Honestly, I'm surprised that this story got as much feedback as it did. I never would have expected people to actually review this story telling me that it's good. Then again, that was only the first chapter. I may end up with hate reviews as I go on. For now though, I hope everyone enjoys this particular chapter.

*I still don't own Naruto/Boruto the Next Generation, or How To Train Your Dragon!*

Dialogue Key

"Welcome to dragon training!" = normal speech

'Night Fury. Speed, unknown. Size, unknown.' = someone's thoughts

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" = someone yelling

Return of the Dragons

Our story now truly begins as we zoom in on a large island with old norse stone carvings and buildings everywhere. A place that has an untold amount of history to it. A place so important that it deserves a place of honor in the history books! But, you don't have to take my word for it. I'll just let the chief himself do the talking.

"This is New Berk. A place with as much history to it as any other island out there in the Archipelago and beyond. A place where winters are only half as long as we're used to, but just as brutal. Although, we do still get the occasional devastating winter from time to time."

Now we get a closer look at this island and see that the buildings are not only norse in design, but they also seem to incorporate dragons into the designs in some way or another. Many of the inhabitants are simply going about their day and enjoying the warm summer weather while they can. Especially the children, who are out and about playing and enjoying the warmth of the sun on their skin while their parents and the other adults went about doing their daily chores.

"My village. In a word, sturdy. It may be on its first generation with very new buildings, but it holds a great deal of history to us Berkians. For we hold a secret that no one else knows about. A secret we brought with us when we first colonized this island. And it involves what were once our greatest friends. What most people would call the pets."

Several great roars and the beating of large wings are heard in the distance, catching the people of New Berk off guard. Everyone rushed to the cliffs to see what it was with their chief leading the way. His wife and two children not to far behind.

"You see, most places had animals like puppies and parakeets. But us Berkians? We had…"

As they made it to the cliffs, the chief of New Berk, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, looked on with eyes wide and full of surprise and hope as he breathed out a single word that sums up what everyone was thinking.

"...Dragons…!"

Everyone backed up to give the dragons room to land. And land they most certainly did. From dragons like the Deadly Nadder and the Gronkle, to the giant Monstrous Nightmare and the two-headed Hideous Zippleback, even to the preposterously large sea dragon known as the Bewilderbeast, all of these dragons found themselves on New Berk. And leading them is Toothless. The Alpha of the dragons.

Slowly and carefully so he wouldn't frighten or enrage these mighty creatures, Hiccup began to raise one arm and hold out his hand. Just like he did all those years ago when he and the Night Fury first met when Vikings and dragons were still bitter enemies.

Not fully trusting the dragons not to attack and fearing they might have forgotten about them, the vikings kept their guard relaxed while still being ready to fight at a moment's notice. And those with children kept their kids close to them.

Slowly and with his pupils still in thin slits, Toothless walked up to Hiccup as he assessed the threat level this human posed to him and his people.

"Hey there, bud. Remember me?" Hiccup asked in a soft voice.

Astrid was also worried. Sure, she and her husband had taken their children flying on dragon back once, but that was years ago. For all she knows, Toothless, his family, and even Stormfly and the other dragons might not even recognize them. But her now older children. Zephyr and Nuffink, don't seem scared at all. If anything, they're far more curious about the dragons than they were when they were little. And she saw where their eyes were focused.

Two of Toothless's children. A Night Light that was primarily white with some black patches, and the reverse for the other. It seems her kids recognize these dragons from when they flew together all those years ago. And it's definitely a good thing too. She can already feel the bond that her children have with these two dragons.

And yet Astrid and the others couldn't help but watch nervously as Hiccup held out his hand, closed his eyes, and turned his head away from Toothless as he showed that he trusts the dragon to not bite off his hand. Seeing this, Toothless sniffed Hiccup's hand a couple of times before his pupils dilated back into their usual playful rounded shape.

"HICCUP!" Toothless barked, his happiness evident as he pounced on Hiccup.

The viking chief laughed at the interactions with his best friend as the dragon playfully pranced around him. Astrid smiled, relief evident on her face as she realized that Toothless recognized Hiccup even after all this time. The Night Lights, however, were left stupefied as they looked from the vikings to each other and then back again. They can't remember the last time they saw their father as happy and playful as he is now.

"Looks like Toothless recognized our favorite toothpick." Gobber said to Valka, who looked on with happiness at the sight of her son and his dragon reunited at long last.

"I'm happy to see you too, bud!" chuckled Hiccup as Toothless proceeded to lather him in dragon slobber via licking him to death. "How's that tail holding out? Think it could use some oil? Maybe a bit of fine tuning?"

"Mom! Stormfly!" Zephyr whispered as she nudged her mother's side. "Go say hi. We'll be okay on our own for a minute."

Needless to say, the blonde viking Chieftess didn't need any further incentive. Especially when she saw that all of the other dragons had recognized their riders/companions right away and were now rushing towards them. Various cries of "I knew you'd come back!", "Welcome home!", and "I love you too!" were exchanged as the vikings were reunited with their dragons. And good ol' Gothi received quite the embrace from all of her little Terrible Terrors.

Hearing a familiar squawk, Astrid's grin threatened to split her face in half as she embraced the blue Deadly Nadder who just relished in the hug she was receiving from her favorite human.

"Stormfly! My good girl!"

"Oh, give me a cuddle, Grumpy!" cried Gobber as the usually tired Hotburple was actually wide awake and very excited to see the old blacksmith again.

Which is very unusual, considering that Hotburples are usually very lazy dragons and spend most hours of the day napping.

"Meatlug! Who's my little princess?"/"Hookfang!" Fishlegs and Snotlout cried as they too embraced their dragons.

"Good to have you back, Fangster!" said Snotlout as he patted Hookfang's chin.

"Oh, you are! Yes you are! I missed you!" Fishlegs exclaimed as he scratched Meatlug on the side of her jawline.

Fortunately for the Ingerman he remembered that Gronkles don't like to be scratched under their chins. When he was still a teenager, he found that out the hard way. Soon though, his wife Ruffnut and her brother Tuffnut were reunited with their own dragon. A Hideous Zippleback known as Barf and Belch. Barf being the name of the head that spews gas while the head that ignites the gas is named Belch.

"Oh, Barf!" she cried as she hugged the gas head before pushing away the spark head "Not you!"

Tuffnut, of course, was there to give Belch the welcome home he deserved.

What can I say? No matter how old they get, the Thorston twins will always have beef with each other.

"Ah, it's good to have you back, you magnificent beast." Eret said as he patted Skullcrusher on the snout.

Valka, of course, was almost in tears as she hugged Cloudjumper like he would disappear if she let go. She almost thought that this was all just a big dream.

"Oh, Cloudjumper… oh…"

Once Toothless was done slobbering over Hiccup like he'd done so many times in the past his attention was drawn to Hiccup's two children, Zephyr and Nuffink. And if he's being honest, he can definitely see the resemblance between Hiccup, Astrid, and the two children.

Young Nuffink looks a lot like a blonde Hiccup. From the scrawny build and shaggy hair with small braids in it to the green eyes. His outfit hasn't changed much from when he first met Hiccup's children, except that he's added a leather vest due to the summer months. Even young Zephyr looks almost exactly the same other than being a teenager now. Her auburn brown hair was still done in twin braided pigtails, and her eyes remained the same blue as Astrid's own.

But Toothless didn't have much more time to ponder this as his own two hatchlings who chose to go with him to Berk instead of striking out on their own. He saw how they looked longingly at Hiccup's children, how they saw his own interactions with Hiccup. It looks like this is the day that they get riders of their own.

With an encouraging purr, Toothless nudged his children towards Hiccup's as he beckoned his own hatchlings forward.

"It's okay. Hold your hands out like this." Hiccup instructed as he had his son and daughter hold out one arm with a their hand held out flat.

Nuffink instinctively closed his eyes and looked away, not wanting to possibly watch his hand get bitten off by one whopper of a lizard. Even Zephyr looked slightly hesitant at the thought of putting her trust so readily into a dragon's claws.

"It's okay. Just do what I did." Hiccup assured. "Let them come to you."

Both Night Lights hesitated for but a moment, until Zephyr too closed her eyes. But then, seeing the bond that the two dragons have long shared with these children, they each closed their own eyes and purred as they closed the gap, placing their snouts in their palms. Zephyr and Nuffink opened their eyes and broke into the biggest grins you could ever see on a child. It's happened.

The bond between dragon and rider has been reestablished.

The era of the dragon riders is upon us once again.

*To Be Continued…*

It's shorter than the first chapter, I know. But I hope you guys enjoyed it anyway. And here is a list of the current dragon riders of the new generations. Or rather, the ones I have planned for now.

Boruto Uzumaki - Orca Spotted Night Light

Nuffink Haddock - White Night Light with black spots

Zephyr Haddock - Black Night Light with white spots

Thank you all so much for reading. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. May the Force be with you, and have a great day my Jedi and Sith friends.