Ahh I'm so happy you guys love this story! I'm so grateful for every review and fav and follow that I get, they encourage me to keep updating and keep writing! That being said, after this part there are only two more parts to this story. Sad, I know, but I felt that if I dragged it out too much, this story would lose its charm. That ALSO being said, I originally had this ended on last chapter so from this point on it is all kind of a "bonus" thing with getting a bit more lore and theories posted along with the dragons actually returning to Berk (spoiler.. i guess? but i think it was kind of obv)
Also, uhm, disclaimer I guess: dont own any of the characters besides my OC Myra and NightLight's (Toothless/Luna pairing) duaghter.
"Dad, can we bring 'em home?"
The question gave Hiccup pause. He pondered it, not saying anything for a while, simply petting Toothless with his left hand and Luna with his right in contentment. Then he chanced a look at his daughter who was laying on her back and staring at the sky with the hatchling curled up on her stomach, purring happily as Myra scratched her head.
Something pulled at Hiccup's heart and a lazy smile drifted across his face.
"Myra, I wish we could but I just don't know-"
All of a sudden, Toothless shifted and moved away, standing up to let out an earth shattering roar that echoed over the island. It was silent and still after, until the curious sound of wing beats reached Hiccup's ears and he looked up in amazement.
"Cloudjumper? Skullcrusher?" Hiccup asked incredulously as the two large dragons descended, flanked by the rest of Berk's dragons. "But I thought you all left…?"
His parents' former dragons excitedly hounded him for attention that he distractedly gave while watching the hundreds of dragons land. Myra edged closer to her father's side out of habit but giggled lightly when a blue and yellow Nadder stuck her head out, sniffing the girl curiously.
"Stormfly!" Hiccup exclaimed, eyes wide and happy at seeing his wife's old dragon. The Nadder purred at his voice but focused her attention on the girl who smelled so much like her blonde friend.
Hiccup looked around in wonder, his gaze eventually back on Toothless, who was watching his flock carefully.
"But why did you all come back?" Hiccup questioned.
Toothless approached his rider once more, dipping his head and lightly bumping his nose against Luna's side. Luna huffed and raised her wing, revealing part of her scar as Toothless gestured his head to her then looked back at Hiccup and shook his scaly head.
Staring at the two, it took Hiccup a moment to understand what his friend was saying and his lips turned into a bittersweet grin.
"You're the one who's been taking out those trappers down by Hysteria and the Murderous Islands, haven't you?"
The past eight years or so, there had been a sudden drop in the amount of dragon hunters and trappers within the archipelago as the dragons became sparser and sparser. Unfortunately, those left had fled to the edge of the archipelago, near Hysteria, and way too close for comfort to the Hidden World. Just a year or two ago, some of Berk's allies had reported back to the more inner tribes that the trappers had been inexplicably disappearing without any discernible cause.
But now, with Toothless giving him a wide gummy smile and nod of his head, Hiccup knew what had happened to the accursed remainder of hunters and trappers.
"Dad?"
Hiccup looked down, eyeing his daughter as she stared up at him with Toothless' daughter giving him an identical look of hope.
"Why can't the dragons come home with us?"
Hiccup smiled and glanced at Toothless. "Well, you guys came this far, I'm assuming it was to find us?" At Toothless and Stormfly's identical croons, his smile widened. "In that case, I guess Berk wouldn't mind having some old friends back, right bud? You and the flock ready to go home?"
Toothless simply pounced upon the viking chief, giddily licking his person.
That was answer enough.
So yeah this was kind of short, and the next one is a bit short as well, but it fits best I think for this story. Anyway, I will update again tomorrow and this will most likely be completed Sunday. At the latest, Monday or Tuesday. But until then, see y'all later!
