Chopper was currently sitting on the battlements of the castle thinking about Olaf about his life dream and about pirates.

"Doctor… I…" said Chopper as he looked at the flag.

Hiccup then suddenly landed next to him. "Chopper, I wish to talk with you."

Sadly Chopper was in the talkative mood and immediately ran off and Hiccup quickly followed him.

Dalton was still in a great amount of pain and fell to his knees clutching his stomach.

"Are you sure you're going to be okay,Dalton?" Vivi asked approaching him.

"Yes, I'm fine," he said. "Just feeling a little drained that's all. I'll be fine after I rested."

"Hey, you over there," said a voice.

Everyone immediately turned and saw Gothi standing there.

"Doctor Gothi," the villagers gasped with a twinge of fear.

Toothless and the twins immediately recognised as the old lady that was used to assist them.

"Yeah, it's good to see you too," she said and pointed her walking stick to the castle. "Now make yourself useful and take Dalton to the medical ward."

"Wait a minute, I recognise her," said Toothless. "You're that old lady from before."

"Yeah, refused to give us a left," said Ruffnut.

"You left us out there in the cold," said Tuffnut.

Gothi merely smiled. "Nice to see you three are still alive." She then turned to the villagers. "Now get moving!"

"Yes, ma'am," they nodded.

"I suggest you hurry, unless you want to be in the same kind of pain he is," Gothi advised.


Astrid and Snotlout were currently hiding behind the door to the castle, Astrid still refused to lie down in bed.

"Astrid, you really should stay and have your illness completely treated," said Snotlout.

Astrid narrowed her eyes. "Be quiet. If I don't escape from here now we will be able to set sail for two more days. You know how worried Vivi is, we need to get her to Alabasta."

"Quit all this grumbling and get back to the medical ward," said Gothi's voice.

The two of them quickly turned and found Gothi standing beside them.


A few moments later, Snotlout found himself being strapped to a table and Gothi began working on his spine. She had even refused to give him an aesthetic so the entire experience was absolutely painful for him.

The villagers were inside the medical ward and were cringing with every single sound coming from the operation lab. Eventually the yelling stopped, due to the small fact that Snotlout had fainted due to the pain.

Gothi then emerged. "Just as I suspected, his injuries have gotten worse due to overexertion." She then turned adult who was currently resting in one of the beds. "Dalton, surely you would know where the key to the arsenal is. Isn't that right?"

Dalton frowned. "The arsenal? Why do you need to get in there?"

"That is really none of your business, now is it."

"Wapol always carried that key with him. To keep it secure, he said. In which case the key was likely blown away into the sky with him."

Gothi looked disappointed. "Oh, really. Well, that's a shame."

"Doctor Gothi," said Astrid as she sat upright. "Think we can talk about your fee for treating our crew? And do think you can discharge me right now?"

Gothi narrowed her eyes. "Is that a joke? Because you should know better than girl. For my medical fee I'll be taking all the cargo and money you have on that ship of yours and you will stay here and recover for two more days."

Vivi looked at Astrid. "Astrid she's right, you know. You have to complete your treatment."

"I'm fine, I'm certainly much better than I was a few days ago," Astrid assured her.

"That is exactly a very convincing reason."

Astrid then immediately pulled out a key, the same one she swiped from Wapol. "The key to the arsenal. This is what you needed, right?"

Dalton stared at her. "How did you end up with that key?"

"If that's surely the real one how did you get a hold of it?" Gothi asked.

"I stole it," she said simply.

Gothi leaned in towards her. "You certainly have a lot of nerve try to negotiate with me like this. You've got guts, girl I'll give you that."

Astrid merely shrugged.

Gothi then swiped the key from her. "All right then, you don't have to pay my doctor's fee but that is as much as I agree to." She then grabbed her code and began making her way to the door. "As a Doctor I can't let you leave here in good conscience, not for two days."

"Wait a second, I'm afraid we don't have a deal," Astrid snapped. "Give it back!"

Gothi turned on them and pointed her walking stick at them. "Listen here, girl. I have to leave you alone now to take care of the few things. If you look in the back room you might find address with one of my coats in it and it's not exactly am posting a guard on you. Also the young man with a spinal fissure should be well enough to travel. But girl, don't you even think about trying to escape!"

She then turned to the villagers. "You guys, come with me. I've got some heavy lifting for you to do."

The villagers do not argue and immediately followed her through the door leaving everyone quite speechless.

"Did she really just tell us to steal her coat, get Snotlout and sneak out?" Astrid blinked.

Vivi nodded. "I think so. It's what it sounded like to me."


It was now dark and Chopper was completely exhausted after running for so long.

"I sure have been running a long time," he said panting. "Night came before I realised it. I don't hear that dragon guy anymore, looks like I finally shook him I guess. This is for the best, I can't leave this place. I just can't."

He then looked up at the moon that was shining on the tower where Olaf's flag was waving.

"Looks like a full moon tonight."

"Chopper! Where are you?" Hiccup's voice yelled from the courtyard of the castle.

Chopper good barely believe that he was still trying to find him. "I don't believe it, those guys are still looking for me."

"Hiccup, just give it up," said Fishlegs. "We've been tracking him forever and he still hasn't shown up."

"Obviously he has no interest in becoming a pirate," said Toothless.

Hiccup looked at them. "I wouldn't be so sure about that. Astrid told me he seemed to be quite interested."

"Maybe he is, but from what you've told us he's had a hard life," Ragnar pointed out.

Chopper looked down at them. 'It's not that I don't want to go with them.' He was almost tempted to go down there, but he quickly shook his head. 'But I'm not going to go, I can't go. I'm nothing like them… humans.'

However, his heart betrayed his head and he soon made his way down from the battlements and approached them.

"Chopper," Hiccup smiled.

It was about point that Astrid and Vivi exited the castle dragging the unconscious Snotlout out of the front door.

Astrid stopped when she saw him. "Chopper?"

Hiccup looked at Chopper. "So do you want to join our motley crew?"

"I can't," said Chopper looking down at the snow.

"Why not?"

"I can't…" He then immediately looked up at them. "I'm not a human I'm a reindeer! I have antlers and hooves, don't you see? I even have a blue nose!"

Astrid just stood there, she remembered what Gothi had told them about Chopper having a very deep scar in his heart caused by all the betrayal and heartache caused by humans.

"Okay, maybe I do want to be a pirate, but I can't never be one of you!" he yelled. "I'm not human! I'm a monster! I can't be your friend and I can't become a pirate on your ship! You see, I'm just here to say thank you. I appreciate you asking me to join your ship, that was really nice, so thank you. I'm going to stay here for now, but if you wanted to you can stop by here again."

Hiccup sighed. "I don't care whether you're human or not, I mean Toothless isn't human Drake. Also might I point out that one could consider me a monster? Besides I can assure you that you will fit in this crazy crew so why don't you quit this nonsense and join us?"

Everyone smiled and Chopper burst into tears.


A few minutes later everyone was waiting outside for Chopper, who wanted to say his goodbyes to Gothi before they left.

Ragnar looked at Astrid still concerned about her condition. "Astrid you sure you're completely recovered from your illness?"

"Sure am," Astrid smiled. "I feel great."

Fishlegs looked at them. "Shouldn't we say goodbye to Doctor Gothi and Dalton before we go?"

Hiccup shook his head. "No, I think we should let Chopper have some time with Doctor Gothi. I mean he did live with her for six years, we should let them say goodbye in peace. I'm sure this can be very sad for them both."

Astrid nodded." Yeah, Doctor Gothi might adult tough in front of us, but I think deep down she is a kind person."

"So we're going to leave without saying anything to her?" Ragnar asked.

"Yeah, that's right," Astrid nodded. "Once Chopper comes back, we'll go straight down the mountain and set sail to Alabasta." She then turned to Vivi. "Sounds good to you, right Vivi?"

"Yes, now that we have a doctor coming with us," Vivi nodded.

"In that case I better get the tram ready," said Hiccup and he began making his way to the tram. "Rag, mind giving me a hand?"

"On it," said Ragnar following him.


Meanwhile inside the castle, the villagers were pulling out some very large cannons out of the arsenal and was sitting them up just as Gothi ordered.

"Now hurry up and get them out of here," Gothi ordered. "Once they're all outside the castle line them up. You got that?"

"Doctor Gothi?" a villager frowned. "I don't understand this. Why are we taking all these cannons out of the arsenal for?"

Gothi merely smiled. "Just hurry up and get it done."

The villagers looked at one another confused as they watched as she walked off.


Gothi return to the medical ward and found that only Dalton was inside, not that she expected anything less.

"Well look at that," she said pretending to be surprised. "It would seem as if we have a couple of patients missing."

"Yes, they all left," Dalton nodded. "Directly disobeying your orders."

"Oh, I see. What am I going to do with them?"

"Doctor Gothi," said Chopper as he entered the room. "I need to talk to you right now."

"Chopper where have you been all day?" Gothi asked. "Hurry up and get downstairs, you can help the men take the cannons outside."

"Please listen to me, Doctor Gothi," Chopper pleaded. "I'm going to become a pirate, I'm leaving with the others right now."

Gothi turned on him. "What did you say?"

"I'm going out to sea. I'm coming on board with them as the ship's doctor, I'm going to travel everywhere."

"Stop this bullishness, Chopper!" Gothi snapped slamming her walking stick on the ground. "Now listen… you know that you're my only assistant. I'm the one that taught you everything you know about medicine. Do you really feel no gratitude at all for what I've done?"

"No, that isn't true," said Chopper feeling slightly uneasy. "I'm incredibly grateful to you Doctor Gothi. And I will always love this land, it's where I met you and Doctor after all."

Gotih huffed. "Then you can just stay here. If you think you can find another home as nice this one somewhere in the outside world, you're sadly mistaken. Those pirates aren't good for anything Chopper, you end up dead on some vagabond sword in no time."

"I can accept that."

Gothi slammed her walking stick on the ground once again this time looking furious. "Don't sound so sure of yourself. A reindeer going out to sea, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!"

"Yeah, I am a reindeer, but still I'm a man!" Chopper snapped.

That took Gothi offguard and she could see the determined look in his eyes.

"You can talk tough for now, but you're still my assistant, Chopper. If you want to leave your going have to go through me first. Do you understand?"

"Doctor Gothi?" Chopper stared.

Gothi then grabbed hold of a hatchet and tossed it at Chopper, the hatchet impaled itself on the door frame and Chopper backed away in fear.

"You're still afraid of your own shadow and you're telling me that you're a man," said Gothi narrowing her eyes. "Please, don't make me laugh."

"But Doctor Gothi…" Chopper stared heartbroken. "…these pirates, don't you see? They like me."

"Quiet!" Gothi roared and tossed yet another hatchet at the door frame. "I am not going to let you leave me! You're staying!"

Gothi then began picking up a vast array of weapons and Chopper quickly ran for it with her chasing after him.

"Get back here, Chopper!" she yelled.

Dalton just laid there in bed acting as if this was completely normal.


The villages were still working on the cannons and starting to bring them outside. They could hear the noises and some of them were getting concerned about their source.

"I wonder what all that noises are about?"

"Who knows? Whatever is going on we had better hurry and get all this stuff outside. If were not careful, Doctor Gothi will start using us for target practice."

"Don't exaggerate."

"Come back!" Gothi's voice yelled.

The villagers turned and saw Chopper running as quickly as his little legs could carry him with Gothi chasing after him swinging her walking stick over her head.

"I won't let you get away from me Chopper!"

She then began tossing spears and the villages quickly ducked for cover as Chopper ran beneath their legs.


Astrid and the others were still waiting outside for Chopper when they heard the commotion.

"What's going on?" Toothless frowned. "There's a lot of noise coming from the castle."

"Talk about inconsiderate, making all that noise when those two are trying to say goodbye," said Fishlegs.

Chopper quickly grabbed the sled and pulled it out into the courtyard.

'I'm sorry, Doctor Gothi. But I want to go out and see the world beyond this island,' he said to himself as put on the reins and transformed into his animal form.

"What could someone like you do one a pirate ship, Chopper?" Gothi yelled as she exited the doors. "Are you going to try and live in some fantasy land like that old quack?"

'No, you're wrong. It wasn't a fantasy. Doctor's research was finally complete before he died!' he yelled in his head.

"Finally, it becomes," said Toothless as he saw Chopper galloping out of the castle.

That's when they noticed Gothi was chasing after Chopper swinging her walking stick over her head with a very angry look on her face.

"What's going on?" Fishlegs asked.

"He's being chased!" Astrid yelled.

Hiccup then emerged from out of the drams docking bay. "Hey, we got the tram ready to go!"

Ragnar popped his head out a few seconds later and the two of them just looked in confusion at the scene in front of them.

"Hop in the sleigh, we're going to head down the mountain," said Chopper. "Hurry!"

No one needed any convincing and they quickly jumped into the sled and then they started making their way down the cables. Apparently this was how Gothi managed to get down from the castle during her rounds.


In a town at the base of the mountain some villagers saw their shadow and were quite puzzled by what they were seeing.

"Look! What the hell is that thing?"

"That's the witch's is sleigh."


As Chopper made his way down the ropeway, his mind was filled with images of his time with Gothi over the past six years. He had learned so much under her tutelage and maybe a little more, he had listened to her lessons carefully making sure not to miss a single word. He had made mistakes along the way, but Gothi had been patient and allowed him to learn from his own mistakes rather than giving him hints or guidelines.

They had finally reached the bottom of the tree and were now making a beeline towards the Going Tiger. Some of the villages were still hanging around Gothi's house and they were completely stunned when they saw Hiccup and the others dashing off with incredible speed.

"What was that thing?"

"It looks like Doctor's Gotih's reindeer."

"And those pirates were riding in the sleigh."

"What's going up there anyway?"

"What happened to Wapol?"

"I hope Dalton is all right."

Hiccup was sitting down in the sleigh looking at the others as they were all still trying to process what they had just did.

"Got to admit, this is not how I pictured leaving this island," he said.

"The fact that way are leaving with a transforming and talking reindeer or the fact that we were chased off by a crazy small old woman?" Ragnar asked with a smile.

"That was fun," said Ruffnut.

"Can we do it again?" Tuffnut asked.

"We don't have time for that!" Astrid snapped.

"I really thought I was going to die," said Fishlegs still looking quite shaken.

Snotlout finally woke up. "Where am I? What's going on?"

"Oh, Snotlout you're awake," said Vivi looking relieved. "You okay?"


Gothi was standing at the edge of the mountain, she had been looking onwards as Chopper left with the pirates. The truth the matter was she had expected this to happen and her chasing him around was her way of saying goodbye.

"Do you really think that was the best way to say goodbye?" Dalton asked as he approached.

"A pet that I was taking care of is being looked after by someone else now, that's all," she shrugged, but she had tears in her eyes. "Besides I don't like long goodbyes."

Dalton couldn't help but give off a small smile.

Gothi then turned and tapped her walking stick against his chest, causing him to wince in pain. "Come on, we have work to do. We have to prepare a fitting sendoff."

"That hurt," Dalton winced.


Chopper was still galloping towards the Going Tiger with Hiccup and the others, he was still emotionally distressed from the way Gothi acted. He remembered Olaf's experiments as he tried to achieve his dream and he was starting to question whether he had accomplished it or not.

'Doctor, it wasn't a fantasy like she said, right?' he said trying to hold back his tears. 'You try to finish your work. You accomplished your dream… or was that all a lie too? Did you live because you knew how sad I would be if you died without completing it. Nothing is impossible for man who raises the pirate flag. Please, say it again, Doctor.'


At the castle, the villages had finally managed to get all the cannons outside and now they were aiming them directly towards the sky, though why they had no idea.

"All right, young men, are you ready?" Gothi yelled.

"Yes," they saluted.

"Then fire!"

Gothi was the fulfilling Olaf's last request, she had created more the dust he had created.

'Listen to me, Gothi,' he said to her as he handed her the dust six years ago. 'This dust is special.'

They then fired the cannons straight up into the sky.

"Doctor Gothi, what are you doing?" Dalton asked.

"Just shut up and watch," she said.

Everyone on the island could hear the cannons coming from the castle and the immediately rushed outside to find out what was going on.

"Doctor Gothi, all the cannons have been fired," a villager announced.

"Then light them up," she ordered.

Then suddenly there was a bright light and everyone just stared. Hiccup and the others had stopped briefly to watch what was transpiring and what they saw was mesmerising.

"Wow," Hiccup stared.

"You took the words right out of my mouth," said Toothless.

"It's beautiful," Astrid stared.

Chopper realised what was going on and he just stood there watching.

"This is… this is absolutely amazing," Dalton stared.

Gothi chuckled. "I still can't understand what that idiot was thinking."

'This is no ordinary red dust, Gothi,' Olaf had told her. 'This dust is designed to attach itself to the white snowflakes as they come down from the sky. The white snow will then become a beautiful shade of pink for everyone to see.'

Olaf knew that it was quite impossible to actually create cherry blossoms on Drum Kingdom, but what he did was even more miraculous. Somehow he to turn the snow bright pink as it fell from the sky in a mesmerising glow and as it rained down it almost looks like cherry blossoms.

"Doctor… Doctor Gothi…" said Chopper in tears.

They all just stood there staring at the pink snow as it fell from the sky and somehow in their hearts they knew that it would stay that colour forever. It beauty would sink into the hearts of everyone who lived here, allowing them to appreciate life and now to wait the ice in anyone's heart. In an effect Olaf had managed to accomplish his primary mission, to save this country from a sickness of the heart.

"Now have a safe trip… my stupid son," said Gothi as she looked down from the castle.