The smoke started to clear as Valka jammed her feet into the ground. Taking a few deep breaths before continuing her run.

Drago looked behind him to see Stoick laying motionless under some ice, Hiccup still kneeling and his eyes still slits.

"JUST KILL ME ALREADY!" He snarled as Drago shrugged and walked away, a look of I-guess-this-is-okay on his face as Valka skidded to a halt and started to throw the ice chunks off of Stoick.

"Stoick no!" She screamed as Gobber caught up to her and helped remove the ice.

"He isn't... Is he?" Gobber whispered as Valka rolled Stoick onto his back and instantly put an ear on his chest, waiting for the tiniest little 'ba-bump' the smallest breath. But there wasn't one.

"No." She choked as grief consumed her and she broke down sobbing, Gobber removing his helmet and putting a comforting hand on her back. The Bewilderbeast then let go of his grip on Hiccup and Toothless, making them both shake their heads.

"What happened?" Hiccup asked in confusion before gasping in shock and running over to Valka.

"Dad?" He breathed as he looked at Stoick in shock and sadness, before everything came back to him.

"Stoick?" Toothless asked quietly as they other riders landed and Valka looked up at Hiccup, tears staining her cheeks as he bit his lip and broke down as well.

"NO!" He screamed as Toothless watched every heartbreaking minute of it in stunned silence. Astrid gasped and ran over to Hiccup, who crumpled on the ground pathetically, a river of tears rolling down his cheeks as she hugged him sadly, not saying single word.

Toothless finally snapped back into reality and whimpered slightly before slowly walking towards Stoick.

"Toothless, I don't think that's a good idea." Hookfang warned, but he ignored him.

"Stoick? Come on, wake up. We gotta get Drago before-"

"NO! GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Hiccup snarled as he pushed Toothless back harshly, his pupils turning to slits as he took labored breaths.

"Hiccup I-"

"Get out of here! NOW!"

"But-"

"What do you not understand about GET AWAY!"

"Okay." Toothless whimpered before darting away, making Hiccup sigh and collapse onto his knees.

"Its not his fault. You know that." Valka said as Hiccup let out another defeated sob.

"Drago is waiting! Come now my inferior brothers and sisters!" The new King roared as the remaining dragons lost control and followed him.

"Good dragons under the control of bad people, do bad things." Valka sighed as their dragons took off as well.

"Hey, where are you going?" Snotlout asked as Hookfang flew into the swarm of hypnotized dragons, Toothless being the center of it all, carrying Drago on his back.

"Must follow alpha." Hiccup muttered before taking off, but he was quickly slammed into the ground as Astrid yanked down on his tail.

"Hiccup no!" She screamed as Hiccup snarled and whipped around.

"LET ME GO!" He screamed before slashing Astrid across the face with his claws, making her yelp and fall back.

"HICCUP!" She screamed as she tried to get to Hiccup, but he was already nearing the swarm of dragons.

"Step aside." Eret said as he ran in front of her and shot a dart that expertly hit Hiccup in the side, making him fall out of the sky and smack into the ground with a loud thud.

A small boat was pushed out into the calm sea. A few arrows stuck in some wood were puled out by a large hand.

"May the Valkyries welcome you. And lead you through Odin's great battlefield. May they sing your name with love and fury, so we may hear it rise from the depths of Valhalla, and know that you have taken your rightful place at the table of kings." Gobber sighed as he handed Hiccup a bow and an arrow. He turned to walk away, but then put a sad hand on his shoulder before walking away for real. A few tears streamed down Hiccup's face as he looked down at them.

"For a great man has fallen; a warrior, a chieftain, a father, a-a friend." Gobber choked, trying to maintain a straight face as Hiccup sparked a little flame in his hand and lit the tip of the arrow on fire. He took a deep breath and readied the shot. He looked away as the flaming arrow made an arch across the sky and landed on the small boat, lighting a bed of coals underneath a wooden table.

The others looked at each other in conformation before firing, Astrid felt one of the slashs on her face start to bleed again, but she wiped it off and mostly ignored it.

The other flaming arrows hit the ship and on top of the table was Stoick's body, covered by a blanket, his helmet rested respectfully on his head.

"I'm sorry dad." Hiccup sighed as another tear rolled down his cheek. Astrid looked up at the sky and shook her head, Fishlegs looked out at sea sadly, the twins looked at each other for once without a look of annoyance or having a destructive idea, and Snotlout wiped away a few tears, making sure no one saw him crying.

"I'm not the chief you wanted me to be. And I'm not the peacekeeper I thought I was. I don't know." He sighed as Valka walked up to him, playing a bit with his hair before speaking.

"You came early into this world. You we're such a wee thing, so frail, so fragile. I feared you wouldn't make it. Thor, I was shocked to even see you when I picked you up at the nest. But besides the point, your father never doubted. He always said you'd become the strongest of them all, and he was right." She said as Hiccup's eyes widened.

"Hiccup, you are a miracle, you have the heart of a chief and the soul of a dragon. Only you can bring our worlds together, because that is who you are, son." Valka said as Hiccup looked back out to sea, the boat was now completely on fire, the orange flames licking the sky as Hiccup stared at the falling embers.

"I, uh, I was so afraid of becoming my dad. For the longest time I thought it was because he was so stubborn and serious. But now I know it was because I thought I never could. H-How do you become someone that great, that brave, that selfless..." Hiccup paused for a second, trying to hold back a small sob, "I g-guess you can only try." He sighed before a look of determination crept across his face.

"He would've stopped at nothing to defend Berk. Which means we can't either. We're going back." Hiccup said as Astrid perked up and the twins gave him a confused look.

"Uh, Hiccup I know now is not a time to point out flawed logic but we don't exactly have dragons at the moment." Tuffnut pointed out.

"Yeah, Drago took all the dragons." Ruffnut added as a smirk pulled at Hiccup's lips.

"Not all of them." He said before turning into a Night Fury, "Hop on. Don't worry, I think I can take the weight."

Hey guys! So sorry no 'Trail of the Night' update today. I got writers block and since this is actually surprisingly quick and easy to write, I decided to post another chapter of this! Hope you enjoy!