Things seemed to get better after that night when Nightskye decided to stay in the nest with her daughter Nightstar and Toothless as an adoptive father figure to the little one. It had in fact been two months already since then and everyone seemed to be doing great. Astrid and Hiccup loved their relationship, it was going much easier and less stressful now that Emma wasn't calling Astrid her mother anymore. Hiccup and Astrid used two nights out of the week where she spent the night in Hiccup's room at the nest against Stormfly or Toothless who now always stayed close to Nightskye and Nightstar as a protective father and mate would even if the two Night Furies weren't mated. Hiccup could see that Toothless was falling in love with Nightskye but felt it would be too soon to move in and mate.

Hiccup spent almost every day training the Heir's of the other chieftains about dragons. Classes, species, names were known because they had been covered by mainly Hilda and Astrid while Hiccup recovered from his stomach ailment which lasted three days total the final two being the worst with him barely able to leave his bed without throwing up. Emma and Astrid took care of him the best they could, it was cute too watch Emma try and keep her father down when he wanted to get up. Emma went as far as trying to sit on his chest but it only resulted in Hiccup sitting up rather quickly and puking in the bucket beside him. This is when Astrid informed her that sitting on his chest wasn't the best idea, and Emma nodded saying she wouldn't do it again.

When Hiccup felt better, he started the training for the others by taking them into the forest to start indentifying dragons and seeing them in their natural habitat. It went in sections, changing it up every few days to learn something new. It took the full two months but finally today, they were being tested as dragon riders and trainers by Hiccup himself. Hiccup's choice in tests today, was the Terrible Terror messengers. It would be an all day test, but they would get to use their already bonded dragons as part of the test. Heather from Berserker Isle bonded with a female Razorwhip that she named Windshear. Thuggary from Meathead Island bonded with a male Thunderdrum that gave the name of Thornado to. Thyra, the Heiress of Outcast Island had a male Deadly Nadder who was named Sunblast. Magnus, Madgut's son from the Murderous Mountains Island bonded with a male Monstrous Nightmare that was given the name Phoenix.

Svein of the Peacekeeper Tribe and Sigurd of the Visithugs Tribe both bonded with Gronckles. The names were Stomper for Sigurd's and Crusher for Svein's. Helka of the Shivering Shores bonded with a male Nadder that was named Poisonspike. Camicazi of Bog Isle bonded with a female Razorwhip given the name of Whipspear to. Finally, Egil, the son of Anders and Heir to the Hysterics Tribe bonded with a female Monstrous Nightmare who he called Inferna. Right now, he was taking a morning flight with Toothless and rounding up the nine Terrible Terrors that would be needed for today's test.

"So, when are you going to ask Astrid to marry you?" Toothless inquired while they were flying.

"When are you going to ask Nightskye to mate you?" Hiccup countered and now silence between them. "You know I love Astrid, bud, but I got other things to do first. I want...Drago gone before I ask her. I can't risk losing her because of him,"

"Understandable and I think Nightskye wants the same." Toothless replied.

"Nobody is going to be safe or happy until he's gone," Hiccup sighed heavily as he looked back and made sure the Terrors were still following them.

"I agree. We'll defeat him, Hiccup. You and me together, well, with Icefire too." Toothless stated. "You think these guys are ready?"

"Yeah, they will be fine. Part of the test is also carrying a rider with them, they have to bring their parents back here, and then they can watch the award ceremony before all going home," Hiccup responded.

"Interesting, ready to get back then?" Toothless inquired.

"Might as well get it started. Back to Berk bud," Hiccup told him as Toothless whipped around and headed back to the island since they hadn't gone very far from it and the Terrible Terrors were following close behind.

(Berk)

"Where is he, Astrid? He told us to meet at 8am in the ring and here we are and he's nowhere," Magnus huffed.

"Hush, he'll be here." Astrid rolled her eyes while sitting on Stormfly's back with Emma in front of her. As if on queue, Hiccup flew into the ring with Toothless and landed on the ground and then gave the group of Terrors the command to sit on the wooden perch behind him along the wall. "See, told you," she remarked while braiding Emma's hair for her, apparently now she wanted to wear it like Astrid's.

"Hello, Milady and Lil lady," Hiccup greeted them as he always did by giving Emma a kiss on the cheek and Astrid one on the lips. After that, he put his hands up to silence everyone, "Welcome, Hairy Hooligans of Berk, to the first public dragon training and rider test! Today, these nine young riders will be tested on everything they have learned here about dragons in the last two months. Heirs to the Archipelago Islands you're from, are you ready?"

"Yes!" they said together.

"Then we'll start. Your test will be in phases. First being that you will each choose a Terrible Terror sitting behind me on the perch. You will earn its trust and name it. When that is completed, we'll move to phase two of the test which I will explain when we get to it. On the plasma blast, you can begin." Hiccup announced as they prepared themselves, Hiccup snapped his fingers as Toothless fired a blast into the sky, and the rushed to the perch to complete the first phase.

The first phase went pretty fast, took a total of thirty minutes for the nine examinees to pick a Terrible Terror, earn the trust of it, and finally name it. When they were done, they lined up once more with their dragon on their shoulder and awaiting the next phase. "Not bad. Well done, and you've all passed phase one. Next up is training them to be a messenger dragon, to do this effectively you will be taking your Terror and bonded dragon to your home island. Then sending just the Terror back to me with a message saying you arrived. Phase three is I will return your Terror to you with a message that says to come back with your chief or chieftess on dragon back. Understood?" Hiccup asked.

"Perfectly," the group replied.

"At the sound of the roar, you can head off." Hiccup put his hand up as they got ready. Toothless lifted his head and gave a roar, the soon to be riders mounted their bonded dragon and sped out of the ring entrance single file and then split off heading to their home islands. "And now, we wait. Thuggary, Svein, Sigurd, and Helka will likely reach their islands first. Following them will be Magnus, Camicazi, Egil, Thyra, and Heather last because they are farther out." Hiccup stated while lying against Toothless and Emma came to sit in his lap.

"Think they can do it?" Hilda inquired.

"I wouldn't be testing them if I had doubts," Hiccup replied with closed eyes. For now, all they could do was wait for the Terrible Terrors to return to Berk with the message that the riders reached their islands safely. Hiccup knew the distance to each island with a Terror because he trained Sharpshot as a messanger for him to the other islands to cut back on ship trips.

By the end of three hours, all the Terrors had made it back to Berk and Hiccup checked the messages over. After confirming they all reached their islands safely, he sent each Terror back to it's respected trainer with a message telling them to go ahead and return with their chief or chieftess. During this waiting period, lunch time took place for the Tribe so in the Great Hall, they all ate while waiting for the riders to come back. After the first hour and a half, Helka and Sigurd were back first. By the two hour mark, Thuggary and Svein reached Berk. Next to arrive was Camicazi, then Magnus, finally Egil, Thyra, and last at the end of three hours was Heather.

"Excellent timing for all of you," Hiccup announced as the Chieftains were up sitting with Stoick and Valka outside of the ring while Hiccup stood before the riders that stood by their dragons. "Final phase is a test of knowledge. I'm going to ask you your dragon class, species name, gender, and the name of your dragon," he stated.

"We're ready, Hiccup." they nodded sure of themselves.

"Good, then we'll start with you, Heather." Hiccup pointed to her.

"My dragon is a female Razorwhip, sharp class. Her name is Windshear." Heather said firmly.

"Right down the line, Thuggary?" Hiccup motioned to him.

"Bonded dragon is a male Thunderdrum, tidal class. The name is, Thornado." Thuggary replied. For the next ten minutes, it went down the line of the remaining seven riders.

"You've all worked very hard to get where you are now from where you started knowing nothing. You know dragon classes, names of different species, you know your dragons and have trained them well. I'm impressed and now proud to tell you all that you've passed your final exams. I name you lead trainers and riders of your own home islands. Congratulations," Hiccup smiled to them as he went down the line and pinned a silver pin to the left side of their clothing on the chests. Each pin places showed the symbol of their dragon's class. Hiccup stepped back as everyone began to clap for them.

"Thank you, Hiccup," Camicazi murmured.

"Don't thank me, you did all this. I just guided," Hiccup chuckled as Toothless came beside him and nudged against his face. "Time to celebreate!" he called out, "Everyone to the hall for a feast to honor our the new riders and the allies we've made!" All cheering happily, they made their way to the Great Hall to start the party.

(5:00 pm)

Everyone was having a great time hanging out. There was food, dancing, laughing, talking, so much was going on and everyone enjoyed the festivities. More fun was that in three weeks, Hiccup was turning twenty-one right around Snoggletog time. Astrid, Hilda, Snotlout, Tuffnut, Ruffnut, Fishlegs, Gobber, Stoick, and Valka were all working on a party for him with help from little Emma who knew her father well with suggesting foods, gifts, and decorations. Hiccup loved everything that was going on, he never imagined he could be this happy to have been shot down and by his own sister at that. He never would have guessed that he'd end up on the island that Cloudjumper had taken him from. In either case, he was beyond happy to have all he did. Family, friends, his daughter, his girlfriend, and Toothless. What made it better than this? Nothing.

However, Hiccup noticed something. Toothless was on edge tonight as if something bad was about to happen and the fears became realized when Toothless rushed to his side and told him, "Drago is here." That was all it took for Hiccup's mood to alter from good to anger.

"Hiccup? What's wrong?" Astrid asked seeing his eyes narrow.

"Drago..." Hiccup growled out almost as Astrid gasped and the room quieted down; they'd never seen him look so angry before.

"Daddy! Is that mean man back?" Emma said with worry while hurrying over and clinging to his leg. Hiccup knelt down and kissed her forehead.

"Yes, he is baby girl. But don't worry, Daddy is going to take care of him for good. I need you to stay in here with Windstrike and Stingwhip, okay? I need to know you're safe," Hiccup told her as she nodded and hugged him tightly trying to fight back the tears. Hiccup released her and stepped back getting on Toothless's back. "Dad, keep everyone in the hall. You don't know how Drago fights and he'll go after anyone close to me, and if I lose someone else, I might just lose my mind..." he said slowly.

"No, Hiccup. This man has hurt you enough, and you aren't alone anymore. We're a Tribe, and when you attack one of us, you attack all of us, so we all fight back." Stoick said firmly.

"Here here, I agree with Stoick. You also have allies on your side too, lad." Vidar informed while the other chieftains nodded.

"Sorry, but this is my battle. He started it and I'm going to end it once and for all." Hiccup said coldly as Stingwhip used his tails and opened the doors to the Great Hall up while Toothless took off into the sky, it wasn't quite dark yet, but it would be soon.

(Outside)

"We meet again dragon rider," came Drago's voice as soon as Hiccup was close enough to hear him.

"Cut the civil greetings. We both know you came here to kill me. I don't see an army of men, so what? Plan to take me on yourself?" Hiccup inquired while Toothless snarled at him.

"Oh no, I brought something much better. I'd like for you to meet the king of all dragons, the alpha Bewilderbeast!" Drago announced as he waved his staff around yelling out and a large black and gray Bewilderbeast emerged from the water as Hiccup's eyes widened.

"No chance, Drago. Icefire!" Hiccup called out as there was some shaking and Icefire emerged from over the peaks of the nest roaring out.

"It seems we both have a Bewilderbeast then. Good, I was beginning to think this wouldn't be a challenge." Drago smirked as he used his bullhook to command his Bewilderbeast to go after Icefire. It was then the two dragons began fighting one another, the Hooligans and other guests had come out to watch in fear, this wasn't good at all. Hiccup needed to get them to stop fighting, he shot forward on Toothless to wave his staff around and try to break them up but it wasn't working. Two bewilderbeasts locked in a battle for dominance, whoever won would be the new alpha of the dragons. Drago's Bewilderbeast bit Icefire's neck and forced him down, then finally used it's massive tusks to pierce Icefire's chest and Hiccup's eyes widened in fear.

"NO!" Hiccup yelled out when Drago's Bewilderbeast stepped back and roared out, the dragons on Berk began to turn their attention to him and fly over, and Hiccup could tell it's because they were under its control now except for Toothless who seemed not to follow the Bewilderbeast's instructions.

"Why does that look familiar? Oh, right. Being pierced in the chest is how I killed your lover, wasn't it?" Drago snickered as Hiccup's eyes darkened to a glare.

"Oh, this isn't gonna be good..." Hilda bit her bottom lip. All of Berk knew how sensitive Hiccup was about when his wife was killed and now her killer was taunting Hiccup with the nightmare.

"Hiccup! Don't listen to him, babe!" Astrid called to him.

"You've moved on, how nice. Maybe I should kill her too, that got your fighting spirit up last year..." Drago grinned as he commanded his Bewilderbeast to fire at Astrid who had Emma right beside her. Hiccup saw it's neck glow; he'd learned it from Icefire when the ice was coming. Hiccup shot down towards the ground as the ice released from the dragon's mouth, Toothless wrapped his wings around the three of them, and the ice sealed them inside.

"No!...No no...Hiccup!" Valka yelled out as she rushed to the ice, trying to punch and break through it, but it was no use. The ice was just too thick. It was now that everyone saw the center of the ice glowing blue as Stoick and Hilda backed up Valka, in seconds, the ice exploded apart, and they saw Toothless giving off his blue light and snarling at Drago's Bewilderbeast, Drago himself looked completely shocked. Toothless lifted his wings revealing Hiccup to be holding Astrid and Emma close to him and all three unharmed from the ice blast.

"Are you okay, Hiccup?" Toothless asked looking back at him. Hiccup could only manage a nod as he got up and looked at Astrid and Emma.

"Get clear of here, Toothless, and I are going to finish this..." Hiccup warned coldly, the two girls nodded and backed up as Hiccup got back on Toothless and they took to the sky. "You want a fight; you got one! Toothless, let's take them down!"

"I thought you'd never ask!" Toothless replied as he charged a blast and fired it at the Bewilderbeast's head to confuse it, and then the two of them looped around and headed right for Drago, and his dragon who fired another blast of ice but Hiccup and Toothless veered off to avoid it. Drago laughed seeing that Hiccup was no longer on Toothless's back when the Night Fury flew upside down then Toothless grinned a little as Drago looked forward again to see Hiccup coming in on his own with his wings out and holding Inferno at the ready.

Flying past Drago, Hiccup released the gas and when far enough past the two, he set it off causing an explosion and Drago to his the ground and the bullhook out of reach. Hiccup looked forward seeing the bewilderbeast's tail. "Not again...Toothless, it's now or never!" Toothless got right under him and caught him as they shot up past the tail and whipped around to land near Drago. Hiccup activated the flame blade and threw it at the ground in front of Drago to keep him from getting the bullhook and controlling the other Bewilderbeast again. "It's over, Drago..." Hiccup told him while putting his wings away in his suit.

"No, I refuse to lose to you! I still have him!" Drago yelled pointing to his Bewilderbeast; only the dragon didn't attack again. It shied away shamefully at Toothless's snarling before it dove back into the water and swam off knowing it was defeated. Toothless roared again as the dragons listened to him and landed behind Hiccup and Toothless.

"Now do you get it. This is what it is to earn a dragon's loyalty. Let this end, now." Hiccup told him firmly.

"NEVER!" Drago roared out as he forced himself up and tacked Hiccup down.

"Papa!" Emma cried in fear for her father, Astrid held her close to soothe her, but she was just as worried. Drago and Hiccup went at it on the ground, just the two of them and shockingly enough, they were evenly matched when it came to fighting one another even though Hiccup was smaller and didn't look to have a lot of muscle. The fight had gone on a good twenty minutes before Hiccup got stabbed in the side with a dagger from Drago, he yelled out in pain, but the anger remained.

Hiccup used his elbow to hit Drago in the face, then bent his legs to his chest and kicked Drago off of him. The man went flying backward onto his back while Hiccup got to his feet slowly before removing the dagger from his side. Hiccup panted and cringed while doing so but didn't stop. "I'm not going to let you win again..." Hiccup growled as Toothless used his tail to toss Hiccup's Inferno towards him, Hiccup caught it with ease.

"Come on now; you won't hurt me. You didn't even finish me off a year ago; you just used your dragons to overpower me." Drago coughed a little with a hand over his chest.

Hiccup punched him in the face, "That was for invading my nest and hurting my dragons," Hiccup said before he kicked the side of his face, "That was for capturing and torturing me for two weeks," now Hiccup grabbed Drago's arms and broke both before headbutting him. Hiccup kicked Drago to his knees as he withdrew Inferno once more and ignited the blade, he glanced towards Toothess who put his wings up to shield it from sight. Hiccup saw fear rise in Drago's eyes as he thrust the sword into Drago's heart, the man coughed up blood while basically choking on it. "And that was for killing my wife you son of a bitch," his voice was cold and emotionless before twisting the blade and watching the life drain from Drago's eyes. The man slumped forward as the last breath left his lips, Hiccup pulled the sword out and retracted it before pushing Drago's body to the ground.

Hiccup backed up with a void look in his eyes, "Hiccup, are you alright?" he heard Toothless ask him, but he didn't answer his friend.

"Just...get me out of here, Toothless, please?" Hiccup replied after a few moments. At the urgency of his friend's voice, Toothless lowered his wings and let Hiccup on his back; Hiccup kept his head down.

"Hiccup?" Valka tried to reach for him.

"Emma, be good for your grandparents, aunt, and Astrid." Hiccup said to his daughter.

"But...where are you going, Papa?" Emma asked sadly now, Hiccup leaned over and kissed her forehead.

"Daddy just needs some time alone. I won't be gone long, day or two. Promise you'll be good?" Hiccup looked at her.

"I will. Keep him safe, Toothy..." Emma rubbed Toothless's neck.

"I will, little one." Toothless nuzzled her face before she backed up and then took to the sky. Slowly, everyone turned to Drago's lifeless body. It was a little surreal; Hiccup killed him. That isn't what they imagined he'd do when he said he'd give back what Drago did to him, at the same time, it was to be expected because Drago put him through so much and apparently many others too. Hiccup got revenge for himself and anyone else Drago had hurt, and now he needed time alone.

"I think it's a good time to just settle down for the night. Hiccup seems like he'll be gone a few days to clear his head, and we'll give him his space." Stoick stated. Nodding in agreement, everyone began to clean up and head home for the night. It was early but there wasn't much else going on and certainly no celebrating anymore. As always, Emma insisted on staying with Astrid while her father was gone so Astrid agreed to spend the night at the Haddock household until Hiccup returned. The chieftains and Heir's would be leaving in the morning on their dragons and until Hiccup returned, everyone was just going to go about regular business.

(With Hiccup and Toothless)

Hiccup didn't care where they went, he just needed to get away. Had he wanted to kill Drago? Of course not, any matter of killing was something Hiccup didn't like or want to take part in. However, Drago was a madman who had hurt him and others in so many ways, Hiccup had to put a stop to it but that didn't mean it didn't bother him to know he drove his flaming sword into Drago's heart mercilessly. Hiccup and Toothless set down on Dragon Island, the one they named after the defeat of Red Death, to rest for the night. Once landed, Toothless laid down inside the small cave while Hiccup sat against him and stayed quiet. He needed to clear his head. Drago was finally gone and he felt like a burden had been lifted off his shoulders. But what now? Hiccup needed this time alone to think about where his life was going next.