A/N: Well everyone, this is the end. I loved writing this story, and to everyone who read and reviewed, thank you. I think my next fanfic will be a Big Hero 6 one, but we'll see. It all depends on what kind of ideas my crazy brain can come up with. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this fanfiction as much as I enjoyed writing it. =D

Disclaimer: Yet again I am sorry to say that I don't own HTTYD. Dreamworks hasn't even responded to my email that I sent asking them to give it to me. :p JK. :)

"Hiccup has always wanted a younger brother," Stoick almost smiled.

"Thank you so much, Sir," Mishap's face erupted with a smile. He ran out of the cell, with his father's keys, and headed directly to another cell. He unlocked the doors, and opened them, trembling. Stormfly burst out of the cell, eyes flaming, and the boy cowered in fear. Despite her pain, Astrid limped out to her dragon.

"Stormfly!" she called. "Hey, it's me, Astrid." Gradually, the dragon calmed, and walked over to her. Astrid removed her dragon's muzzle, then grabbed Mishap's hand, gently guiding him to the dragon.

"Don't worry," she smiled. "Stormfly won't hurt you." Mishap reached out to the dragon, and giggled when she snorted, her hot breath tickling his hand.

"She's pretty," he breathed in awe.

"Astrid," Stoick shouted. "Hurry, we don't have much time."

"Where's Toothless?" she questioned Mishap. He went to another cell, unlocking its door. Toothless rushed out of the cell, then tripped and fell with a whimper of pain. Astrid hurried over. She gasped when she saw the array of gashes covering the dragon. A long incision ran the length of his left foreleg. This explained why he had tripped. Toothless refused to stay down, standing and limping over to Hiccup.

Toothless nudged the boy worriedly. He had smelled the blood before he saw it, and he knew it was bad. In his peripheral vision, he vaguely saw Astrid climbing on Stormfly with a younger human child. Then Hiccup was speaking, his voice quiet and pained. Shadow, he was saying. We have to release Shadow. Finally, his father understood, and the Viking carried him over to a cell across the arena. When the doors opened, another dragon burst out. It was a Monstrous Nightmare, but what really drew Toothless' eyes were the deep lacerations, both old and fresh on its back. He shook his head, and snorted. He was glad that mean Viking Alvin was dead. He watched Hiccup pat the dragon's head. He snorted again, indignantly. He was Hiccup's dragon. Toothless walked over to the group, and put himself between Hiccup and the new dragon.

"You're still m-my favorite, Bud," Hiccup struggled to speak, and stretch out his hand. Toothless closed the gap. All is forgiven, he cooed softly. Suddenly Hiccup began to cough violently, and everyone flew into action. The storm that had set back the travels of the Hairy Hooligans had passed, and a strong breeze blew at their backs. With these favorable conditions, it took the Vikings mere hours to reach Berk. Toothless was pacing worriedly, as Gothi took care of the injured teens, when he heard a small voice beside him. He sniffed the air, and smelled the strong scent of Alvin. He turned angrily, only to see a young boy. I'm sorry my daddy did this to you. The boy said lightly touching the bandages that had been applied to his tough hide by Gobber. Suddenly he remembered who this boy was.

"Daddy don't hurt the dragon anymore," the boy had cried. Alvin only whipped Toothless harder. The boy tried to grab the whip out of his father's hands, only to have the man grab his tunic, lifting him off the ground.

"You're no Viking," he hissed. "You're a coward, and a killer." He then threw the boy across the arena, causing him to cry out in pain. Neither Hiccup or Astrid had awoken from their deep slumber.

He nuzzled the boy's hand, in forgiveness. Soon, the boy was hugging him, and crying. He understood. Hiccup often did the same thing.

Astrid sat next to Hiccup's bed. His eyes fluttered weakly.

"Hey Dragon Boy," she smiled, speaking softly. "How does it feel to be a big brother?"

"I'm honestly terrified," Hiccup said. "Humans are so much harder to understand than dragons."

"You'll be fine. I know it," she smirked. "Besides, I'll be with you every step of the way." She leaned in, and brushed her lips against his.

"That's for being you," she smiled again.


TWO MONTHS LATER:

"Yahoo!" Mishap shouted, as Shadow launched into the air. "I'm gonna beat you this time Hiccup," he said turning to his older brother. Hiccup laughed as he reined Toothless in slightly. It was their third race of the day. He decided to let Misfit win. After all, what are big brothers for?