I think I'm going to cry. I'm sorry it's been so long, but I got a nice long chapter for all you peoples who followed me through this insanity. I'm sorry to say... this is the end of the line. Thank you for all the support, and I am so sad to end this.
Two Weeks Later…
"COME ON!" Hiccup yells at me from atop a stressed Toothless. I am getting tired. I can't hold out for much longer out here in the late afternoon sun.
"I CAN'T!" I yell back at him.
"YES YOU CAN! NOW FLAP! FLAP! FLAP! STRONGER WING BEATS!" He screams, and I put more power into my wing beats. Nothing happens. I can't lift off the ground with Gwen on my back.
"Who's the Dragon?" Gwen asks from my back.
"I don't know." I say frustratedly. She doesn't understand. I keep making lame attempts at flapping.
"You the Dragon. Who's the Dragon?" Gwen asks me from atop my back.
"I'm the dragon?" I ask, but she sits up straighter. I feel her mood brighten.
"You the Dragon! Who's the Dragon?" She asks me yet again, with more enthusiasm.
"I'm the Dragon!" I say, with more enthusiasm.
"Then put more strength in those wingbeats! Who's the dragon?" She yells. I'm super psyched.
"I'm the Dragon!" I yell.
"Who's the dragon? I couldn't hear you!" She yells.
"I'M THE DRAGON!" I roar.
"THEN FLY!" She screams.
"I WILL!" I roar with all my being and take off.
"We made it. Yay." I say tiredly, but now I know how hard it is to take off. Gwen squeals with glee.
"You did it, ladies! Finally! But next time, try and stay…. not-pink." Hiccup instructs. I look at my back, which has taken a pink hue. I calm down and the pink hue slowly fades.
"Now, we do it again." He says.
"Ugh." I roll my eyes. Even Toothless seems to be bored with taking off and landing. I land anyway. Gwen crosses her arms behind me.
"You ready?" Gwen asks me, and I nod.
"Come on, Misty! Come on!" She encourages me, and I flap my wings a few times before I make it off the ground.
"Whoooo!" Gwen whoops. She stays snugly on my back with her knees digging into my sides. I can barely feel it, though.
"Again." Hiccup instructs.
I land and Gwen adjusts herself from atop my back. She squeezes my my sides twice to let me know she wants to take off.
I flap my wings twice and we lift from the ground. She scratches my side, and I revel the affection.
"Do it again." Hiccup commands. I land and Gwen huffs.
"We've done this three times already! She can lift off, and I can stay on. We're staying up this time." Gwen says, and proceeds to give me the signal. I take off and Toothless smiles.
"Fourth time's the charm. Now you can fly together. Start with the blindfold on, trust from the beginning. Use words." Hiccup says, and Gwen flips her hair over her shoulder as I hover 15 feet above the ground.
"Okay, now we have to work together. I'll tell you where to fly. I'm going to put the blindfold on. Trust me." She says, and puts her hand on my head delicately. I nod curtly, and she ties a piece of cloth around my eyes, and I am literally flying blind.
"Okay, Misty Girl. We got this." She says, and I nod. She squeezes my flanks with her knees, and I know to start flying forward.
"Alright, I'm going to guide your head left, just follow your head." She tells me, and she gently pulls on my ear plate to turn my head, and I follow her instructions. She claps her hands, and I focus on flying forward.
"Now, sharp right!" She calls and tugs on my ear plate. I obey and we make a sharp right.
"Starboard and port!" Hiccup shouts, reminding us that there is no left and right, only port and starboard.
"Keep practicing." I hear Hiccup say, and I hear Toothless' wingbeats leave the Academy.
-an hour later-
"Nice job, ladies!" I hear Hiccup's voice near me, along with Toothless' wing beats and quiet squeak of his prosthetic tail.
"Now try just using the ear plates." He tells Gwen.
"Okay. I'll start." She says, and I feel a slight tug on my left ear plate.
"Mistrunner, just hover in place. I've got to show Gwen something." I hear Hiccup say. I obey him.
"Okay, when you pull, you want to turn her head in the direction you want to go. A tug on her ear plate is not going to hurt her. She's a tough girl. You want to make sure you turn her head all the way in the direction you want to go. The only reason she'd ever slap you was if you were doing something she didn't like. You guys are cool though, so she's not going to slap you." Hiccup assures Gwen in a confident tone.
"I thought Toothless slapped you all the time for no reason." Gwen states, a known fact around Berk.
"He does, but he's not Mistrunner." I hear Hiccup reply, followed by sharp slap, quickly echoed by another.
"That's what you get, Bud. Don't slap me." I hear Hiccup say. I hear Toothless chortle in laughter.
"Now remember, you can turn her head with more force. She's a good girl." Hiccup says, and Gwen gives me the signal to go forward. She does as Hiccup told her and she moves my ear plates with more force now. I turn sharper and sharper, and she giggles. I must be doing well.
We do the same things over and over, and I start to fall into the rythms of being turned and blindfolded, vocal commands going to slight gestures and slow movements becoming tightly knit maneuvers.
-2 hours later-
"Hiccup!" I hear a female Viking call accompanied by the quick, bird-like wingbeats of a Nadder.
"What is it?" Hiccup calls back.
"You're needed in the Great Hall. Some fishermen haven't been making their quotas. You need to figure out why." The female Viking says.
"Ugh, fine. Please finish Gwen and Mistrunner's lesson for today. We can't keep putting them off." Hiccup responds, clearly agitated.
"Astrid will continue your lesson." Hiccup tells Gwen.
"See you tonight, Mistrunner." Toothless says and I hear him fly off. Then, I hear the Nadder's wing beats near me.
"Stormfly!" I smile, recognizing them.
"Mistrunner! Good to see you! We're continuing your lesson today." Stormfly chirps happily.
"Great!" I enthuse.
"Alright, Gwen… what have you been working on?" Astrid the shield maiden asks.
"Turning with the blindfold on. Just ear plates." Gwen says.
"Ah. You practice for another half hour, and I think you'll have it by then."
"I will."
"Sweet. You want to play a game with some other new riders afterwards?" Astrid asks my rider.
"Why not?" She replies.
-half an hour later-
"Alright," I hear Astrid say while I hover above the ground. I hear four other sets of wing beats, and I know there are four other dragons wherever we are.
The light seems to be dimming on the other side of my veil, and I assume that the sun is about to set.
"We are playing freeze-tag. The object of the game is to not get tagged. If you do get tagged, you're 'frozen'. If you're 'frozen', you can't move until someone 'unfreezes' you. People tap people to freeze and unfreeze. Not dragon taps dragon. If you are 'it', you want to freeze everyone. Got the rules?" Astrid asks.
"Yeah!" I hear a bunch of kids energetically respond.
"You've got 10 minutes! Mistrunner and Gwen are it!" Astrid yells.
"What?" Gwen almost screeches. I shake my head dismissively and wait for her direction.
She tugs on my ear plate and I turn, obeying her. She leans to a certain side, and she tells me to slow down.
"Got'cha!" She squeals. Then she squeezes my flanks really hard and I zoom off.
She maneuvers me through the sky with ease and we tag another rider.
"Ha!" Gwen smiles, but then I hear the zoom of another dragon diving by.
"You gotta try again!" I hear a young, squeaky voice taunt, but I feel Gwen's excitement as she pressures my sides.
We zoom through the air, and I can tell that we're chasing someone. The wind whips my face as I soar through the air with grace. I get the feeling that we're close on someone's tail as Gwen hums lowly.
"Five minutes to go!" Astrid yells. There was no way that was five minutes, I tell myself. Still, Gwen squeezes, and I put more force into my wingbeats.
Then, she tugs my head a certain direction, and I feel Gwen change position on my back. I trust her and fly a little faster, but steadier.
I suddenly feel Gwen shift positions. I feel four pressure points on my back instead of one. Gwen must be on all fours.
"Gwen…." I growl a warning, but she dismisses it.
I suddenly feel her crawl up my back, and I fly a little faster with nervousness. She giggles a little, and she lifts a hand or foot and laughs like crazy.
"You caught us!" I hear a little girl, littler than Gwen, giggling.
"Aw, darn!" I hear another person giving up good-naturedly.
"Let's go girl, we can win this thing!" Gwen squeezes my now-sore side.
"You all have 2 minutes!" Astrid announces.
"Hurry, Mistrunner!" I hear the little girl who we tagged shout.
We finally get going, and then we flip around. I lose my bearings for a second, but quickly regain my senses.
"Whoa." Gwen warns. I steady myself, and I feel her on all fours again.
"1 minute!" Astrid yells. I panic a little, but it's mostly because I'm positive that Gwen's going to fall off my back and collide with the cold, hard ground below us. I'm so worried about her.
"Faster, Misty Girl!" Gwen tells me, and I obey. We go faster and faster, and then I feel her leap off my back.
"GWEN!" I screech, but she doesn't respond. I slow down and hover in one place nervously. I can't see anything. I start whipping my head around in order to get the blindfold off, but it doesn't budge.
"Calm down, Mistrunner, Gwen is fine. Nice work, ladies! And good work everyone else, you really hung in there! It was a close game." Astrid compliments everyone.
"Thanks, Astrid." Gwen says, panting a little, "Misty Girl, follow my voice. Come over here."
I blindly fly over to her, and I feel her jump on my back. I'm thrown off balance again, but I quickly regain it.
She reaches in front of me and removes the blindfold. The world comes into focus with the sun currently sinking below the ocean. I'm glad to finally see again. Gwen lands me lightly on the ground.
"Nice work, Misty Girl." Gwen scratches my chin. It feels GREAT. I mean, I could let her scratch my chin for hours. And hours. And just...
"I love you, sweetheart." She hugs my face, and I lick half of her face.
"Ew!" She giggles and pulls away for a moment. She tries to wipe the saliva off her face, but ends up failing. I pad over to her and she throws her arms around me again.
"Let's go get dinner, Misty Girl. Unless you have a date with Mr. Beta, your boyfriend?" She elbows my side as we start walking in the direction of home.
I roll my eyes and warble.
"Nah, we're hanging out later tonight." I tell her as I shake my head. She laughs airily and mounts my back.
We start to run and then we take off. We glide slowly over the village together, her hugging my back the whole way.
"I don't know how I ever made it around without you." She tells me from atop my back. I nod.
"I don't know how I ever made it around without you upon my back, either." I tell her, knowing she can't understand me. She scratches my back lovingly and we land right out in front of her house.
"I know we hadn't spent much time together before the attack, but I know I still am grateful to have you. You're my best friend." She tells me. The sun has set and there's very little light still illuminating Gwen's face.
"And you're mine. And being your friend is one of the best decisions I've ever made." I tell her, and she smiles.
"Let me go get you a basket of fish." She says, and hurries inside her house. My fish awaits me. I wait patiently outside and move my head back and forth. My eyes start to close, slowly but steadily.
The night just seems so peaceful around Berk, with people winding down from their day. They take time to slow down for one last hearty meal before they sleep. The cicadas chirp with a certain calmness I've grown accustomed to, and frogs bellow their nightly opera. The ground becomes a little colder than the air, and I can heat up a patch of ground to sleep on.
"Hi there."
"AH!" I screech and jump. I calm down when I see that it's only Toothless.
"What are you doing around here? It's only twilight." I tell him. He doesn't seem to care.
"I thought I'd come pick you up." He kisses me, and I laugh through the kiss and pull away.
"Well, you're early. I'm still hanging with Gwen. You can pick me up two hours after twilight." I tell him. He seems to consider this for a second before speaking again.
"A kiss first, though?" He smiles mischievously. I roll my eyes.
"You are so frustrating." I tell him, and he kisses me. He pulls away, and I can't help but smile giddily at him, honestly I don't think I ever will be able to help that.
"Now get out of here. I'm busy!" I push him away. He resists me.
"Oh come on, Misty Girl." He says, using the nickname that only Gwen can.
"Don't call me that. Just wait. Your queen is almost ready." I motion to myself.
"I'll be waiting for her. Until then." He gives his signature smile and I shoo him away. He laughs a little before finally taking me off and leaving me in awe of how much I love him.
"Was that your boyfriend?" Gwen appears in the doorway of her house with a smile plastered to her smug face. I roll my eyes. She has an obsession with calling Toothless my boyfriend, because he is. I find it annoying, but she enjoys herself.
"Alright, here you go. No eels, just the way you like it." She sets down the basket and knocks it over. I consider digging in right away, but decide against it. I'd rather eat with her.
"I have to go get my dinner." She tells me, and I wait outside patiently.
"Oh, sweetie, you didn't need to wait for me." She sits down on the ground next to me, and I smile. She takes a bite of her food and I take a bite of mine.
"Oh yeah, guess who tried to talk to me today… Bryce." I growl at the mention of Gwen's jerky ex-boyfriend.
"That jerk-face wanted to get back together." She tells me, and I growl even louder.
"You know what I told him? I was like 'now who's being too clingy?' And he was trying to be, like, a good person and told me 'I was totally insane and I need you back.' And I said 'that sucks for you.' And he was like 'you're not going to take me back?' And I totally gave him a taste of his own medicine and said 'you're just too clingy, Bryce. The Alpha of Berk and I need some time alone together.' I was so proud of myself." She finishes. I'm so glad she finally got rid of that jerk.
"I'm glad you got rid of him." I tell her, even though she doesn't understand.
"I honestly thought we were a good match, but now I see he never really cared about me. Just his dragon."
"You deserve better than him, Gwen. Find someone else." I urge her, despite the fact that she can't understand me.
"Now, I know you two are hanging out tonight. What'cha gonna do?" She nudges my side and I sigh.
"We're just hanging out." I shake my head at her.
"There's no way you're not doing anything. I thought you said he was, like, a total romantic." She tells me. Those are her words, not mine. She obviously can only ask me 'yes' and 'no' questions, and I nod or shake my head. She asked me if Toothless was a "total romantic", and I nodded. A mistake of mine.
"He is, but I think we're just hanging tonight." I tell her, and she seems to somewhat understand.
"I still think he's going at ask you to be his mate soon." She tells me.
"I think so too, maybe. But not tonight." I tell her, and she rolls her eyes.
"Okay. Well, have fun on your date… with your boyfriend. I better go get some shut eye for tomorrow. Love you." She rubs my head and I lean into her.
"Okay, I gotta go." She kisses my head and heads into her house.
I wait outside for a few minutes before I fall asleep to the sounds of cicadas and screeching crickets.
"Hey beautiful." I open my eyes to see Toothless' face inches from mine. He seems elated to see me. I'm just tired.
"Hey handsome." I tell him, and I stand up sleepily.
"Come on, let's go."
"Where are we going? It's late, Toothless…" I yawn and blink my eyes so they adjust to the darkness.
"Just come on!" He tells me, and he takes off. I can't do anything but follow. He stops at a beach, and sits down in the sand.
"What are we doing?" I land. I sit down in the sand and try to keep my eyes open.
"Taking a moonlit walk across the beach." He tells me, and I smile.
"Sounds fun." I tell him, still sleepy.
"Come on."
"Okay, okay," I say with a grin, still chuckling a little, "now tell me something you've never told anyone."
"I can't stop thinking about you." He admits. It's a part of our new game, where one dragon asks a question and the other has to respond truthfully.
"Really?" I question.
"Yeah. I mean, I've told Hiccup some stuff about you, and I've done everything the way I usually do, but when I do it, I can't keep focused. Because I'm thinking about you." He tells me, and I can tell he blushes a little.
"That's really sweet." I tell him.
"And kinda cheesy." He admits with a laugh.
"It's pretty cheesy." I join his laugh.
"Okay, so if I asked you how long you are staying on Berk, what would you say?" He asks curiously.
"I'm Alpha now. I want to be here for forever." I tell him dreamily. Staying here forever would make me the happiest dragon in the world.
"Okay." He says, as though he's found the bit of information he wanted.
"Okay. Now… How much stuff about me have you told Hiccup?" I ask him, bumping into him. It's dark and I can still see, but he doesn't need to know that. The moonlight doesn't need to help me.
"Everything I can think of to tell him." He admits a little shyly. It's cute.
"What's his reaction?" I ask, pushing further.
"It's my turn to ask a question." He counters, evading further interrogation, because he made the rules.
"Oh come on." I push. He shakes his head.
"Fine… He gets annoyed." He tells me.
"Is that all?" I ask, knowing that he's leaving something out.
"Now it's my turn, Mistrunner, so stop trying to steal it! Fish or flowers?" He asks politely.
"Fish!" I respond. Food is great. Unbelievably great, especially when you know it's going to feed someone who's going to keep going.
"How about… how often do you think about me?" He asks persuasively. I groan, not wanting to answer.
"As much as I can without bumping into walls." I confess.
"Okay, now it's your turn." He tells me, and I wonder why he is suddenly back to me and my questions.
"Okay. Is that all Hiccup says about me?" I ask him.
"No…" He trails off, not saying anything.
"Then what else? And don't tell me it's your turn to ask a question." I tell him, knowing he doesn't care about the questions quite as much as I do.
"I guess now is as good of a time as any." He says, like he's getting ready to make a speech. I get ready to listen.
"Mistrunner, I know you're Alpha now, and I know you'll be staying on Berk for a very long time. And I know I'll be here for as long as I live. And I want to spend every waking minute of that time with you. And I know if I don't, life won't be worth living." Life wouldn't be worth living without you, I think.
"Life wouldn't be worth living, Toothless if I ever had to leave you." I tell him, because he needs to know.
"Will you be my mate, Mistrunner?" He blurts.
"That's a good question, Toothless." I say, playing hard to get. I tap my chin, pretending to think.
"Now you have to answer. It's a rule." Toothless tells me. It is a rule. I have to answer.
"Life wouldn't be worth living if I say no." I tell him honestly. He licks my cheek, and we giggle. Like little girls at a slumber party. Because we're mates now. And mates are forever. Friendship is forever.
I thought I was the last one. In all of existence. That's what they all say. But now I know they're wrong, because I've found someone who's just like me, and I've found a place that's just right for me.
Gwen and Toothless and Berk are my life, and I wouldn't change a thing because now I know I'm not the last one.
OMG IT'S OVER! :''''( Tell me what you think below. Also, if you want me to do fanfictions on this fanfiction, tell me. I will do it if you give me an idea to work with. I really hope you liked the end of The Last One.