**IF YOU HAVEN'T READ CHAPTER 50, DO NOT READ ANY OF THE CHAPTERS BEYOND IT UNLESS YOU WANT SEVERE SPOILERS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!**
RECAP: Morgan and Gustav had both reunited, and it's in Gustav's determination to get Morgan back into the eyes of every viking on Berk, and dragons (perhaps, if they're there?) but the only problem is, is that Morgan has developed a hesitation to go forward with it, because Tuffnut's horrific actions towards him have caused him to be on edge, in case of a reaction of the level of Tuffnut's evilness.
Tensions were running high and mighty through Morgan's body, as he, Gustav and Fanghook were nearing the steps. He felt lucky that that one viking who had just went back into the hall had never met him before, because he would of caught him out and told Hiccup that he's right out here. Morgan wasn't sure though if he had already told Hiccup about their presence. Nothing is certain as of now. Whilst Gustav and Fanghook were both enthusiastic with each other about seeing everyone again, Morgan was the opposite.
"Gustav, can I uh...can I just stop you here?" he asked, as he pointed at Gustav.
Fanghook looked back at Morgan with a confused expression as Gustav did the same. They were literally two more seconds away from the steps leading up to the hall, but were being held back by Morgan, who was keeping a small gap between himself and Gustav and Fanghook.
Morgan turned his eyes to Fanghook briefly before looking back at Gustav.
"Could you go in first, you know, before me?"
"Why? what're you afraid of?" Gustav asked.
"You know exactly what I'm afraid of, I don't wanna have to deal with a bunch of angry faces up there, you...y-you know?" Morgan said, stuttering as he pointed up at the hall door from the bottom of the steps with a shaking finger. "And, you know, I'm still hurting from everything I've gone through, don't you think it's better for me to just...avoid stress for tonight and then tomorrow, I'll go for em?"
"Fine fine," Gustav repeated, pointing off to the village behind Morgan, as the moon was resting it's light over the village in the peaceful night. "If you don't wanna come, go back to whatever hut you came from, me and Fanghook over here," he patted his dragon's neck, "wanna see everyone after a lengthy absence"
Morgan briefly looked behind himself to see all of the huts amongst the village. Again, it was pretty weird for him to see Berk in it's mainland after being away for so many days. He placed his hand on the back of his neck, unsure as to what he should do. He's been gone for that long that he's even forgotten which way he'd have to go to get back to his hut. The only thing he recalls is that his hut is situated near the island's edge.
"I mean..." he let off a sigh before looking back at Gustav and Fanghook, "I could...but then...jesus christ, this is all complicated business..."
"Whatever you wanna do, make a quick choice, because I wanna get up there" Gustav insisted, looking back at the hall door.
"I'll uh..I'll probably catch up with you I suppose..." Morgan concluded, placing his hand on his temple due to a headache emerging because of the headbutt. That severe concussion he suffered in the early days of his arrival also contributed to the sudden pain.
"Take as long as you need to, I won't say a word on you being here, alright? I'll see you in the hall whenever" Gustav emitted, moving his head back to the hall's direction.
Morgan had a half-arsed look on his face, because he wasn't particularly keen on being mounted with a bunch of angry reactions. As Gustav was finally walking up towards the steps leading to the hall door, Fanghook did the opposite, and instead, walked over to Morgan. Morgan, having no idea if Fanghook could actually understand any conversational aspect of his speak, looked at him as if he was about to talk.
Fanghook sat in front of Morgan with his large scaly-lizard like body. His head was lower so Morgan would find it easier to look at him.
"I, ugh, I dunno, I don't wanna keep hassling you and Gustav, but I'm just scared.." he said towards Fanghook, as Gustav was halfway up the steps.
Morgan once again looked behind himself to see the quiet, and dark village of scattered huts. There were coloured huts of the dragon's colourings mixed in, but they weren't on Morgan's concern at the moment. What his concern is is the reaction he'll receive once he hesitantly makes his way up to the hall.
As Morgan's eyes were on Fanghook, much to the awareness of the Monstrous Nightmare, he turned his head back over to the direction of his viking's, as Gustav was right at the hall door, looking back down at Morgan. The dragon then turned his head back over to Morgan and let off a purr, with a human-style smile, which indicated a desire to bring comfort to Morgan. Morgan crossed his arms, still remaining hesitant about the entire thing, despite Fanghook's cuteness.
Gustav, after looking down at Morgan and his dragon for the past 10 seconds, turned back around to stand right at the hall door and look at it. As he was about to open it, he could hear plenty of voices mumbling, and mixing together, as well as the sound of celebration; laughing, louder voices amongst the ones currently talking, and there seemed to be an incredibly cheerful atmosphere going on. In contrast to the unusual quietness of Berk on this particular night, it was loud in the hall to the point that it seemed like every single viking had went inside it. Gustav let off a brief gulp before fully opening the door. His hand moved the door backwards.
Upon opening it, a lightness had emerged within his eyeballs, as well as numerous vikings wandering across the hall, many with friends, many with food, and many simply having a good laugh. Gustav walked through the door and into the hall, curious as to what the whole commotion was about. As soon as the door had slammed shut unintentionally, a few vikings sent their eye sights onto Gustav, who briefly looked at the ones with said aiming eyeballs. He walked further in, looking around the hall, noticing the shields on the wall and the completely different layout, and the food.
Suddenly, voices from every direction had bombarded Gustav's ears; from everyone catching up with their friends across Berk, to the commemoration going as smoothly as Hiccup could have possibly imagined, Gustav was clueless on where everybody was, like the main vikings such as Hiccup and so on, so he decided to walk near a group of vikings in the midst of hundreds in the stacked hall. Upon approaching a table on the far right wall of the hall where fish were placed in plates, Gustav noticed Snotlout, just casually munching on a bread roll whilst talking with some vikings he hadn't met before. Gustav was quick to approach Snotlout, as his helmet started to wobble off his head due to how fast he was travelling to reach Snotlout. Upon reaching the table, Snotlout was being spoken to in a group, and thus, when Gustav was saying his name, his voice simply wasn't getting into his ears. He had to resort to tapping Snotlout on the shoulder, and this quickly caught his attention.
"Cut it quick, go-"
Snotlout stopped himself, as soon as he saw Gustav here. He was about to say something that he'd usually say to a viking that he hadn't met before, and because he was too distracted getting in the commemoration spirit, he simply wanted whoever wanted his attention to say what they wanted to say to him as fast as possible, so he wouldn't waste time, but seeing Gustav here shocked him a lot.
"Cut it quick? I can easily cut it quick for you" Gustav said, laughing at Snotlout as the two of them were unable to hear each other due to everyone talking at the same time within the celebration-themed hall.
"When did you get here? and uh, oh buzz it, follow me quickly" Snotlout said, ditching the group he was just with, yet he held onto his bread roll.
Snotlout and Gustav were quick to make it for the door, and as Hiccup was continuing to wander through the hall to see everybody having a good time in the commemoration, Gustav was the first one to exit, so Hiccup had only seen Snotlout walk out of the door as he stood near the front of the hall, but he made nothing of it, and continued to enjoy himself as it felt like Snoggletog inside.
Snotlout closed the hall door rapidly before turning to face Gustav on the outside of the hall, and during this time, Fanghook and Morgan were still standing at the bottom of the steps.
"Do you know what's happening in here at the moment?" Snotlout asked Gustav, instantly intrigued at seeing what Gustav would come up with.
"Oh Snotlout, if I wasn't aware that Morgan was being celebrated in here, I wouldn't of looked so invested"
Snotlout was shocked, he wasn't sure who gave him the information, but he's about to have another shocker in an imminent amount of time.
"Did Hiccup tell you about it?"
"One of the looneys inside there at the moment, as he came back here, told me" Gustav said, pointing to the door briefly.
"So like, you've heard then, haven't you?" Snotlout interrogated, referring to Morgan's death.
"Oh Snotlout, I wish you'd be able to use your eyes man, just get a quick look over there.." Gustav said, pointing off towards the steps leading downwards, despite him promising to Morgan he wouldn't say a word.
Just as Snotlout was looking towards the steps, a lizard-like figure was going up the stairs rather quickly, but it kept decreasing it's speed, almost as if it was holding something...or SOMEBODY. Snotlout instantly widened his eyes, because the head of it looked like Hookfang, and to see his dragon again instantly made him smirk with cheer in his feelings, especially after the last time he had saw Hookfang, in which the dragon had abandoned him for the lie he had confessed to.
"HOOKFANG!" Snotlout yelled, as the most-likely dragon figure finally got to him and Gustav, only for it to be revealed as Fanghook, which caused Snotlout to look at Gustav with another frown, but there was a crucial detail he was missing. Fanghook's right wing was lower than usual, as if it was hiding something.
"H-Hey there, Fanghook.." Snotlout said, struggling to fully emit his words after being let down. Gustav laughed at Snotlout, for his dragon not being here yet.
Fanghook purred towards Snotlout with a smile, but then he unveiled his right wing from it's unusually low position, and before Snotlout was a sight he had never expected to see again; a sight, which has completely killed the purpose of the celebration going on behind the door that was behind Snotlout and Gustav right now. Morgan noticed Snotlout the minute Fanghook's wing was lifted, in which was lowered so he could hang onto Fanghook due to the pain that was causing him to move slower on the steps as he was walking up here.
"Y...YOU'RE ALIVE?!" Snotlout yelled, quickly moving over to Morgan on the small space in front of the hall door at the top of the steps, as his arms were as open as they've ever been before.
Morgan had no time to talk, for Snotlout's arms had surrounded his entire body as he became the squeezing cushion for the viking. It was really flattering to see Snotlout react this way, consdering the reaction he was initially expecting. Snotlout had quickly rejected his arms away from Morgan, still looking shocked and at the same time, looking as if he's just witnessed the 'dead' re-emerging.
"Morgan, Morgan Morgan, I...YOU'RE...WHAT HAPPENED? MAN, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WE'VE JUST THROWN A GIGANTIC...I DUNNO...CELEBRATION FOR YOU BECAUSE WE ALL THOUGHT YOU DIED?!" Snotlout once again yelled, as he appeared to be shaking out of genuine pleasure and excitement to see Morgan alive.
Gustav emitted a shushing sound towards Snotlout, realising that his voice could potentially be heard through the door.
"You're uh...you're not angry with me, right?" Morgan asked, as he was stood near Fanghook.
"WHY WOULD I BE ANGRY? HAHA" Snotlout laughed, still in a loud tone out of pure excitement, "I'M...YOU HAVE NO IDEA MAN...I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN..."
Snotlout once again moved closer to Morgan, looking at him with curiosity, ducking down towards his face. He decreased his voice tone by a ton before sounding his next sentence.
"Did uh...did Tuff ever get around to you?" he whispered, quickly looking at Fanghook and the door, before subsequently looking back at Morgan mysteriously.
"I uh...I wanna talk about that as soon as everyone in there," Morgan pointed off at the hall door in front of him briefly, "knows that I'm alive rather than dead, sooner than later...haha..." he nervously chuckled.
Snotlout nodded with complete agreement, standing besides Morgan. That was one reaction done, but he still had the other main vikings to deal with, but if Snotlout's indication is anything, it indicates that he'll be receiving the exact same reaction from everyone else. Snotlout was starting to get a brother vibe out of Morgan after seeing him alive, after all this time, everyone had thought that he was truly dead. Fanghook was going to be the first dragon to turn up to this commemoration, and that's sure to bring those who want their dragons back down even further, which'll cause them to miss their dragons even more.
Gustav was the first one to open the door for Snotlout and Morgan, and the two of them walked through, but Morgan's hesitant thoughts were instantly killed. Upon entering, his ears had exploded with the variations of voices mumbling with each other. There were colourful shields scattered on the walls, there were tables with food on them as if some sort of celebration party was going on, and if what that large viking had said was true, then he'd probably break tears of joy. Nobody noticed Snotlout with Morgan, because they were too busy talking with each other, but the second Fanghook had entered the hall through the door easily, everybody pointed to him to get the attention of their friends. It was a dragon, but none of theirs. Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs and Ruffnut and Gobber had all stopped what they were doing to catch a glimpse of Fanghook, and initially, everyone did think it was Hookfang, but it was actually Fanghook, and they too realised it wasn't Hookfang, due to the different colouration.
Hiccup walked up towards the door through the massive crowds of vikings in the hall, as some had accidentally spilt their cups of milk on the floor. Upon finally emerging from the crowd, Hiccup had noticed Gustav, and he was pleasantly surprised to see him here.
"G-Gustav?" he asked, nodding towards him with joy for the fact that he's came here.
"Howdy, Hiccup, sorry I haven't been able to be around for quite a while, I uh, me and Fanghook here have had our own adventures...haha..." he said, as the entire hall broke into a silence the second Hiccup had dragged the attention towards Gustav and Fanghook.
"Oh it's fine, and hey, you're more than welcomeeee-e... to-t...b-be...heeereee?!" his voice had slowed down, his tone turned into an interrogative tone as his eyeballs had suddenly recognised Morgan standing besides Gustav...Hiccup didn't know what to say.
He looked back at the large silent crowd, before rapidly switching back and fourth between Morgan and them.
"M-MORGAN?!" Hiccup yelled, as every viking in the hall suddenly became alarmed at the yelling of that name, and they were all trying to set their eyes on which one is actually Morgan.
"H-Hey.." Morgan said, quite nervously, but a rapid collision sound with Hiccup's metal leg and the hall floor was suddenly charging towards his body...
Hiccup ran over to Morgan and, as he dragged him in towards his body to hug him, Morgan also hugged Hiccup, with his hands going over his back.
"Y-YOU'RE ALIVE?! YOU SCARED US MAN...WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Hiccup said in a completely enthusiastic fashion as his body was suddenly filled up with electricity due to how shocked he was to see Morgan.
"I'm...I'm sorry for all of this, Hiccup...you didn't have to throw this uh..this party for me?" he said, as the two of them stepped away from the hug.
"Oh don't say that, but...but...HOW?!" Hiccup once again yelled in happiness, moving his arms apart from his sides at the question.
Astrid, Fishlegs and Ruffnut, as well as Gobber had all rushed through the crowd to believe what they're hearing...and by god, were they in for the surprise of their lives. They all spoke out in a disjointed fashion, as they were in utter shock to see Morgan's living presence.
Astrid and Fishlegs both ran towards Morgan, as Fanghook and Gustav were smiling at the sight of everyone incredibly happy to see Morgan in good form, but they noticed a few marks around his face.
"I have to say...I've never ever been this relieved to see a dork alive...but jokes aside, I think I can speak on our behalf here when I say, I've missed you, Morgan, we've all been worried, we thought you died...but you know what? you're allowed to know one thing...we threw this entire thing for you, as a way to celebrate your life, your progression you made, and now, the progression you WILL make in the future, welcome back, dork" Astrid said, nodding positively at Morgan, in which he had nodded back.
Hiccup moved besides Morgan again, before looking at the crowd along with Fanghook and Gustav.
"EVERYONE, HE'S ALIIIIVEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Hiccup yelled, with every single viking in the hall clapping as rapidly as possible, with cheers amongst them.
Morgan looked flattered, and there was a brief shine coming out of his eyes. They were tears, he had no idea that everybody on Berk cared about him to THIS extent, and it's the first time anything has made him cry.
"Oh my goodness..." Fishlegs said, whilst everyone kept clapping as Hiccup raised Morgan's right arm in the air, "WHAT HAPPENED?!" Fishlegs yelled to Morgan, but there was no response simply because of the fact that everything was too loud.
As the clapping continued, Hiccup turned to face Morgan entirely, and as Astrid walked up to him as well, Hiccup had pulled out a special object he had obtained from Morgan's possession at the time of his disappearance. Unveiling it, Hiccup's hand consisted of the phone, and Morgan looked right at Hiccup's face as he offered it out.
"I believe this belongs to you" Hiccup said, with Morgan lightly taking the phone.
"Thank you, Hiccup. I...I can't thank you enough for everything you've done here...I'm.." he wiped the tears out of his eyes as the celebration of him being alive was starting to make him emotional.
Gustav and Fanghook both smiled, and they nodded at each other for finally making everyone aware of Morgan's true status. Astrid gave Morgan a hug, in which everybody else started closing in on Morgan with the same hug, like Fishlegs, Gobber, and even Ruffnut. Morgan was like a little brother to them all after having an extremely realistic thought that he had died. It felt extremely, extremely nice to be cheered on in your favourite fictional world (well, fictional until Morgan came to Berk for real) but Morgan was so caught within the moment that this didn't even cross his mind. Everybody was giving him hugs, the cheers were getting louder, and now he finally has the chance to reveal the truth about Snotlout, what happened with him and Gustav, and most importantly, what Tuffnut did.
As Morgan was being walked with by a massive group of vikings to one of the tables after getting numerous welcome backs and hugs, he kept looking around, trying to find any of the dragons such as Stormfly, and especially Toothless, but none of them were here, which was a bummer in his mind, but the reaction and the truth that everybody truly did care for him was enough to put that aside, for now, at least. What a glorious moment that just happened, quite possibly the most glorious one in the history of Berk, perhaps.
There you have it, he's finally reunited, and, despite his fears of an angry reaction, the reaction he ended up getting was that of a hero's welcome back, and it's made Morgan emotional, which is extremely rare for the type of person that he usually is. He now has the ability to fix up the holes about uncertainty, between what actually happened and how it all unfolded.
