For The Years To Come Chapter 25, a how to train your dragon fanfic

Hey, everyone. It's been a long time and I am really sorry for that. My life is a quite busy in past few months and I still didn't get used to it. But at least I will give you a long chapter, right? And by long I mean really long... Above 22k words... I somehow didn't want to part this chapter even when I was able to cut it on several chapters... So take it as a gift from me to you for your patience... I really hope that you will enjoy this chapter, it took me quite long to write it :) And we are probably half way through the story, maybe more, cause I have no idea how many chapters I will need to finish this story. There is still a lot of things which needs to be done. Also, I want to thank you all for your support, again. Because without you guys, I would never get this far. You make me keep writing new chapters and new stories. So, thank you all and I will be happy for any review, fav or follow. So I hope you will enjoy a new chapter and have great and happy days until the next chapter. :)

Storm ended, and Berkians were trying to find any clue where Taramis could be. Thuggory went with other teens to the forest clearing where he saw his father and Taramis together for the last time. Others were trying to repair damage made either by storm or Speed stingers. Cami, however, was still lying in the Great hall, while Gothi and her mother were looking after her.

"They were here when I saw them last time," Thruggory said, and Hiccup looked around.

"We could stand here a whole day, but we will not find anything," Heather said, and Fishlegs came to her. "Yeah, but we can't just stop looking for him."

"I am not saying to stop looking for him," Heather groaned. "I am saying that we should move and look for him in the forest."

Hiccup didn't listen to them, and he zoned out when they arrived at the clearing. He was clueless. He didn't want to believe that Taramis was gone. They left their dragons in the village so they would help others with snow and damage made by that storm, so they needed to look harder. He was not dead. Not on Hiccup's watch. Hiccup marched to the forest, leaving others behind him. He was cluelessly walking in circles, not thinking about what he was doing.

"What is he doing?" Snotlout asked and Astrid shooked her head. "Head back to the village and help others, I will talk to him."

Without waiting for their answer, she went to Hiccup, and after a while, others went back to the village. Astrid was watching Hiccup for a little longer, but then she stopped him.

"Hiccup you will not help him by moving in a circle." Hiccup stopped and took a deep breath. "I know... I just... I don't know..."

"You are worried about him, and I understand that. Hello, even I am concerned about him even when I know him for a short time, but..."

"Shhhh..." Hiccup suddenly interrupted her and that taken her back.

"Hiccup Haddock, you will not shush..." She was again interrupted but now with his finger on her lips. She was feeling kind of good with his finger on her lips, but she ignores it.

"Oh, sorry.." Hiccup suddenly said as if he realised only now what he did. "Do you hear it too?" He asked, and she furrowed her eyebrows.

"Hear what!?" Astrid said with a bit harsh time, but he ignores it.

"A soft roar, or something like that," Hiccup tried to explain. "Just listen."

And she did. She heard some roar. Hiccup and Astrid slowly started walking towards the source of that sound. Hiccup knew what it was. It was calling for help from some dragon. Muffled call for help. They walked in circles as they couldn't find the source. Astrid suddenly halted and with her hand, she stopped Hiccup too.

"What?" Hiccup asked, but Astrid only hushed him. She then started slowly walking to some rock formation, and Hiccup followed her. Astrid was surely better at tracking than he was. When she came to the rock formation, she stopped and listened. After a while, she smirked.

"Gotcha." She murmured as she started digging the snow out of their way. Hiccup quickly followed her lead, and soon they found a cave. When Hiccup wanted to walk in Astrid quickly stopped him.

"Wait, I know this cave. Right behind the entrance, there is a huge hole." She said and behind Hiccup looked at her but said nothing. Astrid went down on her all four, and she slowly crawled to the cave. Ignoring the freezing snow Hiccup followed her, and she was right. Right behind the entrance, there was a big hole, but Hiccup smiled when they could hear that call for help more clearly.

"How can we go down there?" Hiccup asked, and Astrid sighed.

"It will not be easy..." Astrid said, but her voice trailed off. "I don't know what we should do. It is deep and dark. We can't go there without light or support."

"Well, it is a good thing that we have dragons, no?" Hiccup said, and Astrid beamed at him but then her smile faded.

"How do you want to get Toothless down there without hurting him?" She asked him, and he smiled at her.

"Who was talking about Toothless?" He said, and she gave him a puzzled look. He offered no explanation, he just stood up and ran to the village, Astrid hot on his heels.

When Hiccup ran to Meatlug and Fishlegs she quickly understood what he was trying to do. When others saw running Hiccup, it got their attention. It didn't take long, and soon the whole village knew that Hiccup and Astrid probably found Taramis. Most of the villagers, along with Haddocks, Hoffersons and teens went behind Hiccup and Astrid. When villagers saw where Taramis probably was, they gasped. That cave earned name Cave of the dead from villagers.

Hiccup jumped on Meatlug, and soon they went all the way down. Hiccup lit up his sword, and it took some time to reach the bottom. When Meatlug landed, Hiccup was surprised by the sight which was down there. Speed stingers including the alpha were lying curled next to Taramis. To his surprise, alpha was making that noise, and up to his terror, he woke up. Alpha stood up and slowly walked to Hiccup. Hiccup had no idea what he should do so he just backed away to the Meatlug. Alpha suddenly halted and took a long look on both Hiccup and Meatlug. Hiccup felt weird under that look, and he was happy when the Alpha averted his sight and motioned with his head to follow him. Hiccup followed him to the Taramis, and he could now see that there was some blood coming from Taramis's mouth. He had probably some inside injury. But what amazed Hiccup, even more, was that speed stinger had their tails under Taramis's scales. Alpha was watching how Hiccup reacts, and he didn't do anything in a long while. But then it dawned on Hiccup.

"You are slowly giving him your paralysing poison, and by that, you slowed down his body, and that means that you are keeping him alive. And if you will stop giving him your poison he would die if he wouldn't get the right treatment."

Hiccup could swear that Alpha smiled on him. He had no idea if it would work but he needed to try it. He held his hand towards the Alpha and averted his sight. He didn't hope that it will work and because of that he was even more astonished when Alpha put his head into his palm.

"But people of Berk will not be so forgiving after that massacre. " Hiccup said, and as he thought about it, he realised there must be more to it. Why did they attack?

He frowned. Something enraged them. Some humans. People attacked them, and Speed Stingers took revenge on the first human village they found. Hiccup took out his small journey book from his armour and found old pictures of Dagur. He showed it to the Alpha.

"Is this the human who attacked your pack?" Hiccup asked, and Alpha looked at the picture. Soon his pupils went into slits, and he started hissing. Hiccup quickly took the book back. He got his answer.

"We need to get you all out of here." Hiccup said and jumped on Meatlug.

It took hours to Hiccup and other villagers to get ready everything. Hiccup didn't tell them anything else than that he found Taramis. He said to himself that he would cross that bridge when he gets to it. Hiccup went back down with large and strong sail from the ship. Soon villagers throw him dozens of ropes, and he started working. He chained the ropes to the sail as strongly as possible. There was no place for mistakes. There was too much to lose.

"Fine, guys. Here we go." Hiccup said to Speed Stingers. They looked at him, and the alpha tilted his head.

"I need from you guys to slowly pull up Taramis's body a little so that I can put this sail under him." He was not sure if the Speed Stingers understand him or not but to his surprise they nodded. They slowly pull up Taramis and Hiccup quickly placed the sail under him. Speed stingers then moved closer to Taramis so they would be on the sail. Hiccup jumped on Meatlug, and they flew up. Toothless were pacing in front of the cave while villagers and teens were impatiently watching the cave as well as Toothless. When Meatlug with Hiccup emerged from the cave, Astrid smiled. She was proud of him. But her smile quickly faded when they managed to pull Taramis up. Several Speed Stingers stood up while other stayed near Taramis. Speed Stringers threateningly raised their tails while Berkians readied weapons.

Hiccup panicked and quickly jumped down from Meatlug and ran between Stingers and villagers.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down! Everyone will calm down!" Hiccup shouted, and everyone stopped moving.

„Hiccup!" Stoick shouted. „What's the meaning of this! They attacked us!"

„Well, I am not saying that they did not..." Hiccup tried to explain, but Stoick didn't listen. He ran towards Hiccup and Stingers, but Hiccup did not hesitate. Hiccup knew that only with the help of Stingers they could save Taramis. He took out his sword and quickly disarmed Stoick. Enraged Stoick was not able to comprehend what happened, so when he found himself without a weapon, he froze.

"Dad!" Hiccup shouted. "Listen to me! If you kill them, you will kill Taramis, too!"

Valka saw the truth in her son's eyes, so she helped him. "Stoick, calm down and let him explain everything." Stoick looked at her, and he sighed. He tried to calm down, but it was hard when he knew that these monsters killed several villagers and guards.

"Go on…" Stoick said to Hiccup and Hiccup relaxed. He explained them everything. And when he got to the reason why Speed Stingers attacked their village, Stoick frowned.

"He knew what he was doing," Mala said when Hiccup finished.

"I think so, too. But I don't know why." Hiccup said, and Valka came to him.

"Don't worry about that now, dear," She said and placed her hands on his shoulder. "Right now we need to take care of Taramis and deal with our guests."

Three days passed and the village was calm. Gothi was able to heal Taramis even in his dragon form, but he still didn't wake up. Speed Stingers left the island as soon as they could. Hiccup knew that there was no chance to live together with Speed Stingers on Berk. Especially when Speed Stingers were responsible for several deaths. Finn, Hiccup and Mala were only ones who bid them farewell. Speed Stingers something told them, but no one understood them.

"Why are you smiling, Finn?" Mala asked while they were watching Speed Stingers running away.

"Nothing…" Finn answered her, but he didn't stop smiling.

Later that day, Cami and Mala were standing near Taramis's dragon body in Gothi's house. When Taramis shifted a little, Cami came closer and placed her hand on his head.

"Cami, I wanted to tell you something," Mala suddenly started and Cami looked at her.

"Of course, you can tell me everything," Cami said and smiled at her. Mala smiled too, but it was a faint smile.

"You should know something about Taramis and me, what I didn't tell you," Mala said, and Cami frowned. Mala was ready to say more, but in that moment doors of the hut opened and Thruggory walked inside.

"Can I talk with you, Cami?" He asked, and Cami nodded and said.

"Of course, just wait a moment before Mala will finish." Mala, however, shook her head and smiled.

"Never mind Cami. It is not important, anyway. I will leave you alone." Mala said and quickly went out of the house. Cami frowned but then she shifted her look on Mogadon.

"I want to apologise, Cami," Thruggory started. "What my father did to you and Taramis is shameful and sad. As a new chief of Meatheads, I want to let you know, that I have no quarrel with you or with Taramis. You were, and you always be my friend, and I hope that behaviour of my father and my tribe didn't change that."

Thruggory was not looking at her when he finished, and he was afraid to look at her. But when the silence was bizarre he looked at her. She was smiling at him, and when he looked at her, she said.

"Come here," Thruggory looked at her because he didn't know what she meant, but after a moment he went closer to her. She took his hand and placed it on Taramis's head. Mogadon wanted to back away at first, but Cami stopped him. After a moment he stopped struggling and smiled. It was incredible. His scales were warm, and he could even feel his steady breathing.

"It is amazing, isn't it?" Cami said, and Thruggory nodded. "Yes, it is."

After a moment Thruggory spoke again. "Do you know, why he is like this? I mean how is it even possible that he can shift his form?"

"I have no idea, and I doubt that someone has. Some think that it is a gift from the gods and ancestors, as Mala and her tribe. Some believe that it is a curse, as people of Hysteria. I know only a little about his childhood, maybe Hiccup knows more, but he avoids that conversation whenever I ask him. As for me, well, I think he is just perfect the way he is. But sadly his powers make him unreachable, unstable and always on the run."

"You love him," Thruggory said. It wasn't a question, but Cami answered nonetheless.

"Yes, but it is even something more than love," Cami said and placed both her hands on Taramis's forehead. "I would do anything for him, and I know he would do anything for me. Love is often misunderstood. You can love your brother and sister, you can love your parents, you can love your dragon or dog or cat, and you can also love your people and your tribe. But love between couples is something different. You can feel that you would not be able to live without your other half. Another half which knows everything about you. Your good sides, your bad sides. Your weaknesses and struggles. Simply everything. When you are down, he or she will pick you up. When you want to cry, they made you laugh or offer a shoulder to cry. And when you want to dance, they will dance with you. And I hope that you will find someone as I found Taramis. I am not saying that other types of love are unimportant. Quite the opposite. But the love you can feel for your partner is so much more powerful sometimes." Cami finished with a smile on her face.

Meanwhile, on a Berserkers Island, Outcast's ship docked in the Island's port. Alvin, Savage and several other Outcast went out of their ship to meet with Dagur. Several guards escorted them to the great hall, where Dagur and his sister welcomed their guest.

"Welcome to the Berserker's Island. Where your blood can flow as fast as water in the open sea." Dagur said, and then he started laughing together with his sister.

"Stop that boy and tell us when we are leaving!" Alvin shouted and that silenced siblings. Dagur growled and answered.

"If you will interrupt my laugh one more time, I will send you back to the Outcast Island in pieces." Some of Alvin's men gulped but not Alvin.

"And we are leaving right away. The ship is ready, and our prizes are waiting!"

Several days passed and Taramis was already up on his feet. He was intrigued by the commotion in the village. Berkians were running around, shouting and trying to set up everything for an upcoming celebration. Only later he found out from Cami and others that they were trying to get ready for a snoggletog. But soon his excitement faded and he started to spend most of his time with Hiccup and his dragons. Because as Taramis, Hiccup had no idea what snoggletog is. Taramis find out that Mogadon ended up in prison and he felt kind of bad for that man. He started to believe that everything that Mogadon did to him was only for the good of his people and he couldn't blame him for that. One day Taramis said that to Hiccup, and together they agreed on the fact that Mogadon shouldn't be judged for his action.

"I cannot let them hurt him, Hiccup. I just simply can't." Taramis said while he was pacing in front of Hiccup who was sitting in front of Toothless and petting his head.

"And what would you want to do Taramis?" Hiccup asked while he just shot his smile which said that he has already planned.

"Oh, boy…" Hiccup sighed and shook his head. "Fine, I am with you. But we need to keep this secret. I doubt that most of the people here would understand our decision."

The next day Astrid was pacing in her house in front of Cami, Heather and Ruff.

"Why are you so nervous?" Heather asked.

"I am not nervous. I am just surprised. That's all." Astrid said as she looks at her friends.

"Yeah, right and I am Freya," Ruff sniggered. "Well, I was surprised, too, when Taramis invited me to the snoggletog party," Cami commented.

"Well, they probably asked how this snoggletog works," Heather said, and now three girls looked at her.

"What?" She said, and Ruff came to her. "I think you gave yourself away. You said to Taramis and Hiccup that they should invite Astrid and Cami on that celebration."

"Well, I only mentioned something like that, but it was from their initiative, and not mine." Heather tried to defend herself.

"Thank you very much, Heather. I am completely not ready for this." Astrid said as she started pacing again.

"Is it me, or is Astrid frustrated about a date with a boy?" Cami whispered to the Heather and Ruff. Three girls then looked at each other and smirked.

"All right, Astrid. Stop that pacing and come with us." Ruff said, and before Astrid could say something, they dragged her to her room.

"Oh, boy. This is bad. This is bad." Hiccup murmured while he was pacing in Haddock's house. Valka was trying to ignore him at first because he refused to talk to her, and she had a lot of work to do before the evening, but her son's pacing was unbearable. She looked into one corner of their house where Toothless and Taramis were sleeping. She still didn't understand why she saw Taramis most of the time in his dragon form. As if Hiccup read her mind she answered her.

"He spent most of his life with dragons. He feels more safe and comfortable in his dragon form than in his human form. It may take a while, while he will spend most of the day in his human form." Hiccup said to her, but he didn't stop pacing. She groaned and looked at him.

"Fine, spit it out." She ordered, and he stopped and gave her a clueless look.

"Why are you pacing? Is that because of Astrid?" She asked, and he started stuttering.

"What.. How… When…" Valka couldn't hold her laugh.

"Oh, dear you should see your face now. Stoick saw you when you asked her if she will accompany you on the snoggletog celebration. Now, what is the problem?" She asked and sat down behind the table. Hiccup sighed out and sat down next to her.

"Well, she is Astrid, and I don't know what should I wear or anything else. She is a great and strong warrior, and I don't want to do anything that could offend her, and…" Hiccup said, but Valka interrupted him.

"Oh, Hiccup you are same as your father. He was same as you when he invited me, first time on the date. Hiccup I can see that Astrid likes you because you are you. Don't change that on the date. Take it as another while with her you want to enjoy. Don't overthink it too much. Can you do that for me, dear?" Valka asked with a smile, and for a while, Hiccup was deep in thoughts. After a while, he smiled and nodded.

"That's my boy. Now, will you help me to finish my work?" She asked, and Hiccup eagerly nodded. He loves to spend time with his family. Especially with his mother.

"Your derangeness! We should arrive at the Berk near the midnight." Helmsman shouted to the Dagur, his sister and Alvin.

"Excellent…" Dagur smiled. "Soon the power of dragons will be ours because we will have their leaders. And with them, I will rule the whole archipelago!"

Hiccup went to meet with other boys, in the Jorgenson's house. Snoutlout invited them over before they will head into the great hall. Hiccup was wearing his leather armour because he insisted that he has nothing better. His mother loudly protested but after a short time she sighed and let her son go. When Hiccup was ready to knock on the door of Jorgenson's house hold, he heard shouting, cursing and laughing from inside of the house. He reluctantly knocked on the door and soon after that everything fell into silence.

"Ehm… Guys?" Hiccup said when no one opened the door and soon after that he found himself inside of the bag.

"Hey!" He shouted as someone dragged him inside. When he was able to get out of the bag, he looked around. Tuffnut and Snoutlout were standing next to him, they were probably the ones who dragged him, while Fishlegs looked kind of nervous near the door and Taramis sat in the kitchen at the table eating some fish.

"Don't look at me," Taramis said when Hiccup's look settled down on him. "They did me the same thing with me. I look like some clown." Only now Hiccup noticed Taramis's outfit. He had dark trousers and red shirt. Beside him was placed a thick wool coat.

"Now, now Hiccup," Snotlout started, and Hiccup looked at him. "Don't be so surprised. You are the heir of the Berk, and I will not allow to my cousins to look like normal villager on the biggest celebration of the year."

Hiccup knew that this would not end well for him, but he cooperated with Snotlout and Tuffnut nonetheless.

They finished their work on Hiccup after one hour. For past half of an hour, they just tried to tame his hair to the vast amusement of Taramis. If look could kill Taramis would be dead by now.

"So what do you think, my honoured college?" Tuffnut asked Snotlout when they finished.

"Yeah, I think it is great," Snotlout said and forced Hiccup to stand up. Hiccup just rolled his eyes. He had grey trousers with a light green shirt and dark green coat.

"One thing is missing!" Snotlout suddenly said and ran to his room. After a moment he came back with a jewelled belt and gave it to Hiccup.

"Ceremonial belt for the heir of the tribe. Heather never used this one, and she gave it to me, but I never used this one either because it is inappropriate." Hiccup was at first surprised, but then he took it.

"Now it is perfect!" Snotlout said and sat down on the chair. "I am tired. Who knew this would be so hard."

"Snotlout if I remember correctly, you invited Ruffnut on the celebration," Taramis said, and Snotlout suddenly paled.

"Ah, shit." Snotlout cursed. "Celebration starts in a few moments, and I am not ready." Snotlout right now was running around panicking. Hiccup rolled his eyes and stopped him.

"Fine, guys. We still have some time." Hiccup said, and Taramis smirked.

"What do you think, girls?" Heather asked as she watched their work they did on Astrid.

"I think that Hiccup will be speechless," Cami said and nudged Heather.

"Yeah, everyone will talk about you two, during your first dance," Ruff said.

"Umm, girls…" Astrid said as she was looking at herself in the mirror. "This is not me."

Astrid was examining her look in front of her small mirror. Girls somehow managed to get her a dark blue sapphire dress. She couldn't think anything else than it was unpractical. She couldn't fight in this thing, and she wasn't used to the clothes in which she couldn't fight.

"No, this isn't you," Heather commented. "This is your second you."

"Darling are you here?" They could hear Astrid's mother shout.

"Yes, mom!" Astrid shouted back. "I am in my room." Girls could hear steps coming towards them, and soon the door opened behind them.

"Astrid, the celebration starts soon, so I was thinking…" Ansfrida started, but her voice trailed off when she saw her daughter in a sapphire dress.

"I look ridiculous, right?" Astrid said when she saw that her mother was staring at her open mouthed.

"No… You look beautiful."

"Come on, mom. This is not me. I don't wear dresses." Astrid tried to reason with her mother while her friend leaves the space for daughter and her mother.

"But when you were little, you loved dresses." Ansfrida insisted. Astrid turned back to the mirror. She knew that, but she never told that to anyone. And besides, no one besides her family should see her like this.

"Hiccup and others will be here soon, so if I were you, I would decide now, how do you want to look beside Hiccup in biggest celebration we had in years," Ansfrida said and then walked out of the room.

"Fine, I will keep that dress because, maybe, I like it," Astrid said after a moment, and her friends jumped with joy.

"But if you will tell that to anyone I will kill you. Got it?" Astrid threatened to her friends and girl reluctantly nodded. They knew that when Astrid threatens to do something she will also do that.

"Now, it is time to get you three into dresses," Astrid said, and girls looked at her. "Now, now you didn't think that I will be the only one who will look ridiculous on this celebration."

Guys were walking towards the Hofferson's household unsure. Well, most of them. Tuffnut was singing all the way from the Haddock's household. Snotlout leaned towards Fishlegs and whispered to his ear.

"We need to find a girl for Tuffnut." Fishlegs raised his eyebrow at him. "Girl for Tuffnut?" He whispered back. "Good luck with that."

Snotlout was wearing black trousers, grey shirt and thick black coat, while Fishlegs was wearing brown pants, dark brown shirt and reddish coat. Tuffnut was wearing everything like usual. He never wears anything else.

When they arrived at the Hofferson's they halted, and no one was moving after that.

"Ehm, Hiccup?" Snotlout asked, and Hiccup groaned. Why he needed to do everything. He wanted to knock, but he was unable to move. Taramis sighed and shook his head. He went to the door and lightly knocked.

"Easy for you when you are together with Cami several years." Snotlout muttered, and Taramis chuckled. Hiccup knew that he was enjoying this.

The door opened, and Ansfrida was surprised to see boys in… Well, in gallant clothes. It was a rare sight to see boys, Vikings boys mind you, in nice and gallant clothes.

"Hello, boys," Ansfrida said to them, and only Taramis spoke up.

"Hello, Mrs Ansfrida, are the girls here?" He asked while others just smiled and waved. Ansfrida couldn't suppress the laugh. She was looking forward to telling about this to Stoick, Valka and her husband and also to everyone else. It was a small village. Talks travelled fast.

"Of course, dears," Ansfrida said with a smile. "They are upstairs." She invited them in and called on the girls. There was some loud noise coming from the upstairs, something fell on the floor, and then they could hear Cami's cursing. Ansfrida shook her head and went out.

"I will be in the great hall, as others. Come when the girls are ready." She said before she left the house.

First, one who came out from the room was Cami. Taramis was looking out of the window when she came down, so he didn't saw her. If he was looking at her, he would be as surprised as the other guys. Instead, he was thinking of Cloudjumper and the others and wondered if they arrived safely to the king's nest.

She saw that he was deep in thoughts so she cleared her throat and he immediately turned to her. When he saw her, he was stunned. She was wearing a long silver dress with jewellery on the sides. He never saw her like this. She didn't look like the girl he fell for. No, right now she was even more beautiful and still not a less dangerous.

"Well?" She asked, and for once in their relationship, he was out of words.

"I think that you probably broke him," Astrid said as she, Heather and Ruffnut went down the stairs. Hiccup immediately turned to the Astrid and gods. She was like Valkyrie send to the mortals only to tease them by her beauty. Her sapphire dress was more than beautiful, and Hiccup only gulped at her beauty. It would be a perfect time to give her his present, but he didn't want to do it here. Heather was wearing a dark green dress, and Fishlegs blushed when she looked at him. As for Ruffnut, she was wearing a black dress, and she jumped straight into the Snotlout's embrace.

"Who is my knight in shining armour?" She teased him, and he blushed. Other teens were staring open mounted at the duo, and Tuffnut was making gagging sounds and ran out from the house.

"Don't be such drama queen, mutton-head!" Ruff shouted to him, and they could hear a faint answer.

"Don't call me mutton-head, butt-elf!"

There was long and awkward silence between teens before Hiccup interrupted that silence when he offered his arm to Astrid.

"Can we continue in this evening, milady?" Hiccup asked, and Astrid smiled while taking his arm.

"Yes, we can." She answered and then together they went to the great hall.

Toothless and other dragons were sleeping in front of the great hall as if they were guarding it. When teens passed by, Toothless looked at Hiccup and gave him a smug look when he noticed that he was with Astrid. Bliss and Blaze chirped when they saw Taramis and Cami, and they wave to them. When Hiccup opened the doors to the great hall, a silence fell on the villagers and their guest. It was an awkward silence and teens froze before they were able to enter the hall.

Stoick saw that, and he shouted. "Let's welcome our children! Our heir! And those who will bring us better and brighter future!"

Everyone in the hall cheered. Meatheads, Bog-Burglars and Lavalouts were as loud as the Berkians.

Hiccup and Heather parted their way and went to their parents, while Cami went to her mother. Every teen went to their parents at this moment. Stoick would have a speech, so everyone was ready to listen to him. When Hiccup and Heather came to stand beside their parents, a deadly silence fell on the hall. Heather dragged Taramis with her even when he just wanted to stand out of the way. Heather was standing beside Valka and Hiccup standing beside Stoick while Taramis was standing between Stoick and Valka. Stoick placed his big hand on Hiccup's shoulder before he started.

"My dear villagers, in these past weeks happened a lot. And even more, things changed. When I first saw trader Johann, with a nearly dead boy and very defensive dragon, I had no idea how many things will change. That we will allow dragons walk freely beside us. My son and your heir showed us so many things. And he showed us in how many things we were wrong."

Astrid could see a big smile on Haddock's family lips, and she could feel happier.

"First of all, I want to thank you all. You stand with my family through the hard times, and you even stayed with me in times when decisions were harder than before."

"Well, you know what's being said!" Gobber interrupted chief, and everyone laughed a little.

"Viking chief leads by example, not by title. If they were not brave and battle worthy, they would not be followed." Gobber finished, and Stoick laughed.

"Thank you, Gobber," Stoick said, and he continued. "Also I want to let speak a few words from your heir, so listen to him as much as you listen to me."

Hiccup was taken aback by this. He never mentioned anything about the speech. He was nervous, but he refused to stand back. He scanned faces in the hall and when he found the one he was looking for he smiled. When Astrid saw that he was looking at her, she smiled back and nodded to him.

"When I ended up on this Island, I wanted to get away from this place as soon as possible. Hello, I was a dragon rider amidst of dragon killers, that's crazy even more than Dagur himself." Hiccup joked, and it worked. The hall erupted into laughter. Even his family was laughing at that joke.

"But anyway," Hiccup continued, and it immediately silenced the hall. "When I arrived here, I had nothing. My Island was destroyed. My friends and second family killed in front of my eyes. My great friend was lost in a vast world fighting against the worst things we can only imagine. And now I couldn't feel happier. I found my first family, and I found my tribe. I found and SAVED my great friend." Taramis laughed when he made clear word saved. "And I found something more." With these words, he cast a look to Astrid, and he could see that she was blushing. Was Astrid blushing?

"Any of these things would not be possible without your help. Only with your help, I was able to find my true family, only with your help, I was able to save Taramis, and I would love to thank you all for this help. I wished I could do more for you."

"You will thank us for being a great heir and great chief after that!" Someone shouted from behind, and many shouted their agreement.

Hiccup raised his hand, and he was surprised that villagers fell into the silence again.

"Thank you again for this support, and I will do my best to be as good chief as is my father."

"Or even a better one!" Gobber shouted, and that comment earned several wholehearted laughs.

"Let this feast begin!" Stoick shouted, and everyone cheered.

"Good job, Hiccup," Stoick said when everyone cheered. "I couldn't be more proud of you."

"Thank you, Dad." Hiccup said.

"Now, Hiccup," Valka said and gained his attention. "Your work is not done. There is one thing you need to do."

"There is?" Hiccup asked puzzled. Taramis chuckled because Heather something whispered to him.

"You need to start the first dance," Stoick said, and Hiccup gaped at him.

"I need to do what?" Hiccup shouted, but it was short lived in the commotion around them.

"As an heir, you need to dance with a girl you like. Only then others can start the dance." Stoick said, and Hiccup gulped.

"Why Taramis can't make the first dance? He is older than me." Hiccup said as he tried to get out of this. Yes, he wanted to dance with Astrid but not while everyone would be watching.

"Because he is not the heir," Valka said, and Hiccup sighed. He needed to dance with a girl he likes. And that girl was Astrid. What made matters worse, was the fact that he was no good dancer.

Astrid was more than beautiful this evening. Her sapphire dress was beautiful. When she came down from her room, he was stunned, and he thought that he met one of the Valkyries. And now he should ask her for a first dance in front of everyone. This will end badly. He gulped and made his way to her from his family.

"Don't you think that we should help him a little?" Taramis asked Heather when she put some mead into his hands.

"Nope, we will just sit back and enjoy the show." She told him and winked at him.

Hiccup meanwhile was walking closer to Astrid. She was standing with other teens, near the table, laughing at Tuffnut and Snotlout who were trying to eat as much yak butter as they could. When he came to her and spoke, he already regretted it because he stuttered.

"Hi, Astrid… Hi, Astrid…" Astrid chuckled, and Hiccup tried to speak again, but without stuttering.

"I wanted to ask you if, you would honour me with a dance." Everyone was looking at them now. Astrid was kind of nervous, and she could feel that Hiccup is nervous, too. Maybe even more than she was. She smiled and took his hand.

"Of course, dragon boy." She said, and Hiccup visibly relaxed. They went into the middle of the hall, and when the music started playing, they began to dance. Hiccup was at first clumsy, and he stepped several times on her foot, but she ignored it.

"Relax, Hiccup," She said and tried to make him calmer. "Forget about others in this room, focus only on music and your feet. Then it will be a lot of easier." Astrid knew that she was not good at dancing either, but she enjoyed good dancing. Hiccup did as she told. He forgot about others. He just focuses on them and the music. Soon, he found out that it wasn't so hard after all.

After a long while, more joined in. Hiccup could notice that Taramis and Cami were dancing, Snotlout with Ruffnut and Heather with Fishlegs. He also could swear that Tuff was talking to some girl.

"Do you know the story about sun and moon?" Astrid suddenly asked, and he was at first clueless what she meant, but then a short but beautiful story came to his mind. It was his favourite story from his childhood. He nodded, and she smiled.

"Tell me the story about how the sun loved the moon so much he died every night to let her breathe." She said as they continued to dance while Hiccup started.

"There once was the moon, as beautiful as can be, only the stars could fathom, but the sun could not see. The sun so radiant, he burns so brightly. The moon so luminous, but only shows her face during the night. Wounded and raged, the sun cries and cries, so sad he hides from the skies, hoping to see her. The days become dark because the sun will not shine. The waves crash so harshly on the shoreline because there is a storm breaching on the inside. If the sun couldn't see the moon, he would find another way to display his love. While the sun was thinking, the Moon was astray. You see, the moon loves the sun so much, that when he is away, she chooses not to take a single breath, because not seeing him today, is a pain worse than death. The sun cannot see but he can hear, he can feel her soul, and it soon became clear. The sun would die each and every night to let his true love breathe, for it would put an end to all her misery. "

Astrid smile widened and answered. "A tale like this should be heard and seen." But Hiccup then did something unexpected. He tilted his head and whispered to Astrid. "And no one will know it is the story of you and me." And with the last word being said, he kissed her. She was surprised at first, but then she melted into that kiss. Nothing mattered at that moment. The couple didn't care that people were pointing fingers at them, or that their parents were more than happy or about sappy comments made by villagers. No, at that moment, the only thing that mattered to them was that kiss.

"Sir! We are close to the Berk!" One of Dagur's men shouted.

"Excellent! Halt the ship! And get ready the small one!" Dagur shouted. It was happening. It was finally happening. He was dreaming about this night for past several weeks.

"Will you tell me finally, what your plan is?" Alvin asked, but Dagur just sniggered. "You will know everything in time." Alvin at that moment wanted to kill that arrogant boy, but he needed to wait until he gets that dragon.

When Alvin walked away, his sister came to him. "When do you want to kill him?" She asked, and Dagur smiled.

"When he will stop being useful. Right now I am just focused on our task."

Meanwhile, in a Dragon camp, Eret was walking near the cage which was hidden in the darkness. He took out a big chicken leg from under his tunic and put it slowly into the cage. Soon a silver dragon head emerged from the darkness. Head of this dragon was same as Taramis's dragon head, but it had one difference. A single horn was sprouting from her muzzles.

"I promised you that I would get you out of here, but till now I failed," Eret whispered, and silver dragon nuzzled his hand.

"Give me a little more time, Runa," Eret said as he caressed her scales. "I will get you out of here."

Eret suddenly heard some voices, so he ran into the shadow.

"Did anyone saw Eret?" He could hear one soldier asking the guards near Runa's cage.

"No, I think he went to get some food." Eret quickly ran away, deeper inside the camp.

"Why are you running Eret?" Viggo asked him when he suddenly emerges in front of him.

"I was trying to get some food, you know it is hard in the evening," Eret said, and Viggo nodded.

"Yes, I probably understand. Now, Drago is looking for you." Eret's heart was beating rapidly. It was not a good sign when Drago someone summoned.

"Thank you, Viggo," Eret said and started walking towards Drago's tent.

"Be careful, what you will say to him. Your dragon is in the cage. She will not be able to help you." Viggo said, and Eret halted and turned to him. Viggo however just smiled and walked away. Eret gulped. How Viggo knew about this?

He continued his journey to Drago's tent, and he was more afraid with every step. When he came to the tent guards announced his arrival and Drago let him in.

"Eret, I have a special question for you," Drago started when he entered the tent.

"What can I do for you, my lord?" Eret asked, and Drago continued. "How long did you thought that I ignore your sympathy to that secluded dragon, Eret?" Drago was talking calmly and silently. This was the most terrifying thing in a world for Eret.

"I thought that you are not so weak, but I was wrong," Drago said and soon guards entered to the tent. When Eret saw that, a fear overtook him.

"No, Drago, please! I did nothing wrong." Eret pleaded when guards took him under his arms.

"Nothing wrong?" Drago quickly stood up and marched to him. When he was close enough, he took Eret by his neck and raised him.

"You are weak and good for nothing! You think that I didn't notice your behaviour in past few months? Well, I noticed, but I waited for a right moment, and now you are going to die!"

Drago released him and motioned to his guards. Right now, he would personally oversee this execution.

"If you would only knew what Drago is going to do to Eret." Viggo said and startled dragon in darkness.

"He is going to torture him and kill him. No one will save him now." Silver dragon inside the cage growled, and Viggo smiled. He took out the silver scale from his pocket and threw it inside of the cage. When Runa saw that this was a scale from smaller Silver fury probably from her son, she panicked.

"Don't worry, your son is alive, but your friend will be dead in every moment." Viggo came closer to the cage and took out his dagger. Runa started hissing at him, but he just smiled.

"You can go and save him," Viggo said and put his dagger inside a lock. After a few moments, he unlocked the cage and opened the door. Runa was surprised by this. Was that a trick or was he just letting her go? Surely Drago would never allow anyone to open this cage without him.

"Same trust issues as your son," Viggo said as he walked away. "Go save your friend and then you can go and save your son." And with that, he disappeared into the darkness.

Runa was slowly walking to the doors of the cage, and when she found out that it was safe, she went out and flew into the sky. She at first wanted to fly away, but then she halted. She needed to save Eret from this place. She couldn't allow him to die here nor stay here. Slowly she tried to creep around the camp and after a long while she found Eret. He was standing in front of three men who were ready to shot arrows at him. She made a choice. She ran straight to Eret grabbed him by her paws and flew into the sky. She dodged several arrows and flew away. Away from this place and away from that man.

Drago smiled when archers were ready to fire. He raised his hand and was ready to give a signal when a white dot suddenly took Eret into the sky. When he recognised that white dot, he was screaming and cursing and beating everyone who was in his way. He tried to find out who freed her but he was unable to find any clue. Even his men knew nothing. In that night, dozens of his officers and soldiers were killed to set an example to anyone who would like to run as Eret did. But no one knew that dragon saved Eret. Except for Drago, at least he thought so.

Hiccup and Taramis were sitting with their friends behind the table in the great hall. Everyone in the hall had a good time. Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut were already drunk while their friends were just beginning. Hiccup found out that Astrid, his sister and Cami were quite good in drinking. He drunk only a half of what they did, and his head was already spinning a little. Fishlegs, on the other hand, was just eating. Drinking wasn't his good side.

Taramis looked at Hiccup, and he was waiting when Hiccup will notice that he was looking at him. When Hiccup looked at Taramis, he moved his head towards door and Hiccup understood. Hiccup looked at Cami and saw that she was laughing with Heather at some joke. Taramis stood up and whispered something to Cami. She at first looked at him and then she waved her hand. Taramis laughed at her and ruffled her hair which earned him a death glare from Cami. Taramis was walking to the doors, and soon he went out.

Hiccup looked at his hand and saw that Astrid was still holding his hand. She was now listening to Fishlegs who was now talking how they could improve their village with the help of dragons.

"I need to check my dragons. I will be back shortly." Hiccup said to Astrid, and she looked at him and raised her eyebrow at him. He just chuckled and stood up. He didn't saw that Astrid frowned when she noticed that Taramis was missing too.

When Hiccup went out, he saw Taramis scratching Bliss under her chin.

"You are sure about this?" Hiccup asked Taramis when he closed the door.

"Yes, I am," Taramis said and turned to Hiccup. "Are you with me?" He asked, and Hiccup smiled. "Of course. But we need to hurry."

Together they ran towards the Berk's jail, and they didn't notice that Astrid opened the door in the hall at the moment when they started running. Astrid was now, even more curious, so she silently followed them.

Hiccup and Taramis quietly passed sleeping guard and went to the jail. It was not hard to find the person they were looking for because the prison was empty.

"Hello, Mogadon," Taramis said to the person sitting in jail. Mogadon was surprised to see two boys in front of him. He averted his gaze and asked. "You came to return the favour?"

"No, I came to set you free," Taramis said and opened the door to the cell. Mogadon was more than surprised by this.

"A small boat is tied in the port. You can take it." Hiccup said, and Mogadon slowly stood up. He was carefully watching both boys because he had no idea what was happening.

"Why?" He asked them.

"Sometimes we do things we don't like to protect those we care about." Hiccup said, and Taramis nodded and continued.

"In my life, I did terrible things. When we try to protect something, we sometimes don't see the consequences. What you did in that cave, well, you did it for your tribe and son, I understand that. I would not be able to set you free in the process, but I can set you free now."

"I readied the boat. You can use it on your way to the south. When you reach Traders Island, you should be safe." Hiccup said, and Mogadon came closer.

"I am sorry, for everything," Mogadon said and Taramis just smiled. "Don't worry about it, now go!"

Mogadon didn't way longer, and he started running out of the jail.

"What exactly you two just did, right now?" Astrid asked them from behind, and two boys jumped.

"What? How? When?" Hiccup started while Taramis just changed his form and flew away.

"Aaand he left me here alone…" Hiccup muttered. He looked at Astrid, and she was kind of furious.

"So, Astrid…" Hiccup said as he scratched his neck. "What brings you here?"

"Stop fooling around Hiccup, why did you release him? He wanted to kill Taramis!" Astrid said quite irritated.

"No! He felt sorry for it! And besides this was Taramis's plan. I was just helping him." Hiccup said, and Astrid's face softened a bit.

"So why he did that?" Astrid asked, and Hiccup shook his head.

"If some tribes would capture Taramis, they would execute him for murders. He did similar things as Mogadon to protect dragons. He felt guilty when he found out that Mogadon is in jail. And since there was no other way, he wanted to set him free."

"So right now you will lie to the whole village, including your family. And if I would not spy on you, you wouldn't tell that even to me. Hiccup lying isn't a solution. You need to say this at least to your father."

Hiccup didn't answer at first. He just shook his head and sighed. "You are right."

"Now that's my Hiccup, come I will go with you." Hiccup nodded and started walking. Astrid after a moment took his hand and they were slowly walking to the great hall.

Dagur with few of his men landed on Berk. They get out of the ship and right now they were walking through the forest.

"Did I do a right thing?" They suddenly heard a voice and Dagur immediately stopped.

"Father, you always said that I shouldn't listen so much to my heart but what would I be then?" Dagur saw a boy with silver hair tied in a ponytail, and he smirked. This was probably that half dragon.

"Hello, there!" Dagur said as he went out of the bushes while his men surrounded the area.

Taramis was immediately startled which resulted that he changed his form.

"Stories were true, then," Dagur said as he took out his sword. "You will be an excellent addition to my army."

Taramis growled and backed away a little. Only then he found out that he was surrounded.

"Don't be afraid, dragon. You will be in good hands." Dagur said while he chuckled. Taramis growled even more. This was that bastard who killed everyone on Hiccup's first Island. And he will make him pay for that. He ran at him and jumped, but Dagur dodged that immediately. Taramis was surprised that he dodged so quickly. He turned back to Dagur only to find out that he kicked him in his head. That kick sends Taramis to the ground, and he had difficulty to stand up. Only now he realised that the mead was taking its claim on him. He saw that Dagur was slowly walking to him and he smirked a little. He waited a bit longer, and when Dagur was closer, he jumped at him and pinned him to the ground. He charged his fire and was ready to kill that bastard when an intense ringing in his head disoriented him. Dagur took that opportunity and punched Taramis to his chin and kicked him in his stomach. Taramis fell on his side, and Dagur stood up. Taramis suddenly changed his form. He didn't understand what was happening. He never changed his form during a fight.

"Not so powerful now," Dagur said as he came closer to the boy.

"Kneel before the Dragon of Berserker!" Dagur growled, and ringing in Taramis's head started again. He roared and clutched his head leaving his stomach without defence. Dagur stood up and with all might kicked that boy into the stomach. It sends Taramis few feet away, and Dagur sheathed his sword.

"Take that body to the ship," Dagur ordered, and his men ran to the unconsciousness boy. Dagur looked towards the village with a smile.

"Now I am coming for you," Dagur said with a singing voice and smirk on his face.

Mogadon gets to the boat and slowly was getting further from the Island. He set course to the south with a smile on his face. But suddenly his face disappeared. He saw a huge ship behind a sea stack, and he could see that this ship was built for tough travels. What shocked him, even more, was that there was a Berserkers emblem on their sails. He quickly turned back the boat and headed back to the Island. He would not allow a secret attack on Berk.

When Mogadon came back to Berk, he got out of his boat and ran towards the nearest guard tower. He knocked out the guard who was sleeping on the guard tower, and he used that horn to start an alarm.

When Hiccup and Astrid came to the great hall, there was a fight in the middle of the hall. Hiccup was surprised to see that, but Astrid not so much.

"Welcome, on Berk," Astrid said and dramatically pointed towards the fight. "No proper celebration cannot end without a good fight."

"I hope you don't want to join them," Hiccup said with a smirk, and Astrid laughed and punched him in his arm.

Hiccup winced a little but chuckled nonetheless. Hiccup looked at his father, and he saw that he saw enjoying the show.

"I don't want to break his mood," Hiccup said, and Astrid looked at him.

"Hiccup, sooner you will tell him what you and Taramis did, the sooner he will forgive you." Hiccup sighed and started walking to his father, but Thruggory stopped him. Hiccup could tell that he had enough mead already.

"Hiccup, my friend…" Thruggory started, but then he fell to the ground.

"Okay, this was weird," Hiccup said, and Astrid couldn't agree more. Suddenly everyone fell silent. At first Hiccup and Astrid had no idea why but then they heard it. The sound of the horn which announced unknown ship near Berk.

Stoick at first had no idea what to do. He never needed to deal with the unknown ship at the snoggletog celebration.

However, before he could react, everyone started panicking.

"Gobber! Ready the guards and everyone who can fight!" Stoick saw that some were lying already on the ground. "Or who is able to fight!"

"Spitelout and Asmund!" Stoick shouted, and the duo came to him. "You are going with me! We will find out what's happening."

"Silence!" Stoick roared, and everyone fell silent. "Everyone stay here, while we found out what is happening! Hiccup with us!" After he said that, Stoick, Spitelout, Asmund and Hiccup went out.

Astrid went to Heather and Cami. Astrid could see that Cami was panicking and Astrid knew why she was panicking.

"Astrid did you saw Taramis?" Cami asked when Astrid came to them, but she just shook her head.

"Last time I saw him, he was with Hiccup in the village, but then he went somewhere," Astrid said, and then they saw that Gobber already dozens of men.

"Come on, girls we are going with them!" Astrid said, and two girls looked at her.

"Astrid, you know that we are wearing dresses," Heather said, and Astrid smiled at her.

"And? We are shield maidens. Our skills are not defined by our clothes, but by our actions. We can fight in dresses. We are not hopeless as many of men would though. So are you going with me?" Astrid said and two girls at first looked at each other, but then they smiled and nodded to Astrid.

When Hiccup saw a massive ship coming to them, he frowned. It was not a good sign. He roared, and his dragons were immediately behind him, which surprised three men with him. Hiccup suddenly frowned when he saw that Bliss and Blaze were panicking.

"Hiccup tell your dragon to shot a warning shot next to their sail. I want to know from which Island are they from." Stoick said, and Hiccup nodded. He looked at Toothless and gave him a signal. Toothless understood and shot one plasma blast near the sails. When light from that blast showed the symbol on the sails, Hiccup nearly fainted.

"No, it can't be," Hiccup muttered, and Stoick placed his hand on his son's shoulder. He knew that this was no easy thing for him.

Soon, they found out that half of the great hall was behind them. When Berkians saw what kind of ship was docking in their port, they gasped. Astrid clutched her axe and was looking between Hiccup and Berserkers ship.

When the ship docked plank came back from the ship to their port, and a young man jumped on the port.

"Well, hello there, Hiccup," Dagur exclaimed as he got out from his ship. "I hope you are doing great, buddy."

"How do you dare to come here, Dagur." Hiccup growled, and Toothless roared from behind him.

"Oh, you know I can go wherever I want," Dagur said nonchalantly. "If you would not run from your village, you would save me the trouble."

"Leave while you can Dagur." Hiccup threatened, his dragons hissing at Berserker's chief. Berkians were standing behind Hiccup and his dragons, but they were ready to attack Berserker too. Hiccup looked over his shoulder and saw that even Astrid, Cami and Heather were holding their weapons. They look terrifying even when they had dresses.

"Can't do brother," Dagur said with a smirk. "I will leave if you will go with me."

"Over my dead body, Dagur." Hiccup said, and Dagur's face saddened.

"I am sorry that you feel that way." Dagur sadly said, but then a smirk came back to his face.

"It's a good thing that I brought hostage with me then," Dagur said and motioned with his hand to his soldiers on the ship. Berkians didn't know what was happening, but then they gasped. Alvin with some girl was dragging Taramis's body behind them in shackles.

"Taramis!" Cami shouted and ran there, but Hiccup stopped her with his sword. Astrid looked at Taramis and then on Hiccup and saw that Hiccup's face was emotionless.

"How?" Cami asked, and Dagur laughed.

"Quite easy, he didn't put much of the fight," Alvin said, and Dagur glared at him.

"I already told you that I would cut that tongue of yours if you do not shut up," Dagur growled to Alvin, but then he looked back at Hiccup.

Taramis refused to look at Hiccup or Cami. He felt more than ashamed.

"Let me demonstrate you what happened, Hiccup," Dagur said, and he nodded to the girl next to Alvin, Alvin holds Taramis by his shoulders while girl put down his shackles. She then put a dagger in his hand and Dagur stand in front of him.

"Kill me if you dare, beast," Dagur said, and Berkians were baffled about the whole thing. Taramis then jumped towards Dagur, and he just smiled.

"Kneel before the dragon of Berserker!" Dagur shouted, and Taramis fell to the ground with a roar, clutching his head. Berkians had no idea what just happened. The girl put the shackles back to Taramis's wrist, and Dagur smirked.

"By the way, this is my sister Eerika 'The Maniacal'," Dagur said and pointed to the girl. Berkians were more than surprised. Now they had two problems and not just one.

"Now, Hiccup. You and your night fury will go with us, and we will not hurt this beast. Or you will refuse, and I will kill him in front of you, just as I killed your family on Hysteria Island."

"Don't do it Hiccup!" Taramis shouted, but he was silenced when Dagur's sister punched him. Cami's blood boiled when she saw that.

"Touch him one more time you slut!" Cami shouted, and Eerika just laughed. She traced her finger alongside Taramis's jaw while he tried to get away from her touch.

"Or what?" She said with a smile. "I would cut his throat sooner than you would move."

"Stop." Hiccup suddenly said, and everyone looked at him. "How?"

Dagur smiled. "In the time when Taramis was born, our elder had a vision. In that vision, she could see a boy who can change into a dragon will destroy everything in the archipelago. My father and his council decided to take matters into their hands. With the help of our elder, they found a strange and unknown Island. They welcomed them with open arms, and they stayed there until they found a small boy. Our elder secretly discovered that boy, and when he was alone, she hypnotises him. In his hypnotise state she told him that whenever someone tells him 'Bow before the dragon of Berserk' he will not be able to do anything. Our father was doing this because he wanted to save his Island. But I found out that I can use that in conquering the archipelago. My father was stupid. He had a most powerful weapon in the world in his hands, and he only made some failsafe. So right now I will use his failsafe as a weapon. And you Hiccup. You will help me with that." Dagur said and placed the tip of the sword under Taramis's chin.

"Your choice Hiccup." He said with a devilish smirk.

"Stand down," Hiccup said as he sheathed his sword.

"Hiccup, what are you doing?" Stoick asked even when he knew what his son was planning to do.

"Dagur won. I am going with him."

"Don't forget about your dragon!" Dagur said, and Hiccup glared at him.

"Hiccup, I will not allow it!" Stoick protested, and Hiccup looked at him.

"It's okay dad. It will be all right." Hiccup said, and then he looked at Cami and Astrid. He nodded to them and Cami nodded back to him. Astrid didn't understand what that meant, but Cami probably did.

Hiccup and Toothless went to Dagur and Alvin bounded Hiccup's hands. Toothless started growling, and some of the Dagur's men took a step back.

"Calm down, Toothless." Hiccup said to him. "They will surely be nice to us." He continued only to be punched by Dagur to his face.

"Shut up, Hiccup!" Dagur growled. "You caused enough trouble already."

Berkians were looking how they went back to the ship and when they were away from the port, they started arguing.

"What are we going to do?"

"We cannot let them go!"

"We should sail and catch them on the sea!"

Everyone was shouting and arguing. Astrid looked at Hiccup's parents, and they were arguing, too.

"We need to act quickly," Cami suddenly said to Astrid and Heather.

"What do you mean?" Astrid asked.

"We were several times in situations similar to this one, so that nod from Hiccup was everything I needed to know," Cami said, and she motioned to girls to follow her. She took them to Astrid house where they quickly change into their casual clothes. When they were done, she looked at them.

"Heather go to the great hall and wake up those drunk muttonheads. Give them everything you can think of. I need them on their feet." Cami said, and she nodded darting towards the great hall.

"Astrid you will go with me. We will try to reason with other villagers. They need to understand that while they will be shouting at each other, it will not help anyone." Astrid nodded, and they darted back to the port. Girls found out that they were still shouting at each other near the port.

Astrid started to be irritated. "Will you finally shut up?!" She shouted silencing everyone. Everyone looked at her surprised, and she was looking at them with an angry look.

"Do you even listen to yourself?!" She immediately started, and Cami was looking at her with a slight smirk.

"If you will shout at each other, it will not help either to Hiccup nor Taramis. The only thing you will achieve with these yelling is a headache!" Astrid continued and then she nodded to Cami to continue.

"I know that you are worried about them and we are concerned about them too, but yelling at each other will not help. Now when Astrid got your attention, we need to plan how to save them."

"How to save them? We have no chance to save them from Dagur!" Spitelout shouted, and several villagers agreed with him.

"It is hard to admit, but he is right Cami," Bertha said, and Cami slightly glared at her mother.

"If you already forget, most of Hiccup's dragons are here, and they will help us. As for Dagur well, me, Taramis and Hiccup, we were already in similar situations, so it will not be different this time. But now, we will have your help."

Meanwhile, on the Berserkers ship, Dagur placed Taramis and Hiccup into one cell, while he chained Toothless in the other one. Both teens were chained to the wall, their hands above their heads.

"I am sorry Hiccup," Taramis said, still looking on the ground. "It's all my fault."

Hiccup sighed. "Taramis, it's not your fault. This is beyond you or me."

"Every time, I get into your life I mess up your life. Either you will get into the problems because of me or either we end up in someone's prison."

Hiccup looked at Taramis. He saw that he was shaking.

"What's wrong?" Hiccup asked and quickly added. "Besides that, we are in jail of deranged maniac." Taramis chuckled a little and Hiccup smiled. It was a good sign.

"That thing which Dagur is using to control me," Taramis said, and Hiccup frowned. "I feel as if I was losing myself every time he says it."

"When we get out of here we need to remove it." Hiccup said, and for the first time, Taramis looked at him.

"Is that possible?" Taramis asked, and Hiccup could see hope in his eyes.

"Of course. Hypnosis is not permanent. Berk's elder surely can do something about it."

"Well, it'd be nice to get out of here, but somehow I doubt we can get out of this situation," Taramis said, and suddenly he fell to his knees. However, his shackles didn't allow him to fell to his knees, and he was just hanging on the chains.

"Taramis!" Hiccup panicked when he saw that Taramis was extremely pale.

"Don't worry, Hiccup," Taramis said as he tried to stand up, but his legs weren't co-operating with him.

"Don't worry?!" Hiccup said. "You cannot even stand properly, and you are saying to me don't worry?! Are you serious?" Hiccup saw that Taramis scowled from the pain and he knew that something was wrong.

"You are not telling me everything, right? You fought with Dagur before he captured you." Hiccup said, and Taramis shook his head.

"No, you wouldn't understand that," Taramis mumbled, but Hiccup heard him nonetheless.

"Then make me understand, brother!" Hiccup desperately said, and he saw that Taramis was shocked, but he didn't react. Few years after they met they made a blood pack. Taramis knew that he needs to tell him the truth.

"Tomorrow, I have my twenties birthday," Taramis sadly said, and Hiccup had no idea what he was talking about.

"And what? You think that Dagur will not give you a birthday cake?" Hiccup asked, sarcasm dripping from his words. Taramis again chuckled.

"If that would be the reason, it would be hilarious but no," Taramis said and looked at Hiccup. Only now Hiccup saw that Taramis was desperate.

"Do you remember, why I didn't want to tell Cami that I love her first time? Why I tried to be as far from her as I could? Why I never came back to her in a first place?" Taramis asked, and Hiccup gasped. He had twenties birthday, and they still didn't find that prophet.

"That prophet doesn't exist, Hiccup. It is only a tale from defenders of the wing. If I change my form after tomorrow, I will stay as a dragon for my whole life." Taramis said, and Hiccup gasped.

People on the Berk had a lot of work. For some of them, it was even harder because of their headache. Cami and Finn were showing to the teens how to fly on the dragons and most importantly, how to fight on them.

Visiting clans went back through the ice to their Islands to prepare defences, in case Dagur will attack any of them. When they found out that Mogadon was not in jail, Thruggory assumed that his father was working with Dagur. Stoick and Bertha didn't want to believe it because Mogadon hated Dagur. Bertha allowed her daughter to stay on Berk and she had a good reason too. Her daughter was trying to save her betrothed.

Stoick, Valka, Mala, Hoffersons and other villagers were preparing the ship. Dagur took their heir. And that meant war. Even if it would mean that it would be the last thing they would do. No one in the village protested against it.

Stoick waved to Cami and when she noticed that she came to her, but of course after she scowled twins for not cooperating.

"We are sailing out in two days, Cami," Stoick said, and Cami nodded. "Will they be ready?" He asked, and she sighed. "They must be."

Hiccup looked at Taramis, and he saw that he fell asleep. Now he understood why Taramis was tired and couldn't even stand on his legs. His body was going through change. He completely forgot about this. Only now Hiccup understood why Taramis agreed to teach him dragon language. Now he understood why he agreed to the wedding without any complaints. He knew that when Cami is betrothed to him, no one can force her to anything else. Again he was thinking about others, not about himself. This was bad. They never told this to Cami. There was no reason for her to know. Or at least they thought so. Oh gods, they were stupid. If something goes wrong, Taramis will not hesitate to change his form to protect him or anyone else.

He looked at Toothless, and he saw that he was watching both of them with sad eyes and Hiccup couldn't think anything else than this will end horribly.

"Well, hello guys," Dagur said with a singing voice as he came to their cell. Taramis immediately woke up. Hiccup was glaring at Dagur when he opened the door.

"What do you want, Dagur?" Hiccup growled, and Dagur smirked. "Well, I thought that I would return the favour. You have no idea how you complicated everything when you ran away from your Island."

Dagur was ready to punch Hiccup, but Taramis spoke up. "Do you want power, Dagur?"

Dagur immediately looked at him, and Taramis continued. "I can bring you to the queen of dragons if you will not touch Hiccup."

"Queen of dragons?" Dagur asked, and Hiccup looked at Taramis in bewilderment. He just hoped that Taramis was not planning what he thought he was.

"I can take you to the nest. There is a queen who controls dragons in this archipelago. When she sees that you have me, she will do everything for you as long as you will not hurt me."

"Taramis, are you crazy?! Don't do this!" Suddenly Hiccup realised what he did. If he would not react this way, Dagur would not believe Taramis. Now when he reacted like this Dagur knew that Taramis was telling the truth. At least half of it. Hiccup knew that the queen wouldn't allow to Taramis to get hurt. And the only way she would achieve that would be by killing everyone on who would arrive on her Island.

"I knew that this would be easy," Dagur said with big smile. "Be ready, boy," Dagur said as he put his hand on Taramis's cheek. Taramis just growled, and Dagur laughed with a maniacal laugh as he was leaving.

"Why you did this?" Hiccup asked and glared at Taramis.

"To protect you and return you to Astrid in whole," Taramis said and averted his sight as much as didn't answer any question which Hiccup gave him.

When Dagur arrived back at Berserk, he was quite irritated. His sister insisted that it was a trap. But she didn't saw what he saw. If that boy were lying, Hiccup wouldn't react that way. The only thing that cheered him up was the moment when he throws Alvin over the board. It was an awesome feeling.

Dagur jumped on the port and immediately started shouting orders to prepare the fleet. They would leave in one day. He couldn't wait until the moment when he will have dragon queen under him.

After two days, Berkians set sail towards Berserkers Island. Teens were flying ahead of the ship, and they were getting ready to go on scouting. Heather was riding on the Windshear, Fishlegs on Meatlug, Snoutlout on Hookfang, Twins on Barf and Belch, and Astrid were leading them on Stormfly. Cami was standing on a capital ship with Bliss and Blaze. Hiccup's and Astrid's parents were talking with Mala and Throk few feet away from her. She saw that Astrid looked at her and Cami nodded to her. Astrid nodded back, and teens flew faster. She turned around and went to Stoick.

"Astrid and others are leaving," Cami said, gaining the attention of the group of elders.

"Good," Stoick said, and Valka hugged herself. "I just hope they will be fine and that they will find them."

Astrid was starting to be nervous. They spent several hours near Berserk Island only to find out that it was nearly deserted. When they flew back to the ship, no one knew where they could go. Cami was standing on the bow of the ship when Astrid came to her.

"This sucks," Astrid said, and Cami snorted. "Figures…"

"Do you love him?" Cami suddenly asked catching Astrid off guard. "What?"

Cami, however, didn't look at him she just repeated her question. "Do you love him?" Astrid didn't know what to the answerer. Yes, she cared for Hiccup deeply, and she felt something to him, but she didn't want to admit that she loved him, just yet.

Cami looked at her and smiled as if she got her answer. "I am asking because I probably know where Dagur is taking them."

Suddenly, Stoick the Vast emerged behind them which upraised two girls. "Where?"

"To the very gates of hel. Queen's nest." Cami said, and Stoick frowned. He then turned around and shouted.

"Turn the ships! We are heading to the Helheim's gate!"

"But how we will get directly to the Island?" Heather asked. "No Viking ship ever managed that."

"Same way as Dagur. We will follow dragons."

The ships coasts toward a shroud of thick fog hung like drapes from a low-hanging, ominous sky. The ships enter, one by one. Visibility drops immediately. Flanking ships becomes ghosts. The armada disappears, drawn into the blinding mist. Nothing remained but the eerie creaking of wood on water. Dagur was standing at the bow of his ship. He taps his fingers on the gunwale, then looks at Toothless impatiently, weighed down with chains. Toothless seemed unresponsive.

"Sound your positions. Stay within earshot." Dagur's helmsman said to the watchmen. Soon, shouts poured in from all directions.

Dagur was straining into the fog as the calls continued. Massive, jagged sea stacks begin to emerge, threatening to rip the ships to shreds. Dagur notices that Toothless' ear plates are at the alert, quietly reacting to inaudible sounds. He crosses to the stern of the ship and grabs the tiller, moving the helmsman out of the way. Dagur pulls the ship into a turn, covertly following Toothless' head movements. The ship barely misses a jagged outcrop that suddenly appears out of the soupy fog. The bow barely makes it past another sea stack. Dagur continues to follow Toothless' cues, undeterred. The ships follow in line through the gauntlet of rocks as orders are whispered from ship to ship. A dragon head looms out of the fog. The men recoil... only to discover that it's a wrecked ship, impaled high on a gnarled sea stack.

Dagur frowned. He didn't like where this was slowly going. He looked at his sister and nodded to her. She nodded back and went under the deck. A clicking buzz becomes audible, growing louder. It fills the sky, converging in one general direction. Dagur's ship suddenly jerks to a halt as the keel burrows into shallow black rocks. Dagur hoped overboard, landing on a sprawling beach. The buzzing suddenly stops. Above him, a craggy volcano towers into the gloom.

"We're here," Dagur said to himself. Behind him, dozens of dragon-headed bows pierce the fog.

Dagur gave orders, and his men start to work. After a moment tree trunks, being sharpened and planted into the sand at angled rows. Boulders being loaded into catapult baskets.

"It's pointless, you know," Someone said, and he turned around. He saw that his sister was bringing Taramis from the ship. He was bounded as much as he could be.

"Where did you left Hiccup?" Dagur asked her sister ignoring Taramis.

"On the ship. In case they would love to do something stupid." His sister said, and Dagur nodded.

"Now what?" Dagur asked Taramis.

"When you will open the mountain, dragons will run away. It may take a moment for the queen to comprehend what is going on and when she will figure it out, she will go out. If she sees me as your prisoner, she will not attack you." Taramis said, and Dagur was exanimating his face. He just hoped that Dagur would fell for it.

"Well, if she attacks us, it will be her last thing anyway," Dagur said, and Taramis wanted to smile.

Dagur still looking at Taramis he raises his arm and drops it. A line of catapults unleashes their loads into the cliff wall. It cracks and flakes away. Several more hits tear away at the hollow shell of hardened lava. A final boulder shatters the fractured wall, creating a deep, dark opening to the cavern within. Then in a chaotic flurry, the dragons suddenly rush out like bats from a cave. They take to the air, bypassing the axe-swinging Vikings and fleeing the island in a mass exodus. The battle-ready Vikings drop their weapons, confused. Dagur opened his mouth at sheer numbers of fleeing dragons. A moment of silence fell on them. Then the ground cracks. Stone tears away, cascading like an avalanche. And through the settling debris, the silhouette of an enormous dragon emerges. It was the biggest dragon Dagur ever seen. The dragon was stirred and furious.

Queen suddenly stopped. She saw that Taramis was bounded by those arrogant people with his head down. She was furious before, but now she was more than furious.

"Stay back, or we will kill him!" Dagur shouted while his sister placed dagger on Taramis's sword.

Meanwhile, below the deck, Hiccup was pacing in his cell. When he heard her roar and rocking of the ship, he knew that there is no way back. She will kill everyone, just to protect Taramis. On the one hand, he knew why Taramis did what he did, but on the other hand, he was still furious at him. This was a reckless plan. They would all die here. He went to the doors when he saw that guard rushed upstairs. He knew that this is a bad sign.

Queen looked at the ship full of tiny people, and she smirked. She inhaled and blasted the ships. The sails started burning as well as the wood of the ships. Berserkers dive overboard, and masts come down. Taramis took this opportunity and moved his head back. He hit Eerika with his head into hers, and she released the dagger and went a few steps back. Taramis started running to the queen as fast as he could. Dagur was still dazed by the fact that his fleet was burning and half of his men were already dead from a raging monster. He then noticed that Taramis was running away and he ran after him. Eerika looked at her brother and then on the dragon. Dozens of men came to her for orders, and she shook her head.

"Gather as many soldiers as you can and take them to another side of Island. I will do the same." She said, and the man looked at her.

"What about your brother?" He said, and she looked at her brother in the distance trying to catch that beast.

"He dug his own grave." She said, and the man started running to gather men.

Satisfied with the destruction of ships, the queen turns its attention back to the Berserkers, killing everyone who dared to come to her Island.

Hiccup was panicking. The ship around him was burning, and he was still in his cell. He knew that this was a bad idea. Hiccup shrieked and jumped back as a large wood fell in the cell. As he watched fire around him, he couldn't think anything else than that this was the end.

Taramis was still running from Dagur, and slowly he was able to get out of rope. Taramis placed his fingers into his ears and kept running. He was running between legs of the queen. He was good at it because of his games with dragons while Dagur had more than a few troubles to stay alive.

Queen rears back and inhales ready to kill dozens of running Berserkers. Gas begins to amass when a blast explodes against the back of queen's head. It turns distracted, as a Nadder punches through the flames, banking across the sky. Followed by a Razorwhip, Monstrous Nightmare, a Zippleback, and a Gronckle. They roll in unison, revealing the recruits riding on their backs. Astrid was first and thus leading them.

"Ruff, Tuff, watch your backs! Move Fishlegs!" Astrid was shouting orders, and other riders did everything without complaints. The queen shakes off the blast and snaps in their wake. Astrid directs her friends out of harm's way. They climb out of reach and circle each other.

"Look at us. We're on a dragon! We're on dragons, all of us!" Tuffnut was shouting to the surprised Berserkers and his sister face palmed.

"Up, let's move it!" Astrid shouts, and the dragons climb past the Red Death. The group circles over the dragon's head.

"Fishlegs, break it down," Astrid said, and Fishlegs nodded. "Okay. Heavily armoured skull and tail made for bashing and crushing. Steer clear of both. Small eyes, large nostrils. Relies on hearing and smell."

Astrid was thinking for a moment, and then she gave orders. "Okay. Lout, Legs, hang in its blind spot. Make some noise, keep it confused. Ruff, Tuff, find out if she has a shot limit. Make it mad."

"That's my speciality," Ruff said, and Tuff gave her a weird look.

"Since when? Everyone knows I'm more irritating. " Tuff said as he turned dragon's head upside down and made annoying sounds.

Astrid was exasperated. "Just do what I told you. Heather and I will try to find Hiccup and Taramis, and we will be back as soon as we can.

"Don't worry. We got it covered!" Tuff shouted, and Fishlegs agreed. "Yeah!"

Heather and Astrid peel away while teens bank and dive toward the queen, splitting up. The twins race alongside the queen's head, taunting it.

"Troll!" Tuff said. "Butt Elf!" Ruff continued. "Bride of Grendel!" Tuff said, and both laughed on that. The queen unloads a spray of fire at the twins, and they barely dodge it.

Fishlegs and Snotlout hang behind her eyes, banging away at their shields, making a racket. The Queen opens all six of her eyes, spotting them.

"Uh, she doesn't have a blind spot." Fishlegs squeaked out.

Meanwhile, Heather and Astrid were looking for two boys and Toothless. Heather suddenly spots Toothless among the burning ships.

"There!" She shouted and pointed to the ship. They steer their dragons over the deck and land down on the burning deck.

"Get Toothless out of here! I will find boys!" Astrid shouted to Heather, and she nodded. Astrid with Stormfly ran below deck while Heather fights her way to Toothless. She unbuckles the muzzle and Toothless shrieks.

"Okay, hold on. Hold on." She says and gets to work on the chains.

Meanwhile, Snotlout and Fishlegs clang their weapons against their shields, making the queen wince.

"It's working." Snotlout said when he saw that queen starts to sway its head dizzily.

"Yeah! It's working." Fishlegs said, but he didn't notice that the noise is also confusing Meatlug and Hookfang. Both dragons lose their bearings. Queen thrashes, knocking Snotlout off of his dragon and onto the Queen's gigantic head. Snotlout bounces across the top and comes to a stop just shy of the hundred foot drop.

"Agghh!" Snotlout shouted, and Fishlegs' Gronckle goes down in a spin of confusion.

"I've lost power on the Gronckle. Snotlout! Do something!" Fishlegs shouted and hurled Snotlout his hammer. The Gronkle crashes and skids to a stop...

"I'm okay!" Fishlegs shouted, but then Meatlug flips over, crushing Fishlegs.

"Less okay." Fishlegs murmured from under Meatlug's body.

"I can't miss!" Snotlout said, raises the hammer and hits the Queen's eyes, playing whack-a-mole.

"What's wrong buddy, got something in your eye?" Snotlout taunted her with a smile. Ruff and Tuff fly by on their dragons, catching Snotlout in all his heroics.

"Yeah! You're the Viking!" Ruff shouted, and Snotlout grins at her. In his distraction, he gets thrown and lands heavily on one of the Queen's spines clinging precariously. It was a close call.

Meanwhile, Astrid was running in corridors of the ships, Stormfly right behind her she was looking everywhere already, and she still didn't find anyone! He wanted to go and look outside when she heard someone coughing. She, herself, was starting to cough because of the smoke. She then saw someone in a destroyed cell. She moved closer and then gasped Hiccup was lying on the ground, wood on top of him. Her heart skipped a beat as she tried to get away burning wood.

"Hiccup!" She shouted, and he slowly moved his head towards her. When he saw her a small smile came to his face.

"Hello, milady," He rasped out. Astrid with the help of Stormfly was able to move away the wood and knelt down next to him. She picked up his head and brushed away his strands of hair.

"What took you so long?" Hiccup asked, and Astrid swat him a little, but then she hugged him. After a while, she helped him stand up and together with Stormfly they went upstairs. They could see that Heather and Windshear were still trying to free Toothless. The trio immediately tried to help her but to no avail.

The Queen's tail sweeps across the burning ships, snapping masts like twigs. Hiccup, Astrid and Heather were working at the chains, but they can't budge them. The fire was licking their clothes. They look up to see the Queen's giant foot crashes through the frame, smashing the bow under her impressive weight. Everyone on the ship is thrown into the water in a maelstrom of burning planks and rigging. Stormfly and Windshear grabbed Astrid and Heather and tried to get them on land. Hiccup, however, swims towards Toothless. They're both caught in a mess of rigging, being dragged down. The heavy palette settles into the rocky bottom like an anchor. Toothless has stopped struggling. Hiccup takes one more hopeless tug at the chains he's almost out of the air.

Suddenly, a meaty hand grabs Hiccup. Stoick swims to the surface, pulling Hiccup to the shoreline through flaming debris. He lays him down, under the shelter of an overhanging rock.

"Dad?" Hiccup said confused, but Stoick dives back into the water between flaming flotsam. Toothless was drowning, but Stoick suddenly appears in front of him. Toothless freezes but Stoick tears the chains off of the yoke and lets it float free. Toothless didn't hesitate. Toothless lunges out of the bars grabbing Stoick and in a moment in an explosion of sea water, Toothless lands on the shore, setting Stoick down and releasing him. Astrid and Heather were impressed when they saw several Berk's ships.

The ground rumbles underfoot and the queen screeches. Her massive claws stomp around in the smoke. Toothless mounts the rock and raises his wings. He turns to Hiccup and snorts.

"Let's go." Hiccup said as she ran to Toothless. "You got it, bud." Hiccup climbs onto Toothless and buckles himself in. He cursed silently that he hadn't his armour on him. Suddenly, Stoick grabs his arm.

"You don't have to go up there," Stoick says, and Hiccup could see the fear in his eyes.

"We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard." Hiccup said, and they exchange smiles.

"I'm proud to call you my son, Hiccup. Just be careful. We would not be able to lose you again!

"Don't worry, Dad. I will be all right." Hiccup said and gave him a small smile. Stoick nodded and let go of Hiccup's arm.

Hiccup spurs Toothless on as Stoick watches.

While Hiccup was talking with his father, Astrid and Heather went to help other teens. Astrid sees Toothless streaking through the sky, gaining altitude and she beamed at him.

"He's up!" She shouted to Heather, and they almost didn't saw that Queen's tail was coming at them. Astrid was able to avoid the tail, but Heather and Windshear not. They went quickly to the ground, and if not for Windshear skills, it would be a painful landing.

Meanwhile, Taramis was able to tear some of his clothes and put it into his ears. They were a long way from fighting and Taramis picked up strong dragon bone. He turned to Dagur and stopped running. He was done running. He saw that Dagur stopped too and smiled. He saw that Dagur said something and his smile faded. Taramis smiled a little as he prepared for a fight. Dagur ran at him with a sword in his hand, and Taramis blocked it with the bone. They started fighting without any mercy.

Astrid saw that Windshear was able to land safely, so she turns to Ruffnut and Tuffnut, who are arguing and throwing punches at each other.

She came to them and shouted at them. "Get Snotlout out of there!"

In mid-punch, the twins look over to see Snotlout stranded on the queen's head and they eye each other.

"I'm on it! I'm on it!" They shouted together.

"I'm on it first! I'm ahead of you." Tuffnut said, and Ruff glared at him. The twins spot Snotlout on the queen and steer their Zippleback in his direction.

"Hey! Let me drive!" Ruff shouted. The twins peel off, arguing as they race each other to the queen. Snotlout sees the Zippleback diving toward him and dashes down the Queen's head. He runs up the end of her horn, as the twins sweep past, both missing him, but perfectly snatching him where the necks merge. Ruff and Tuff eye each other, surprised and impressed.

"I can't believe that worked," Tuff said completely surprised by himself.

Suddenly the queen spots Astrid and inhales, preparing to blast. She and Stormfly get caught in the suction, pulled toward the Queen's gaping mouth.

Berkians on the ships were landed in a safe distance from the queen and watched everything with terrified expressions.

Suddenly, a massive blast jolts the Queen's head sideways. Astrid is thrown clear of her mouth and Stormfly. She tumbles through the air. The ground raced toward her when she's suddenly caught. She looks up to see Toothless carrying her.

"Did you get her?" She could hear Hiccup's voice. Toothless grunts and looked down. When he saw that Astrid was looking at him, he smiled, and she smiled back. They fly over the crowd of Vikings and set Astrid down, mid-run, and after that, they flew up.

Taramis was feeling vibrations on the ground, and he just hoped that Hiccup is, okay. Taramis was completely clueless about anything that was happening near the queen.

His fight with Dagur was more and more crueller, and Taramis noticed that he was trying to remove his improvised earplugs. He dodged another hit from Dagur and charged by himself.

Hiccup and Toothless rocket past the Queen's head and climb, higher and higher.

"Okay, Toothless. We will see if she can use those wings of hers." Hiccup says and pulls Toothless into a turn. They plummet, gaining tremendous speed. The wind buffets them as they target the queen at super sonic speed. Then Toothless unloads a fireball against the Queen's head. It goes down with a rumble as they climb anew.

Berkians on the ground shield themselves from the dust of the fallen queen, and they thought that it was done but then she again started moving and her wings unfold and extend.

Hiccup looks back as they put distance between them and he was surprised when he saw her standing up. Suddenly, the enraged behemoth rises into frame flapping her wings furiously. It was a daunting sight.

"Well, she can fly," Hiccup says they dive into the tangled sea stacks they weave through the rock like rabbits through a briar. The queen snaps at them, but cannot reach them. Hiccup and Toothless pull ahead.

The queen smashes through the canopy of rock and pulls in behind Toothless. He burst through fifty-foot formations like they were saplings.

Stoick, Gobber, Valka, Astrid's parents and the teens watch as Hiccup and Toothless streak past, weaving through sea stacks. A moment later the queen smashes the sea stacks to dust in hot pursuit. The Vikings mood was quenched.

Hiccup and Toothless can't slow the queen down. Hiccup eyes the clouds above and suddenly idea hits him. He locks eyes with Toothless.

"Okay Toothless, time to disappear." He said, and Toothless pulls into a steep climb, heading toward the clouds.

"Come on bud!" Hiccup said, the queen follows, closing in fast. When Hiccup hears the gas, he knew they run out of time. They narrowly dodge a column of flame and smoke. They reach the low-hanging clouds and pierce them. The queen follows, immediately losing them in the hampered visibility. She roars irritably. From out of nowhere, Toothless dives at the huge dragon, blasting and puncturing holes in her wings. Toothless and Hiccup are gone again before the dragon can get a shot at them.

The Berkians stare up at the sky listening to the loud booms and watching flashes light up the clouds. Gobber places his hands Hiccup's parents while Ansfrida places her hands on Astrid and Heather. Valka clutched Stoick's hand, and he clasped it back.

Hiccup and Toothless dive in, again and again, using the clouds to hide and surprise as they puncture the queen's wings. She bellows in frustration and whirls around, unleashing fire blindly, in all directions. Hiccup sees the glow of fire cutting towards them.

"Watch out!" Hiccup shouted. The random blast clips Toothless' tail. It ended up heavily damaged.

"Okay, time's up. Let's see if this works." Hiccup says and pulls Toothless into a turn. They fly directly into the queen's face, taunting it. "Come on! Is that the best you can do, my queen!?" Toothless utters an insult too, and they jackknife into a steep dive. The queen pursues. Toothless pumps his wings, racing faster than he's ever gone before. Hiccup and Toothless stay just ahead of the queen, no longer trying to evade it. Hiccup glances back to check the tail. It's burning.

Meanwhile, Dagur was winning the fight. Taramis was tired, and with lack of the sound, he was slower. Suddenly, Dagur managed to pull out Taramis's earplug and before Taramis reacted, Dagur said.

"Kneel before dragon of Berserk!" Taramis immediately throw away the bone and clutched his head. He fell to his knees from the pain and Dagur smirked. Dagur pointed point of his sword under Taramis's neck.

"You fooled me, and because of that you will now die!" Dagur said, moved back his hand and ready to thrust his sword into Taramis.

"Stay with me, buddy. We're good. Just a little bit longer." Hiccup says, and the queen closes the gap. Hiccup tucks in and holds Toothless steady allowing the queen to set the sights on them. She narrows her eyes.

"Hold, Toothless," Hiccup says, and then the queen opens his mouth. The familiar gas hiss emanates from her throat ignition is coming.

Suddenly, the queen noticed something that snapped her out from her anger. She gulped back the gas right at the moment when Toothless shot his blast on her. That blast hit her nose but nothing more. She turned a little just at the time when Toothless and Hiccup wanted to get out of the way. She opened her mouth and carefully catches them in her mouth. She flew towards Taramis and opened her mouth. Hiccup and Toothless were still disoriented, but they knew that they were in her mouth. The queen didn't slow down, however. She rushed down towards Taramis and that other human who was ready to kill him.

Dagur looked up only a moment before a giant paw smashed him under enormous weight. Taramis ended up in Queen's mouth alongside debris, stones and bones. The queen tried to save Taramis, but in the process, she gravely hurt herself, and at that moment, everything fell into the silence.

Astrid and Cami were first to react. They ran towards Queen's body. They didn't care that she was still alive. Others followed them slowly because they feared the queen.

"Hiccup!" Both Cami and Astrid were shouting. They had no idea why Queen did what she did. Queen suddenly moved a little, and two girls froze as they were beside her head. Queen opened her eyes, and when she noticed two girls, she focused her sight on them.

Finn went towards girls, his flightmare following him. He could see in the corner of his eye, that dragons from the nest were landing in a safe distance from the queen. Finn passed two girls and went closer to the Queen's head. She focused on him, and when he placed his hand on her head, she closed her eyes.

"Uncle!" Astrid shouted when Queen opened her mouth a little, but she was surprised that she didn't do anything else. Suddenly, they heard coughing and Astrid ignoring her fear ran to the queen. Cami after a moment recoiled and ran after Astrid.

Astrid was ignoring everything she just wanted to see Hiccup. She saw that Finn's flightmare jumped into the queen's mouth and she gulped. After a moment she followed her. Saying that Queen was big was an understatement. She was enormous. When Astrid started climbing into her mouth, she felt like if she was climbing mountains on Berk. When she was at Queen's lips, she carefully passed Queen's teeth. She heard that coughing again and she ran towards the sound. Flightmare heard the same sound, so she ran there too. When Astrid smiled, she was shocked to see Taramis under a pile of bones and stones. His head was placed between the Queen's teeth, and that probably saved his life. If those stones would hit his head, he would be dead by now. She quickly came closer and started to move the rocks.

Taramis was at first disoriented, but after a moment he recognised Astrid.

"Astrid, what are you doing here?" He asked, surprised to see her. Cami soon emerged from behind Astrid, and she helped her. When they finally got him out, they helped him to stand up. Cami quickly checked him if he had any wounds but she could see only scratches. She flung her arms around him in a bone crushing hug. Astrid, however, ignored the duo as she was trying to find Hiccup deeper in Queen's mouth.

"Hiccup!" She screamed, and her voice cracked.

"What happened?" Taramis asked, and Cami quickly told him what they saw. When she finished, he was panicking. He tried to move every bone, every stone as he was looking for his friend.

"Hiccup! Toothless!" The trio was now shouting. Finn's flightmare was jumping around the Queen's mouth and then she found unconsciousness Toothless. She roared, and that gained the attention of the teens. They ran to her, and when they saw Toothless, they gasped. Taramis immediately tried to move rumble from Toothless while girls were looking for Hiccup. But again, flightmare was first to find him, not far from Toothless. Unfortunately, only half of his head and his shoulder were above rumbles. They quickly moved everything from Hiccup and Astrid quickly placed her head on his chest. She waited for a second and was looking at her, fear in her eyes.

However, Astrid was feeling even worse. Her heart stopped when she couldn't hear anything. She closed her eyes, tears silently escaping her eyes. She wanted to pull a way when she heard a faint heartbeat. She choked when she heard that first beat, and she started laughing when she could hear another one. And another one. It was faint, but it was there. Suddenly more men came into the Queen's mouth and helped the teens with Toothless. Astrid, however, didn't allow anyone to take Hiccup from her. She picked him up bridal style and went outside.

When they were outside, everyone gathered around them. Finn smiled at the queen and patted her head.

"You saved them." He said them and patted her again. She just closed her eyes and breathed heavily. Suddenly, Finn looked down at his legs and saw a lot of dark blood. He looked back at the Queen, and only now he realised that she was dying.

Field healer came to examine Hiccup while Cami was helping Taramis to bandage Toothless.

Astrid was pacing behind healer and jumped when someone placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and saw that Valka was the person who put hand on her shoulder. She was watching the healer, while Stoick nodded to the Astrid. She nodded back and looked at the healer. When Healer cut, Hiccup trousers on his left leg everyone gasped. Ther was an opened fracture on below his knee and another open fracture on his ankle. Fortunately, the blood stopped rushing from the wounds, and that was a good sign.

"We need to get him back to Berk as soon as possible. If we don't, he will die from this wound." The healer said as she stood up and pointed to Hiccup's leg. Stoick was ready to shout orders when someone spoke up.

"You will never reach Berk in time on the ship," Taramis said, and everyone turned to him.

"Please, tell me that you have another plan." Astrid marched to him, and he shook his head. "Your dragons are not in a condition to fly back to Berk after this battle. Toothless will not wake up in a couple of hours, and wild dragons would not be fast enough to reach the Berk."

"What about Finn's dragon?" Cami asked, and Taramis shook his head again. "Still not enough speed, especially when she will have two humans on her back. "

"He is right," Fishlegs spoke up. "Flightmare has speed 14, while we need at least speed 18 to reach Berk in time."

"No this can't be," Astrid said and looked back at Taramis. "What about you? Hiccup said that you are nearly as fast as Toothless." Taramis gulped. If he would change his form now, he would not be able to turn it back. He looked at Cami then at Astrid and then at Hiccup. Taramis sighed. This was his mess. He owns more than this to Hiccup, and he wouldn't allow Hiccup to die.

"Fine, ready him," Taramis said, and a small smile appeared on Astrid's lips she ran to Hiccup, and with a healer, they tried to fixate Hiccup's left leg. Taramis went to the Cami and took her hand.

"One thing that I want to tell you before I will leave is that I love you," Taramis said. Cami wanted to ask what he meant by that, but he kissed her before she could even speak up. When he released her, he changed his form and ran towards Astrid. She climbed on his back, and Stoick picked up Hiccup. He handed him to her and said.

"High speed to both of you. Save him." Taramis and Astrid both nodded to him, and Taramis shot out to the sky. Taramis was beating his wings furiously, flying faster than any time before. He needs to save a friend.

Suddenly, the Queen moved surprising everyone around her and made a soft roar.

"I am sorry!" She tried, but it was only faint roar so Taramis couldn't hear her.

"It was not your fault." Finn suddenly said in dragon language, surprising everyone around him. Queen focused her look on him, and he could swear that tears were in her eyes.

"His mother helped me to kill my sister in this very Island. I promised her that I would be better than my sister. I promised that to her and yet when she died. I turned into a monster." Queen said, and Finn only listened. "I don't deserve to live. I broke my promise to Runa. I put him into a bigger danger than he was. But now, he will be safe from me." Queen shifted a little, and more blood rushed from under her body.

"Tell him, that I loved him as my own son, and that I failed in everything. Tell him..." She drew a sharp breath feeling that last of her strength is leaving her. "Tell him... To look... For that prophet... On island... Vanaheim... He will... Help him... To... control... his... powerss..." Queen said as she died, last breath leaving her lungs.

"May the gods be merciful to your soul..." Finn said as he put his head on her scales. Queen of dragons was death.

Taramis was furious. He didn't know if this was some poor joke from Loki, but they were flying through icy rain. He doubts that Hiccup or Astrid was dry. When he felt her shiver, he knew that he was right. He tried to fly as fast as he could, but he still thought that it was not enough. But soon to he could see big statues in front of Berk. A huge stone fell from his heart when he saw the building on the Island.

Taramis didn't waste any time with landing and also had no energy to land properly. He only tried to land without hurting Astrid or Hiccup. His arrival alerted every villager on the streets, and everyone rushed to them. When they saw Astrid with wounded Hiccup, they quickly went for Gothi. Other immediately brought some water for Taramis while another one helped Astrid to climbed down with Hiccup in her arms. Soon enough, Gothi came with several healers. When she saw Hiccup, she quickly motioned to Astrid to follow them. Taramis slowly raised himself and drunk water from the bucket by gulps.

When they arrived at the healer's hut, Gothi quickly motioned to Astrid to put Hiccup down on the bed in the middle of the house. Healers were quickly tunning around, preparing different remedies.

"We will need to cut it off," Suddenly Astrid heard one healer telling that to the Gothi while she went to examine Hiccup's legs. Astrid was carefully watching Gothi's expression and when she frowned Astrid's heart nearly stopped and when she saw her nodding to others.

"You can't just cut his leg!" Astrid protested.

"Astrid, if we will not do that, then he will die. What would you choose? Let him live without a leg, or let him die?" One of the healers harshly said to her, not noticing the girl's distress. Another healer whacks his head and then she went to Astrid. She knelt down and looked into Astrid's eyes. The healer had brown long hair, brown eyes and she was in her mid-forties.

"I understand that you are scared, and I know that this is not an easy decision, but we need to do it, to save his life, Astrid. I know that you are trying to be tough and everything, I spent enough time with your mother, so I know that you can also be caring and honestly it was hard not to notice that you feel something more for that boy. Now, you can help us and stay with him, or you can go out. So what shall it be?" Astrid thought about it a little, but she nodded. She would stay here. The healer smiled and went to help others while Astrid took Hiccup's hand and put away bangs from his forehead.

"Don't worry Hiccy. You will be all right." she silently said. "Please, stay with me Hiccy. Don't leave me now. You simply can't. I need you to be strong." Suddenly, Hiccup moved a little and whispered. "Asta..."

Astrid clutched his hand even more, and soon healers were ready to cut his leg, so she closed her eyes. However, it didn't help her not to hear a scream which will stay forever in her mind.

Taramis was lying in front of the healer's hut waiting for any news. He was trying to ignore his screams by thinking if there is any other prophet which could help him. His mother was able to change her form after her twenties, so there must be a way. He was interrupted from his thoughts when Hiccup's screams faded. He stood up and went in front of the door. He waited there for a long while, and when the healer's started leaving the hut, he patiently waited. Soon, Gothi came out and invited him inside. He slowly went beside her, and when he was inside, he saw Astrid sitting next to Hiccup, clutching his hand, her head on his shoulder. Taramis softly nudged her to her arm, and she looked at him.

"He will be all right, but healers needed to cut his leg." She said to him, and Taramis quickly looked at Hiccup's leg. This was his fault. This was all his fault. He turned around and quickly ran outside. He ignored Astrid's shouts as he kept running into the forest. Hiccup will never have his leg back. And it was all because of him.

Eerika watched how Berkians were leaving, hatred burning in her eyes. She knew that Dagur would do something stupid, but now when she lost him, she decided to revenge his death. She will not stop until everyone on Berk is dead. Dragons and humans, alike. She gathered remaining soldiers of the Berserk, and they started to repair the ship. She will need to find an ally to bring Berk to its ashes.

"So, what do you want to do?" Eret asked the woman in front of him. They camped on a small island so they can rest a little and gather their strength. He looked at her he was speechless. Runa was beautiful in his eyes, especially since she was facing the sun.

"Now, we will find my son and protect him against Drago Bludvist and in a process get revenge on that madman," Runa said with a dark voice which and Eret's spine froze.

Toothless woke up on the ship when the Berkians where half way from home. At first, he was panicking, but when Finn explained everything to him, he calmed down a little. Also, everyone was still baffled. Finn knew the dragon language. Even Mala was surprised. By now everyone thought that humans couldn't learn dragon language. Yes, Taramis said that he would teach Hiccup dragon language, but he never gets to it. As for Haddock's, they were pacing on the ship, hoping that when they arrive back to Berk, Hiccup will be fine.

Gothi and several healers welcomed Berkians back at their village, and everyone wanted to know if Hiccup is alright. Everyone was relieved when they found out that Hiccup was alive, but they were saddened when they found out that he was still unconscious and most importantly, without a leg.

Days passed, and Hiccup was still unconscious. Most of the dragons from the Queen's Island arrived at Berk and teens were gladly showing to the villagers how to train their own dragons. Gobber along with Fishlegs and Heather made several improvements to the Islands houses so it would be safer with dragons around them. Everything was starting to be better. At least for most of the villagers. Astrid spent most of her time by Hiccup's side while Cami was trying to find Taramis. He was nowhere to be found. Finn and other teens were helping her, but they didn't find them on Berk. It seemed that he left. Everyone knew that this hit Cami hard, but she tried not to show it.

One day Mala found her while she was petting Bliss and Blaze because two of them missed Taramis too. Mala finally told her what she wanted to say for a long time and hel Cami was more than surprised. She knew that something more was between Mala and Taramis than a friendship but how she could expect that Mala was his aunt?

"I didn't know that for a long time," Mala said when she saw Cami's surprised face. "Until one night. A flightmare came to my house, and she gave me a vision. I saw myself when I was a little. My mother was holding me, but she was holding one other girl too. It was Runa. I saw how one day our house started burning. My parents tried to reach my sister and me but, they managed to grab only me. Then I was how two nadders saved my sister from the burning house and leaving into the darkness. My parents said that my sister died a day after she was born but that vision proved me otherwise. I didn't know how to say that to Taramis, hel I hadn't enough courage even to tell that to you."

After Cami knew the truth, she was happier than she was in few past days, as she thought that maybe something more was going on between Mala and Taramis. Mala was unsure what Cami thought when she was silent, but then she found herself engulfed in a hug, by a small girl.

"Thank you for telling me the truth, Mala," Cami said, and Mala smiled as she returned the hug.

Taramis flew through the dark, icy cave. Soon he emerged in king's nest. Dragons were surprised to see him there, but two dragons were more than excited to see him. Cloudjumper and Skullcrusher ran to him and welcomed him. Taramis was happy to see both of them again, but soon he continued to the king. King was already waiting for the young dragon, and when Taramis was in front of him, he bowed his eyes. Taramis told him everything that happened.

"You need to stop blaming yourself young dragon," King said. "Go back to them and look into their eyes. Maybe you will find something else than you think. And I believe that you know what you need to do."

Taramis was thinking for a moment, and then he nodded to the king with a small smile. His mood improved on his way to Berk, probably because of two dragons who joined to him.

Month and Toothless was hovering over Hiccup, whining and grumbling impatiently. Hiccup suddenly stirs and slowly opens his eyes.

"Oh, hey Toothless." Hiccup says and Toothless excitedly nuzzles and nudges Hiccup.

"Okay, okay! I'm happy to see you too, bud. Now just," Hiccup tries to calm down overjoyed Night fury. Toothless, however, steps on his groin, causing Hiccup to sit bolt upright with a yelp. He looks around, confused. He's in bed, beside the fire pit in the healer's house. Toothless pauses at the foot of the bed, tongue wagging. He eyes the rafters and leaps up onto them, brimming with energy.

"Okay, okay - no Toothless! Aw, come on..." Hiccup shifts to get out of bed, so he can calm down overjoyed Night fury, but then pauses sensing that something is wrong. He slowly peels back the covers. What he sees startles, horrifies, and overwhelms him all at once. His booted foot touches down, followed by a mechanical prosthetic in place of his left leg. It's an ingenious spring-loaded replacement, made of wood and iron. Toothless lands by the bed and approaches calmly, sniffing the new leg. He raises his eyes to meet Hiccup's, seemingly aware of what Hiccup is going through. Hiccup braces himself on the bedpost and tries to stand on it. He winces and stifles the pain, but stumbles with the first step. Toothless catches Hiccup's fall with his head and slowly lifts him up, stabilising him.

"Thanks, bud." Hiccup said as he leans on him like a crutch. They take a few steps together. Their missing parts form a poetic silhouette as they make their way toward the door. He peeks outside, his eyes widening. He allows to door to swing open, revealing Hookfang, carrying Snotlout on its back.

"Come on guys, get ready! Hold on tight! Here we go!" He shouted, and a class of newbie dragon riders follow him on a variety of dragons. Vikings and dragons mill about by the dozen, basking on the rooftops, weaving along the plaza. No one seems upset. Nearby, a Gronkle land, carrying a tree trunk in his mouth. He shows it to a Viking what he has found, and the Viking pats his head.

Hiccup takes a step outside, finding Stoick waiting for him on the step.

"I knew it. I'm dead." Hiccup said with smile and Stoick laughs.

"No, but you gave it your best shot." He puts his arm around Hiccup, steadying him.

"Hey look! It's Hiccup!" Someone suddenly shouted, and villagers rush over, surrounding him with a hero's welcome.

"Hiccup, how you doin' mate?" Spitelout asked with a smile and terrible terror on his shoulder.

"It's great to see you up and about," Asmund said with a smile his wife beside him.

Suddenly, Hiccup found himself in a bone-crushing hug. It was Valka who was more than glad to see her son back on his feet, or well, foot.

"Don't ever scare me like this, young man!" Valka scolded him, and he gave her shy small.

"I will try," Hiccup said which earned him a laugh from villagers. Gobber pushes through the crowd, beaming proudly, pointed to Hiccup's prosthetic and said. "That bit is my handiwork. With a little Hiccup flare thrown in. Think it'll do?"

"Well, it must, but I will probably make a few tweaks." Hiccup said, and villagers again laughed. Valka moved behind her son, and Astrid appears and jabs Hiccup in the arm. Hiccup frowned at her, and she gave him a stern look.

"That's for scaring me." She said, and he deadpanned at her. "What is it with you and your punches? Cause I already lost a leg and..." Hiccup tried to say, but he was interrupted by Astrid as she grabbed him by his collar and kissed him. Some villagers whistled while their parents beamed at each other.

"But I could get used to it." He finished giving her a shy smile which Astrid gladly returned. After that Heather came to him and offered him his hand. He took it but brought her into a hug. Heather who was at first surprised, returned that hug after a moment. Gobber presents Hiccup with a rebuilt saddle, rigging, and tail.

"Where is my awesome fishbone cousin?!" Snotlout suddenly shouted as he ran to them and engulfed Hiccup, Heather and Astrid in a big hug. It was awkward for all of them, except for Snotlout. When twins saw a group hug, they couldn't resist and ran to them hugging them all, which earned quite share of laughs from villagers. When they finally release him, Hiccup saw Fishlegs, who nodded to him with smile and Hiccup nodded back. Gobber then presented Hiccup a rebuilt saddle, rigging, and tail for Toothless and Hiccup thanks him for that.

"But where is Cami?" Hiccup asked, and everyone fell silent. "I will take you to her." Astrid said as she helped him walking through the village, everyone following them.

Cami was standing on the cliff with Finn and Mala beside her, watching the sea.

"He left?" Hiccup asked surprising the trio on the cliff. Cami quickly ran to him and hugged him, and he returned the hug. Finn and Mala smiled at him and nodded to him, and he smiled back at them.

"What has happened?" Hiccup asked, and they told him everything that happened for the past month. When they said that Taramis was the one who brought him back to Berk in time, he frowned. Now, it was his part to explain it to them.

"Cami, it is not your fault that he left. It is mine." Hiccup said, and she looked at him surprised. "How can this be your fault?"

"When he changed his form to bring me back to Berk he was already twenty years old." Hiccup said, and no one understood what he wanted to say.

"He cannot turn back." Finn suddenly said, and everyone looked at him.

"When silver furies reach twenty years, they need to decide if they will stay in their human form or dragon form forever." Hiccup said, and Cami was beyond shock.

"How it is that I don't know about this?" She asked, and Hiccup sighed.

"Taramis and I, well, we were trying to find Odin's prophet who can grant him a blessing which will allow him to change his form after his twenties birthday." Hiccup said, and there was a light of hope in Cami's eyes.

"So he went looking for that prophet?" She asked, but Hiccup shook his head. "No, we didn't find him, and Taramis said that he is probably made up."

"No, he is not." Finn suddenly said. "Before Queen died she told me that the prophet lives on Island called Vanaheim."

"But Vanaheim is only a legend," Hiccup said, and now it was Mala who spoke up. "No, it is not. Our protectors go there when they feel that their time has come."

"But how we will find it?" Hiccup asked.

"What if you would ask Taramis?" Flightmare asked, and Finn looked at her, and she gestured to the sea. He turned around and saw shining dot in the distance.

"Well, we can ask Taramis," Finn said, and everyone looked at him. When they saw that he was watching something they followed his gaze and then they could see Taramis, Cloudjumper and Skullcrusher flying towards them. They made a place for them to land and when they touched the ground, Cami ran to Taramis and hugged him by his neck. Taramis at first froze, but then he hugged her back with his paw.

"You are stupid, but you know that, right?" She asked him, and he fumed. When she took a step away from him, he looked at Hiccup. Hiccup somehow didn't like that look. Taramis took a few steps closer, both dragons following him. Hiccup somehow wanted to take a step back, but he refused. What Taramis did then surprise everyone. He bowed his head as much as he could, both Cloudjumper and Skullcrusher following his lead.

"What are they doing?" Astrid asked and Hiccup gulped. "They take me for their Alpha. No one can use them against me unless they will kill me." Suddenly all dragons around them bowed their heads to him.

"So, what happens, now?" Astrid asked, and Hiccup smiled when Taramis lift his head. "Now, we will continue to do what we should. Bring peace to the whole Archipelago."

"Don't forget about finding that prophet! Cause my husband-to-be has some issues." Cami said to which everyone laughed and even Cloudjumper and Skullcrusher. Taramis only huffed and turned his head from them.