The Next Big Sting

It was an unusually bright sunny and warm day which was very unusually for this part of the world that was very used to bitter cold and very short warm weather. But the sky was very pretty shade of blue that couldn't be named and sun was as golden as Una's hair which shimmered and the lilac part of her was sparklingly vibrantly too.

She was currently sitting at a picnic table with the other children who were back on Dragon Edge for their second visit and she was telling them the story of what had happened to her big brother Hiccup two weeks prior while they waited for the Soul Riders to finish making everyone lunch.

Una's story started two weeks ago when her big brother had made everyone climb to the highest point they could find to test his newest invention, an invention he hadn't discussed with either her or Boden.

And when he had unveiled they knew why. He was building himself a flight suit which honestly looked like nothing more than he strapped a kite to his back and was expecting to fly.

Now they'd spent years since their days in diapers trying to understand they whole process of how dragons flew from the inside out. From studying their bones, talking to them with Boden's powers, diet and studying samples of various other things.

What they'd long come to conclude was how dragons could both fly and breathe fire worked together. It was a long hard process and it had a lot of nauseating moments but they'd figured it out.

Dragons they'd seen by closely examining and comparing bones with that of birds had same type of honeycomb strong, they had very large lungs too and also with Boden's help talking to them and sick as it had been examining some dragon carcass that been killed they had discovered something they'd called 'flight bladders'

Simply to put it dragons had the bones, lungs and their own internal juices that broke down their food produce a chemical that they couldn't name and neither could the children but it was both lighter than air apparently and combustible that helped them both fly and produce their unique fires.

Then it was a matter of body and wingspan ratio they'd learned through math and finding certain rocks that all dragons who at least breathe fire had to chew on. That had taken them a long time to figure out.

But time, patience and perseverance and a tests and experiment and their powers had added them. On the other hand they had also study the human body and Una was well aware of the fact as she knew her brother as did her brother that human bodies were not made to fly.

Therefore she was wondering what was crackalating in her eldest brother's brain when he'd basically made a pair of flimsy kite wings and strapped them to his back.

To everyone horror he announced he'd made a flight suit and had every intention of simply jumping off a cliff and flying. The others were joking about and saying who got Toothless but Boden and Una had an entirely different outlook on this.

Mostly since they'd done science and had facts and also one other MAJORLY important thing that was running through their minds with what their brother was planning on doing.

"Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III don't you even dare take on step off that cliff with this insane idea of yours!" warned Una right there.

"Relax, Una. I've done all the math work need. I've factor in wing, weight and body ratio, and I've judge the window currents and so I've taken everything that is needed into account."

"Um I think you've forgotten common sense! This is like the definition of suicide! You do realize humans weren't made to fly! We've study dragon anatomy inside and out and have been researching our own for quite some time and you should know this isn't gonna work!" yelled Una at her brother.

"Yeah, we ain't gonna watch you kill yourself just because you think strapping a badly made kite to your back gonna make you fly! This is one idea that's never gonna work, Hiccup! If the gods wanted humans to fly they given us wings like Valkyries!" Boden yelled at him.

"If you do this and don't end up dead and then do it again I will tell Mommy! And you know she will have your ass for this! Don't think I won't!" she threaten her brother and that's when everyone knew she had made the greatest threat you could make.

Telling someone's mom was about as bad as it could get. But for once Hiccup didn't heed any warning nor did he use common sense. He simple turned and said. "Dragon Flight 1 go!" And jumped and everyone shut their eyes and Boden yelled at Stardust to catch him since Toothless was shielding Moon Shadow's eyes.

"Okay, so that didn't work out so well. I totally judge the updrafts wrong it was just in the timing. Time for test flight two."

And before anyone could stop he did again and again and Stardust saved him like a total of eight times that day and when he did manage to glide as it was gliding not powered flight he still ended up crashing.

Una had been beyond enraged at her brother by the time the others had found him and she actually done something no-one had ever expect to see her too or was even capable of doing. Neither Hiccup nor Boden had seen it coming.

Una had jumped off Nightrainbow ran up to her brother had smacked him so damn hard across the face she had knocked him off his feet and then proceed to yell at him it was really like watching an eight year old version of Valka for a few moments.

It just shocked everyone that Una of all people would attack her big brother since no-one had seen them ever get physically with each other or hardly argue. So Hiccup was very shocked by the fact she had smacked him at all.

"You stupid idiot! Are you trying to kill yourself?! Of all the things for a big brother to do is make is little brother and sister watch him commit suicide?! You'll be lucky if Mommy doesn't kill you!" she was screaming at him.

"Una…"

"I'm serious! I'm writing Mommy when get back and she's gonna have your hide for this! You know how she worries about us and why and now you made one of her nightmares come true! ARE YOU HAPPY ABOUT THAT?!

Making Mommy almost lose another person to suicide?! She lost her best friend to it when she was a kid and now almost you?! I'm so disgusted with you now!"

And she was going to continue to berate her brother till her other brother told them there was an injured dragon not far away with an injured leg and they better deal with that first before letting their mother deal with Hiccup.

Hiccup was still shocked by his sister's behavior or the fact she was angry with him. But that angry look didn't leave her eyes during the next three days as the three of them and rest of the group helped the injured dragon; an adolescent Speed Stinger they named Speedy.

Now most of the group had their reservations with the dragon due to the fact it could half paralyze them. It really seemed to like doing it to Dragon Riders in particular.

As for the Soul Riders they kept their distance and treated Speedy with some compassion and were able to teach him a few tricks in the process. And Heather and Dagur got along enough to help others learn to defend themselves from the Stinger and help teach him how to defend himself.

The Haddocks and Anquetils sisters were fascinating with some training and learning about the dragon through their powers.

But in the end after the pack had come to get it and it was given the choice between the pack and them they had to convince to go back to its pack. But something told them this dragon would always be their friend.

"It was after the Speed Stingers left and Speedy left but seemed to tell us all he'd always be faithful to us no matter what I finally wrote three emergency letters home to Mommy.

She was here before Hiccup could even say the words "I'm in trouble" and she had taken him into our hut and there was a lot of screaming no-one could understand and then she took him home and that was two weeks ago.

Since then Boden's been in charge and well no-one knows for sure what Mommy is doing to Hiccup but knowing my Mommy? It ain't pretty or fun what she is doing to him that much I can tell you all."

"Lunch time. Who wants yak burgers? We also have berry salad, muffins and some different flavors of ruff-cream for everyone with different fruit juices for everyone as well," called out Asta as she and all the girls from the Soul Riders started to serve lunch to everyone.

"This is so tasty and much better the half the slob we eat home on Berk!" Bloodfire giggled as she started filling her plate.

"Yeah, well thanks to the food that from our island and the baked goods your mother sent with the recipes all your mothers sent for ruff-cream it's truly delightful" chimed the female twins as they began to fill all kids' plates with salad.

"So how many yak burgers would you boys like?" the brothers asked as they served the meet and Tue was busy with many different pitchers of various juices asking which blend did someone want to try.

Overall lunch was a pleasant and healthy experience as everyone was talking, laughing and joking. Much better than the last one when Skullcrusher had been warning them about that tidal wave.

They'd all been wondering if Hiccup was gonna be back soon or allowed back at all after trying to kill himself. And they wondered if Una felt sorry for hitting him.

Right now she was too busy enjoying her lunch and eating with her best friend Bloodfire along with Ria to really even think about Hiccup.

It was just as lunch was finishing and they're about to go work on their music lessons that they heard the sound of large dragons coming there ways.

Looking up they saw it was Stoick and Valka on their dragons Skullcrusher and Cloudjumper and with them was Hiccup who looked like he'd been through the ringer.

Everyone was wondering what had happened to him in the last two weeks at the same time they really didn't want to know what he'd been subjected too for his actions.

Boden and Una rushed forward to embrace their parents and welcome back their brother who still looked a little out of touch with reality. Whatever had happened to him in last two weeks hadn't been good that much was for sure.

"Mom? Is everything okay? Is Hiccup gonna be okay?" Boden asked tensely to his mother who for the moment had an unreadable expression on her face.

Finally she spoke and her voice was warm but still curt at the same time, so they knew she was still angry and warning them all right now.

"Hiccup is alright now, he's no longer in danger of killing himself. So he's allowed to return to Edge. But please keep an eye on him and make sure he keeps his promise of writing home.

I want all of you to be very honest with me about your thoughts and moods from now on and that none of you are leaning towards such dangers again. And Hiccup," she hissed and he gulped.

"Yes, Mom?" he asked in a small scared voice.

"Do you understand perfectly what you did was wrong, dangerous and how if you every do something that stupid again it will have even deadlier consequences then what you have been subjected too for the last two weeks?"

"Yes, Mom," he gulped again. "I'll never do anything that even hints to suicide again and not make a joke out of it again. And I'll make sure to keep you and Dad informed of my mental state of mind."

"And?"

"And I totally deserved being smacked by Una for me putting her and Boden through hell when I wasn't being true to my promise of being a good big brother since watching your big brother try and kill himself isn't right."

"AND?"

"And I will never ever jump off a cliff again! I understand thoroughly everything, Mom. Your punishment was thoroughly understood and I get it I'm even lucky to be allowed to come back and not locked in my room for the rest of time."

"Good. Now behave yourself and make sure you go back to keeping your promise of watching over your brother and sister and you two keep an eye on him. And if I hear about any more trouble of that nature all of you are coming back to Berk for GOOD.

Got it?!"

"Yes, Mom/Mommy!"

"Good. Glad we all have an understanding. See you all this weekend for dinner. Don't be late. Stoick let's get home. You need to solve that boar problem and I need a long hot bath!"

And after one more round of hugs and kisses they left and everyone was looking at a very shaken and pale Hiccup. Astrid came over with a plate with some food that was left over from lunch and tried to offer to him but Hiccup was still in too much shock from whatever his mother had done to him.

So Boden led him back to their hut and Una took the food for later. Once they're in their hut they put Hiccup into his bed and let him sleep and he slept for several hours and it wasn't till nightfall that he finally woke up and could get out what their mother had done to him.

As they expected she had done a lot of yelling, berating him for his foolishness and irresponsibility and that had gone on for a full day and night that she hadn't even seemed to take a breath or needed to go to the bathroom.

By the time she had stopped yelling he already felt very small and never felt as awful as he did at that moment but their mother wasn't done administrating his punishment till he truly understood what his actions had done and the true weight of the consequences of even making a joke out of killing yourself.

She'd forced him to read and absorb the memories from her late friend Frigha Grul the one who killed herself diary. Then to further punish him she made him absorb her own memories of her childhood with her friend including her finding Frigha's body.

Then for icing on the cake she made him memorize the poem she had left behind as her suicide note till he could say in his sleep. The poem she had kept along with the diary as the only two things left of her friend.

And now he was forced to say that poem to his brother and sister as she told him to tell them it the minute he was able to and he was to also share those memories with them too. So none of them took this lightly ever again.

So he first recited the poem called "The Blackest Rose"

"Day after day the blackest rose wilts.

It trembles and trembles and loses another petal.

It loses its color,

of the most delicious crimson blood.

And when autumn comes,

more petals continue to fall.

Down, down…

Until they reach the ground.

Day after day the blackest rose wilts.

It trembles and trembles and loses another petal.

Finally there is only one petal left of the rose.

There's just one more chance for someone to save it.

It feels alone in its dreary existence…

It has no comfort.

Its feelings mirror mine.

Day after day the blackest rose wilts.

Finally the last petal is starting to come loose.

Yes, there is just one chance for someone to embrace it.

One more chance for someone to save it.

But does anyone know who or what the rose really is?

The blackest rose is my heart.

It has been turned black from all the cruelty and hatred it has experienced."

Nobody knows, but I'm slowly dying inside.

And it's all because of them

them

them who once filled my life with such joy, are forcing me away.

But they don't know what they're doing to me.

They doesn't know that they are the reason I feel alone and forgotten and thrown away.

I'm barely alive.

But if this continues, I won't be alive at all.

Day after day the blackest rose wilts.

And today is the day when the final petal falls.

The last chance has slipped by.

To save its life, to save my life as well.

And I suspect they have come just a second too late, as always.

But maybe they will enjoy the black rose I have left them.

Then he was forced to by his mother share all those memories that were now forever a part of him with his brother and sisters so it be a part of them. And now they all understood perfectly why their mother was one worried about their secret mental illness and two didn't take the very thought of suicide lightly.

Two nights later the children were due to go back in the morning but everyone was awoken by strange song. It was beautiful, romantic and haunting all at the same time. There were also strange lights in the distance.

Not sure what was going on all the humans on Dragon Edge wandered sleepily through the island till they came to the heart of the island where there was a large space of very green grass frame by bushes of the most beautiful floors all bathed in the full moon light.

What struck them as very odd was standing off to the side making the strange lights and music were the Soul Riders, Anquetils and Heather and Dagur's dragons being led by Stardust and Nightrainbow.

In the middle of this grassy field was the Riders dragons and Toothless and Moon Shadow. But the Riders' dragons weren't alone. They were each with another dragon.

And Boden quickly said he was getting a lot of romantic emotions and judging by the different sort of ritual dances and things the dragons were doing he said it looked like all their dragons had found true love.

He was getting quickly and had a hard time keeping up with his new powers that apparently when the Riders weren't around or been busy their dragons had snuck off on their own and found their true loves and this was all of them become mates each doing the mating ritual of their kind under the light of the full moon.

And they all should just be very quiet and not let them know they're watching and just enjoy the show.

So for once everyone from Snotlout to the Twins just shut up and listened as they watched as Stormfly, Meatlug, Hookfang and Barf and Belch with their chosen mates and Toothless and Moon Shadow all began to do different things become mates all while music and a light show was provided by the other dragons off to the side.

Somehow the Haddocks got a feeling the reason that all the humans gathered understood the Mating Dance Song that was being sung was because of Moon Shadow's unknown power.

"There is music in the air tonight, can you feel it? Can you hear it? In your heart and soul? One note, two notes? No maybe three or four notes.

You feel so light right now as if you need not wings to fly as you fly in the black night under a silvery white moon lighting up the skies tonight. You feel as if you never ever want to touch ground once more.

One dance just my handsome warrior of the skies with my lady of the flames as beautiful as can be. Beneath the moon and beside the beautiful sparkling sea. One dance to lead to your happily ever after and soon we all shall see how true love no different for thee or I or anyone in between. For now it's just you two for this one dance.

There are a million diamond stars to night to frolic and play as you dance in the moonlight night away. We see you and see true love reflecting in your eyes tonight. As you fly and glide and dance across the night skies. Would we change who we are or who you are? To leave sky for the land? No we choose them both as we watch you dance beneath the moon and beside the sparkling sea, just one dance for thee.

So let's leap at the chance for glimpse or glance at this magical dance for thee just the two of you who are important to each other and all of us too. So let's make this dream come true and let this one dance begin!"

The Nadders flew into the air to join tails before shooting their spines at the ground to form a heart, the Nightmares made an intertwine heart of flames in the skies, the Gronckles each chose a rock and gave it to the other then after eating it spewed the lava into heart with wings, and the Zipplebacks became intertwined themselves and made two sets of flames hearts in the skies.

As for Toothless and Moon Shadow they flew about in the night sky testing each other by pulling off each daring stunts till they reached the highest point in the sky where they're in front of the moon. Then they locked talons in a free fall at the last moment they broke free after shooting the ground with a powerful plasma blast.

"We can't keep them apart from their loves or the babies that are sure to follow. The ones that Una foretold be our siblings destined dragons," Astrid pointed out as they watched the romances continued again.

"If only there was a place on Berk that they could live with their mates and still be with us. I mean we just had that scare with Hookfang thought to be going wild. But how do we do what's right but doesn't break everyone heart?" asked Fishlegs.

"Don't ask us," Tuffnut said and Ruffnut added "Yeah we don't have a clue."

"It be nice if they all could just live on Berk with us and raise their families there and we'd all be one big family. I mean don't you three say all the time family is about love not blood?" Snotlout asked looking at the Haddocks who were thinking.

"Skullette! Firefang! Are you thinking what we are thinking?!" the three of them asking excitedly.

"If you're thinking of turning the old Sanctuary in to the Berk Dragon Nursery so the dragons could stay with their mates and raise their families is safety and comfort then yes!" Skullette whispered back excitedly.

"We've been needing to make use of the space for something for years! What better to use if for then a Nursery?! And it give me and Skullette a purpose again and it be just like the old days! Only we could have a whole staff of people to help us!"

"And that's something we could all help with in between our visits with to the Edge is help get the Sanctuary turned into the Nursery and train dragons and other humans to help take care of the dragons, their mates and babies in it!" the kids whispered excitedly.

"We still make sure to come to Edge occasionally but at least you know there be something important being done on Berk that would move it forward for the dragons as well back home!" the sisters told them.

"Should we tell them then?" asked the kids.

"Let's save it for morning. Let them have their wedding night to themselves and we'll tell them in the morning. For now let's go back to sleep and in the morning we'll tell them everything."

So a brand new chapter was starting for Berk. The Dragons would have a place to raise their families and the adventures on the Edge were only truly beginning. A lot was still yet to happen but things were truly changing for better or worst.

Frigha's poem was written by Inuyasharocks01862 she's got a fanfic about it on her page.