Ch.7: Recovery

It has been 2 months since Hiccup and Toothless have defeated the Red Death and things in Corona changed completely. There were dragons everywhere and now, nearly everyone had their own dragon. Cassandra bonded with a female Changewing, which she named Mirage, and even the blacksmith, Xavier, bonded with a male Hotburple, which Rapunzel named Grump.

There were all kinds of dragons, even a few Whispering Deaths in the forest and a couple of Tidal Class dragons, like Scauldrons, Thunderdrums, Submarippers, Seashockers and Shockjaws.

King Fredrik and Queen Auriana never thought that the defeat of the Red Death would change everyone's lives in Corona. At first, they were worried that the dragons would start terrorizing the kingdom, but were proven wrong as the dragon actually appeared to be helpful.

There was a pirate invasion a few days ago. At first, the King thought it would be a hard battle, but the dragons stepped up and defended the kingdom, thanks with some guidance from Toothless, and the pirates were taken care of in a matter of minutes.

Speaking of the Night Fury, Toothless never left Hiccup's side. Rapunzel demanded for Hiccup to rest in her room and no one dared to question her, cause they knew she wanted to keep a close eye on Hiccup. Xavier was kind enough to make a prophetic leg for Hiccup to walk with, as well as a new tail for Toothless by looking at Hiccup's designs, which Rapunzel gave him. As for Mari, Rapunzel said that she'll be looking after the baby while Hiccup recovered, but she wasn't expecting Mari to call her "mama" one time.

As for Hiccup, he was still resting for the battle against the Red Death. The King and Queen checked on him from time to time and every time they did, they always saw Rapunzel, Toothless and Mari by his side. They knew that Rapunzel was in love with him and Toothless was his best friend so it made sense why they were always by his side. Rapunzel and Toothless even had their meals in Rapunzel's room only to be with Hiccup. The Night Fury refused to eat at first, but after a little convincing from the princess, Toothless decided to eat.

Now, Hiccup was on Rapunzel's bed with Toothless by his side, but Rapunzel herself wasn't in the room as her parents wanted to discuss something with her. Toothless leaned on his rider and huffed softly, and miraculously, Hiccup started to move a little.

"Toothless? Hey, bud," said Hiccup softly as he slowly opened his eyes.

Toothless looked at Hiccup and jumped around the room in happiness before stopping right beside Hiccup.

"You're awake! You're finally awake," said Toothless happily and started licking Hiccup.

"Okay, okay, Toothless! Stop it," laughed Hiccup as he tried to get Toothless off of him. "That's disgusting!"

Toothless eventually stopped, leaving Hiccup covered in saliva.

"You have no idea how happy I am right now," said Toothless.

"Yeah, I bet you're happy to see me," said Hiccup before looking at his surroundings and realized that he was in Rapunzel's room and on her bed. "Why am I in Rapunzel's room?"

"So she could keep an eye on you while you recovered," answered Toothless.

Hiccup looked at the Night Fury in confusion before he remembered what had happened during the battle with the Red Death. He looked down before looking at Toothless. "For how long was I out?"

"2 months. Well, 8 weeks and 3 days to be exact," said Toothless.

"So that's why I'm feeling hungry," said Hiccup and pulled the covers off of him only for him to see something different with his left leg. Instead of flesh, he saw a prosthetic, metal one. "What happened?"

"Sorry, that's my fault. I had to grab you somehow to shield you from the flames. Rapunzel used her healing song to close the wound and Xavier, the blacksmith, made you this to walk with," explained Toothless softly.

"That's okay, bud. I'm not mad at you," said Hiccup and looked at his dragon. "Besides, now we're even. Both of us have metal part attached to our body. I walk with a prosthetic leg and you fly with a prosthetic tailfin."

"Yeah, who would've thought? But on the bright side, now we have something that connects us even more," said Toothless.

"I couldn't agree more," said Hiccup and hugged Toothless. "Okay, let's try this new leg then."

Hiccup let go of his dragon and sat up on the bed and stood up. He made a few steps before tripping, but Toothless caught him right on time. Hiccup smiled at him and they both made their way to the balcony. Hiccup opened and door and walked out, and was met with a shocking sight. There were dragons everywhere!

"Is this a dream, or am I hallucinating," Hiccup asked himself.

"No, this is all real. After the battle, the dragons followed us back here and have been living in Corona ever since. Pirates tried to invade us, but we took care of them," said Toothless with a smirk.

"So we did what we fought for. We managed to unite dragons and humans," said Hiccup.

"You got that right," said Toothless.

"HICCUP," shouted a familiar voice.

Hiccup and Toothless turned around and saw Rapunzel running towards them, before hugging Hiccup tightly.

"Hey, Rapunzel," greeted Hiccup as he hugged the princess back.

"I'm so happy that you're awake. You don't know how worried I was," said Rapunzel as she sobbed on his shoulder.

"Yeah, sorry about that, but we just had to stop the Red Death," said Hiccup as he rubbed Rapunzel's back. "But now I'm okay and I'm so happy to see you. I love you so much."

"I love you, too," said Rapunzel before she pulled away and pressed her lips to Hiccup's.

Toothless' eyes widened and cover his eyes with his tail.

The kiss continued for about a minute. They would've continued if they weren't interrupted by a familiar voice.

"Well, looks like someone's finally awake."

Hiccup and Rapunzel pulled away from the kiss and Toothless uncovered his eyes, and the three of them turned around and saw King Fredrik and Queen Auriana, with Mari in her hands, standing at the doorway.

"How are you feeling, son," King Fredrik asked Hiccup.

"Well, considering I was asleep for 2 months, I'd say pretty well. Except maybe a little hungry," said Hiccup with a chuckle.

"We'll get you something to eat. By the way, Xavier wanted me to give you something," said King Fredrik as he pulled out a new prosthetic tailfin for Toothless. This one was different from the last one. It was yellow and had the symbol of Corona on it. "He's very impressed by your design."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," said Hiccup as he took the tailfin.

"By the way, I think you'd want to see how Mari is," said Queen Auriana as she handed Mari over to Hiccup.

"Yeah, I was wondering how she is," said Hiccup as he took Mari in his hands. "How's my little girl? I hope she didn't give you any trouble."

"Not at all. You have Rapunzel to thank. She's the one, who has been taking care of her," said King Fredrik. "And it took all of us by surprise when Mari called her 'Mama'."

"Really," asked Hiccup, surprised and then turned to the princess. "Thank you, Rapunzel. You don't know how much it means to me."

"It was no problem at all. Well, Toothless had to help me a little," said Rapunzel and Toothless nodded.

"Before I forget, what do you think of the new additions to the kingdom," asked King Fredrik, gesturing to the dragons around Corona.

"I don't have the words to describe it," said Hiccup as he looked around.

"Let's tell them you're awake," said Toothless and roared loudly to the sky, bringing all of the dragons' attention, who then flew towards the castle and smiled and bowed when they saw Hiccup and Toothless.

"Is it just me or are they bowing," asked Hiccup, confused.

"Sure they are. By defeating the Red Death, we became their new leaders," said Toothless.

"This is incredible," said Hiccup quietly.

"You were right, Hiccup. Dragons definitely are incredible and mysterious creatures," said King Fredrik as he put a hand on Hiccup's shoulder.

"Well, now that I'm awake, there's one thing I want to do before eating," said Hiccup.

"And what's that," asked Rapunzel.

Hiccup looked at the prosthetic tailfin and then at Toothless. "You ready for a flight?"

"You bet I am," said Toothless happily.

Hiccup gave Rapunzel to hold Mari while he put the saddle and new tailfin on Toothless. When he was done, he looked at the Royal Family with a smile.

"I'll be back soon," said Hiccup as Toothless launched into the air.

"I'm going with them," said Rapunzel as she handed Mari to her mother and whistled for Serenade to come over. The Death Song arrived after a few seconds and the two followed Hiccup and Toothless into the air as the king and queen looked on.

"Those two sure are made for one another," said Queen Auriana with a giggle.

"That they are. Do you think Rapunzel told him that she wants him to be her prince," asked King Fredrik.

"Who knows? She probably didn't from all that excitement, but I'm sure she will when they come back," said Queen Auriana.

The pair looked up and managed to see Hiccup, Toothless, Rapunzel and Serenade high in the air, enjoying themselves.

To be continued…

Hey, guys. Here's another chapter of the story. I hope you enjoyed the moment Hiccup and Rapunzel shared. The next chapter will come out in March. I'll see you all next time. Until then, have a nice day. Before I forget, the next chapter will also take place 6 years from now and you'll see how things on Berk have been.

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