-" They were cut off by another whistle from Haddock.

"Ruffnut, Tuffnut, left head, right head, respectively." He raised his eyebrows with a look that said "Don't try and contradict me."

They stared at him for a moment, mulling over the names they were sure they heard before, then shrugged and mounted their respective heads. Next up was a fairly fat dragon with smallish wings and looked like it was made of three boulders. It waddled over to Frank who began scratching its head. "Gronkle, one of the more heavy dragons. It also has the least amount of shots. Only six."

Haddock laughed a bit. "He kind of looks like you, Fishlegs!"

A blue dragon with a huge head lumbered over to Amanda. "Oh, that's a Nadderhead, or Nadder. They're really lightweight and have a blind spot in the middle of their face." Sure enough, the Nadder had turned it's head and was now gazing at Amanda, who began scratching its scales.

Suddenly, a tiny dragon, no bigger than a cat, with a fairly large head skittered over too Mr. Gob. It looked at him for a moment, sizing him up, before clambering up the man and resting on his shoulder. "Oh, look! Ah think it likes me!" Mr. Gob chortled and scratched the tip of its nose.

"That's a Terrible Terror, one of the smaller breeds of dragon, but very dangerous when threatened. If it starts hissing, it'll start breathing fire." Frank puffed out his chest, very proud of his dragon knowledge.

Haddock chuckled and looked at his classmates and teacher, each with their own dragon. He turned and gave Toothless a pat before finally saying. "So. Who wants to learn how to train your dragon?"

Me- Yay, stuff! So, I hope I cleared up any confusion in any reviews that anyone had. Also… "haddock" is a fish isn't it? Ah well, not much else to say here… Review please!