Another update!

snowangel420-Yup, it's fun to imagine!

The two of us stuck like glue for the rest of the walk to the tree. When we spotted the others already there, we drew away from each other, and headed in their direction. They were all gathered around the tree of course, it was actually kind of depressing, since this WAS my goodbye-never-see-you-again-we'll-miss-you party.

'Here we go,' I thought with anxiety. Gosh, I sure had a lot of that today. It was the afternoon, since the cleaning had taken 'till lunch, which I had missed. The dragons were there, too, even Shadowwing, whom I hadn't seen since the day I came here.

"Um, hi?" I greeted, and slight smiles appeared on their gloomy faces. Astrid and Ruffnut were first to envelop me in a friendly grip. The others came in as well for a giant group hug. "I'm gonna miss you guys," I said tearfully.

"We're gonna miss you, too." Said Astrid, drawing back.

"Yea," Agreed Snotlout. "Even if you haven't yet realized my, manliness." He winked, trying to show his muscles, again. I laughed.

"Guess I haven't," I humored him. Naturally, they lined up like they did when we first met, except in a row. I started with the Viking farthest from the tree. Fishlegs.

"Miss ya 'Legs." I said, trying to be cheerful.

"Oh, um, miss you too Heather," He stuttered. I silenced him by pulling him into a hug.

"Read some books for me, kay?" I told him, pulling away and moving to the next one.

"Definitely." The first thing he's actually said casually to me. I smiled, and discovered the next person was Tuff.

"Behave with your sister." I ordered good-naturedly.

He frowned, obviously not getting the fact that it was a joke. "But she's so annoying and I-"

"Tuff," I cut him off. "I'm kidding."

"Oh well-" Another silencing by hugs. He smiled at me. "Miss you," He said.

"Miss you," Snotlout was next.

"Hey, so, you know where to find me if you're ever in need of a boyfriend. We'll sneak out. Romeo and Juliet all over again." He flirted. I gave him a look.

"Don't worry, I think I'm good." No matter how daft he could be, he was a friend, therefore I enveloped him in a hug. I pulled away to see he was blushing crimson red and looked dazed. "Miss you, Snotlout." I said.

"M-m-miss you H-h-heather." He said, stuttering just as much as Fishlegs. I smiled at him as well and moved on to Ruff. She pulled me into a grip before I could even start to speak.

"I wish you could stay forever." She said. I looked at her with sad eyes.

"Believe me, so do I." I agreed. "Miss you."

"Miss you," I leaned in closer.

"Keep an eye on your brother for me," I joked. She winked and nodded. Something punched me and I glanced over to see Astrid. "Ow!" I exclaimed clutching my arm. "What the heck!"

"That's for ditching us all." She explained. I knew what was coming next. Her famous Astrid-line. She hugged me tight. "And that's for everything else." She finished.

"I'm going to miss you Astrid." I said.

"I'm going to miss you too." She echoed.

Hiccup.

Out of everyone I knew Hiccup would be the hardest. We automatically embraced in a breath-taking grip. I buried my head into his shoulder. "Hiccup," I said into ear. "Thank you, for everything. I'm going to miss you so much" Tears began to gather in my eyes.

"Heather, I'm going to miss you too. I'm sorry, I should've stopped my dad from banishing you." I tensed at the mention of my punishment.

"What? No! It's not your fault!" I said, laughing and crying at the same time, looking into his green eyes. Toothless nuzzled in between us, his pupils dilated and looking as cute as ever. "I'll miss you Hiccup." I repeated, wiping away my tears and hugging Toothless.

"I'll miss you too." The teens all stood back, having said their goodbyes and waiting for my departure. I waved one last time, keeping the images of their faces locked inside my head, not wanting to forget. The waved back, and I stepped into the black vortex. I popped out of the portal, hitting the ground with a smack. But the only pain I felt was the ache of missing my friends.

My Viking friends.

I was such an idiot! I was back in my house flipping through the most recent People magazine a day after I left when it dawned on me. The Red Death! How did I forget about that? Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! I face-palmed myself and calmed myself.

Hiccup probably remembered, right?

Oh, gosh, I was seriously hoping so. Then I realized that there would be a war between the Queen and the Vikings and their dragons. I silently wished them luck and hoped for the best. The next dull boring day contained nothing interesting. My parents were gone again.

Then I felt it.

A tug in my gut that was creating a queasy feeling, like something was wrong. I don't know how I knew, but I knew something was wrong.

Something was wrong in Berk.

It was like when Toothless knew that the Monstrous Nightmare was attacking Hiccup. I bolted out of the house and up the hill. The afternoon sun shone on my skin as I climbed the tree. Without hesitating, I jumped into the blackness that led to Berk.

I tumbled out of the tree and leapt to my feet. Darting off to the village, it didn't take much to figure out that it was the Red Death. It was chaos. Vikings were running around shouting: "We're going to die!"

Suddenly I felt something jerk me upward. It was Gobber, who had me by the back of my shirt. "What are you doin' back?" He asked. "You were banished!"

"Yeah, well, I sensed something was wrong. Where's Hiccup? What's going on?" Gobber looked at me sadly.

"Alvin came over and decided to have a party. He stabbed Hiccup and him and his band of outcasts left. Just before, Hiccup had told us about the Red Death coming back, and how you and him went there. We prepared for battle, but now that Hiccup was stabbed we are doomed. He'll make it, but only a Night Fury can defeat the Queen, and Hiccup's in no shape to fight. Word is the Red Death wants revenge. And since no one else can ride Toothless…"

"Except for me," I murmured.

"What?"

"Except for me, thanks Gobber." I dashed off, leaving a stunned Gobber in the dust. By now everyone was at the uninhabited part of the island was a ton of space. It looked a lot like the outside of the nest, and they were waiting for the Queen. I pushed through the swarm of Vikings gathered around Hiccup.

He looked awful. A pulsing wound gaped from his side, luckily on his left, nowhere near his heart. The healers had it bandaged, since they were also here. As I looked around I saw everyone was, even the children. All waiting for Certain Death. "Hiccup?" I said as I crouched by him. The others gasped, not expecting to see me here. Astrid was on his other side, as was Toothless. Stoic loomed above him, a look of genuine concern on his face.

Hiccup's eyes opened and they landed on me. "Heather?" He asked.

"Yeah, it's me,"

"You shouldn't be here, the Red Death is here, and, oh Thor, I need to go get it. Toothless," He tried to sit up.

"Uh, no." I pushed his back down. "You're not going anywhere." I heard a roar in the distance.

"But I'm the only one who can ride-" His eyes widened as I shook my head. "Heather no, its too dangerous."

"My specialty. Trust me, Hiccup, I can do this." I looked up, my eyes widening, seeing a giant shape in the distance. People gasped. "Please?" I begged.

"I know you can." He answered. I grinned and hugged him.

"Thanks." I answered.

"Just remember, find the magic." He advised. I nodded and hopped on Toothless. I knew everyone's eyes were trained on me. Astrid helped Hiccup up, and I looked at the entire population of Berk, Vikings and dragons, one last time. The Red Death was now able to see, and it was looking at us.

I hooked my feet in and got ready for a once in a lifetime thing. The Queen saw us all and I leaned down and spoke to Toothless, loud enough so everyone could hear me. "Let's do this thing."

And the battle has begun! Heather's back and ready to fight! ~Jess