Eight years after Berk's heir vanished, the Viking town is slowly crumbling. Dragon attacks are more devastating than ever. To save her village, Astrid must piece together exactly what happened before the dragons wipe them all out for good. Meanwhile, half a world away and eight years wiser, Hiccup decides it might just be time to go home.

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock has finally managed to take down a dragon, only to discover he doesn't have the stomach to kill it. So, he sets it loose and the dragon . . . flies away. That should be the end of it, but dragons have long memories, and destiny has a funny way of catching up to you. An AU in which Toothless never lost his tailfin.