All right, people. I have come to a conclusion. This will be the final chapter of this story. It will be a homecoming.
THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL, HOWEVER. A continuation of Hiccup's 'mission', with a TWIST.
I love you all, let's all get married! Wait... :X lol
"Please, let us present you with farewell gifts." Shin declared as he stepped forward, bowed, and in his outstretched hands, held one of the weirdest swords Hiccup and Astrid have ever seen. "Here it is called a katana."
Hiccup took the sword with one hand, causing some of the villagers to flinch. Hiccup raised an eyebrow and placed his other hand on the katana, causing nods of approval. (Sorry, saw that scene in a movie, had to add it in somehow.)
He separated sword from sheath, and was amazed by what was placed on it. It looked like their form of writing, and it was pretty neat, and Shin replied, "It states "Rider of Night."
Hiccup smiled his thanks. "Well, it's morning now, so I suppose I had better, you know..."
The villagers seemed somewhat saddened. "We understand. If there is ever time, please, visit us again?" Hiccup smiled and nodded, and a little girl ran up and carefully hugged his knees. Well, one knee, and...(What would the other be called?)
She looked up at him and smiled, then returned to her smiling parents.
"Bye, guys. See ya around sometime!" He called as he climbed on Toothless, and Astrid followed suit, and they took off."
The return trip took a lot faster, now that they weren't searching for Hiccup/Help. They still found trouble, however, and together helped form solutions, even though they were small problems, like a lost vessel, or a robbery involving the same pirates Hiccup had rescued Lucy from.
"Oh Gods, not them again." he sighed as he flew down.
The pirates appeared to have learned their lesson. As soon as they saw the black dragon, they dropped everything and retreated on their ship.
"Got yourself quite a name out here, haven't ya?" Astrid teased.
"Well..." Hiccup modestly shrugged.
They stopped at islands Hiccup was on friendly turns with for food and shelter from night. He would tell all the people that he was returning to Berk, and that if they ever needed help, to come locate him. Everyone took the news well, except for one girl Hiccup vaguely remembered, who started bawling and ran from the building. Hiccup looked confused, when he heard Astrid snort, and had a...triumphant look upon her face.
"Do I even want to know?"
"Eh."
Cragnogh was interesting, as Kenna ran towards him, and as Hiccup braced for impact, she suddenly stopped.
"Boo."
Hiccup rolled his eyes. "Hey, Kenna."
"Hey, Hiccup." she mocked his tone. "That's not your leg." she pointed out simply, staring at the prosthetic.
"Yeah, that's a prosthetic."
"No no no. That's a different one than the one I gave you." she sighed. "Night Tamer must be difficult tasks, eh?"
"I didn't think you knew about that..."
"Not at first. Ah, sorry. I mean 'yes.'." She closed her eyes in thought.
"'Yes'..."
"Yes, it is a prosthetic. You said it was, and I said 'No' three times. It is a prosthetic, but it's not the one I gave you..." she lowered her head. "My bad."
Hiccup and Astrid exchanged a glance, before chuckling a little.
"Leave the guy alone, Kenna." a guy walked up and put an arm around her, which she shrugged off.
"Hey, Einarr." she stated. "My friend." she said to Hiccup and gestured to Einarr. "My friend." she said to Einarr and gestured to Hiccup. "My friend's...girlfriend." she gestured to Astrid.
"Astrid." she said.
"Nice name."
"Thanks."
"Hey, a guy named Elijah, dark-skinned, blind, came by a few weeks ago. Told us about the Night Tamer. Guess you know him?" Kenna said.
"Yeah. Nice guy."
"I'll say." she held out her hand, which had a ring on it. "We both had you in common. Started talking. Yep."
Astrid and Hiccup stared at the ring. "Uh, congratulations!" Hiccup said, and Astrid smiled at her. Einarr noticed Hiccup glancing from the ring to Astrid. He smirked. He had also heard about the girl who followed Hiccup around. He slid a box into Hiccup's bag and started whistling innocently.
Time sped by, and Hiccup and Astrid were now fully rested, and said goodbye and good-luck to Kenna and friends, and flew back to Berk.
Needless to say, the entire population, minus the people who were still searching for Astrid and Hiccup, who weren't there, were shocked.
"Send a Terror to report the news!" someone yelled, and the deed was done, and everyone gathered in the great hall to welcome back the person who discovered that dragons and humans were compatible. After all, having dragons was very handy around the village now.
"Where did I go? I went everywhere." Hiccup explained, and nudged Astrid's side. "And she did too. I became the Night Tamer, Night Rider, you name it." Hiccup for the ring he had discovered a while back that had somehow made its way into his bag. "However, I will only call myself this from now on..." he turned to Astrid and held out the ring.
"Yours."
Another short chapter, for that I apologize, but hey! My first complete multi-chapter story on this account! Because it's the shortest! Because it's short...yeah.
At least there's a sequel.