WHO I REALLY AM

(A How To Train Your Dragon Fanfiction)

by:Astrid Camicazi N. Hofferson

Edited by clank2662, my awesome beta.

Summary:Astrid Hofferson, shieldmaiden of Berk and second-in-command of the dragon riders, swears to tell everything to her betrothed,Hiccup Haddock,even secrets. She tells him everything, except for one.Will Hiccup accept her after finding out the truth?(Story is set in the Race to the edge timeline)

DISCLAIMER:I DO NOT OWN HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

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IX

EPILOGUE

ASTRID

Finally, everything of this are already done. Viggo and Ryker Grimborn are defeated by us, the Dragon Riders of Berk. We have successfully defended Berk, our allies and our tribe, especially, the Dragons' Edge, the island that have served as our base for 8 months. And now, it is our time to go home and say goodbye to this place which gave us freedom and plenty of memories to be remembered in the future. But I guess nothing is permanent in this world, right? Everything we see could be gone in an instant. Things, family and friends, are temporary. So we needed to cherish our every moment, before it vanishes. Because who knows when that time will come?

Speaking of the temporary, my secret, which I and my family kept from the others for fifteen years, has already came out. Like I said, nothing lasts forever. Secrets would be revealed eventually. But keeping secrets from the ones I loved and trusted most, gave me a very important lesson in life that I can pass on to my children. It is to never fear of being rejected by them. For if that person truly loves you, he or she will accept you who ever you are. Your perfections and flaws, your past and present, everything.

Also, this experience did something good. Not only to myself, but also, to the people around me. Namely, to my betrothed and to my friends. This secret may have caused a misunderstanding between the six of us, and it also caused us to have formed a stronger bond of friendship, trust ,and unity between ourselves. And that is what helped us to win against our fight between our enemies.

Anyway, we are currently packing our things that we will bring back to Berk. But, the problem is that we have excessive baggage and we needed to sort out the ones we really needed, from the ones that we didn't. So, the twins decided on having an auction in their hut to sell some of their things. Which turned out pretty well for them. But the rest of us are taking a last minute stroll on the Edge, for the reason of having a one last look on the island we have considered as our home for a couple of months, or simply, we are just going to say goodbye to it. And tonight, we are ready for our flight back to Berk. All is well that ends well, until...

BOOM!

The Edge's Volcano exploded which had caused us to feel shocked at the very moment. For we know that it hasn't exploded for a couple of time already. Looks like this island doesn't want us to go, yet. And it kinda, sort of, needed us to avoid the destruction of this place. Also, it seems like that we are going to stay here a little longer. Who knows what new adventures might be in store for us in the near future? Definitely, not me. But well, those might be for another time...soon.

THE END OR IS IT?

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A/N: Finally! We have already reached the end of this story. And I would like to thank all to those people who read, follow and reviewed on this story. I would not mention you guys one by one, but I think a simple thank you is enough. I hope you will continue supporting my works in the near future. Anyway, I would also like to thank( aside from my family, my dear readers and Almighty God)...

CajunBear73 for giving me a very useful advice about writing a story. You really helped me a lot. So, thank you very much.

Clank2662, my beta reader ,who edited chapters 5-7 and chapter 9 of this story. Thank you very much for the great help.

And to Jade(Uriecstatic) for being a supportive friend ,though we haven't seen each other for a few months already. That didn't stop her from supporting me and my works and me to her and her works. Thank you so much for everything.

That's all! See you next time, fellow Dragonites/readers.:-). God bless...