So...I'm sorry? It's been way to long and I really can't apologize enough. At the time I'd been writing this i hadn't expected my life to become so hectic so soon... It still has been pretty hectic, but it's manageable. I'd written this chapter in parts over these past few months. I then tried to find time to edit it, but never really felt like it was good enough. Now I'm okay with it. I wish it was more, but I really just want to give this story an ending. There should be one more chapter as an epilogue, so keep an eye out for that! Hopefully it doesn't take another half year...

Drago immediately called off the dragon who seemed surprised but immediately did so. Toothless was mid blast which he immediately swallowed when he realized what he was going to do.

Astrid fell into his arms and he seemed to be alarmed to see a small trickle of blood streaming down he face most likely from having been thrown off Toothless or at the very least reopened.

"Astrid?" he said incredulously at her," Why would you do that?"

"I couldn't let him do that to you or Toothless," was all she said not caring how much it hurt to speak with her ribs most likely broken," You don't deserve that. You-"

She was then yanked out of Hiccup safe arms and placed in front of Drago," What did you do?!"

"I couldn't let you hurt him," was all she said as her world started to spin with every shake," Not him."

"You are supposed to obey me, girl," he snarled," You're my daughter! You belong to me!"

"Not your daughter..." she mumbled feeling so tired," I had to save him...save Berk."

"You are mine!" he screamed in her face.

"But I'm not," she said as she mustered all the strength she had left," I'm not your daughter, and you lied to me about everything. My whole life has been a lie."

"You-"

"I am not a pathetic disgrace who is a disappointment to her father," she said," My real father loves me and is proud of who I've become.

"I raised you!" he bellowed," I am your father you insolent-"

"You are not! I have a father and a mother who would have loved me with everything they had, and you took that from me...why did you do that?" she asked broken beyond care of how he may respond.

"You would't understand, girl," was all he muttered.

She refused to back down," Why did you take me? What was it about me?! Tell me!"

He looks at her in disgust and lets her down and she stumbles to regain her footing. She sees Hiccup making his way towards her but she shakes her head," Why did you take me?"

"I had just been mocked by every single chief in the Archipelago," he said," The only one who made it out alive refused to give into my demands despite everything I stood for...the power I would have...and then I saw you.

"You were there lost in a sea of chaos, but you were laughing...happy. I picked you up, and you smiled at me. The first smile I'd received since my parents were taken by these beasts. I knew if I left you on Berk you would be lost in the sea of chaos and destruction and fighting.

"And so I decided to bargain with Berk. I figured that a few more years would be nothing. I would come back, stronger than ever, and I would have a family again. It's not like your parents were very difficult either," he finished with a sneer in her direction.

"You made them do it," she cried angrily," You came with dragons willing to do your bidding and threats and then said you would stop in exchange for me. What would have happened if they hadn't given me up?"

"I would have killed everyone on Berk," he said simply," Including you."

"And what about now?" she said trying to brush of the shiver of fear that trailed down her spine at his cold reply," Are you going to go through with it now? Will it include me this time?"

He considers her for a moment, and then shakes his head," No, I don't think so."

She stops and narrows her eyes," Why not?"

"I think you need to be taught a lesson," he says coldly," What happens when dragons tear the happiness and love in your life right from you. You've listened to these idiots for too long and you've forgotten what I've told you!

"It doesn't matter what you say because for the rest of my life, as long as I live, no matter what you do to me, to Berk, or to the people I love...I will never stop fighting for peace. I've seen what it looks like and it's not what you've shown me. And now that I know what it looks like I'll know what I want, and like you said, I'm a Viking, once I've set my mind towards something, I refuse to accept anything else...that's the only thing you've been right about."

"Why do you keep fighting me?!"

"Because what you've told me is wrong!" she screamed and then repeated the words she had grown up knowing by heart," You told me Vikings were cruel barbarians who refuse to see reasons, and that dragons were cruel monsters you were saving us all from. But you were wrong. What you were describing...the monster you believed in...wasn't out there...Father...it was inside of you. You're the only monster here."

His face was impossible to read as the flurry of emotions flashed through it, but then out of no where his hand flew forward and slapped her right across the face. She welcomed the darkness as she had finally said all she'd ever wanted to say to her dear adoptive father...

Hiccup climbed on Toothless who immediately curled around Astrid's form protectively.

"I think she's said more than enough for both of us," Hiccup said moving to pick her up in his arms.

"Leave her there!" Drago bellowed.

Hiccup didn't listen," No, you're problem is with us. Leave her out of this. She's done enough."

His dad spoke up," Leave the lass out of it, you took her from us once, you won't take her again."

Drago sneered at him," I will take it all, and you will be left in the ashes of your beloved Berk."

"We'd like to see you try," was all Stoick said.

And that's when the true battle started. Drago made a few motions to his men and the catapults were fired, men fired arrows, and the dragons began to attack.

It was all so much chaos and yet Hiccup knew that he couldn't focus on all of that now. He had to go after Drago. If he took him down, everything else would follow.

He had to set Astrid down, and he got his sword out and moved towards Toothless who seemed to be torn between the Alpha's pull or defend Berk. Hiccup held out a hand towards him," Bud, come on! You can fight this! It's me!"

Toothless seemed to be coming back but he was having trouble," Please, bud, you didn't mean to almost hurt me...they made you do it. You'd never hurt me..."

Toothless still seemed torn and Hiccup continued," Come on, you're my best friend...you would never hurt me. "

The Alpha seemed to be struggling more and more and Hiccup continued," Please, bud, you're my best friend. My best friend."

A few more seconds of struggling and then Toothless' eyes dilated back to normal and he gave him the signature gummy smile Hiccup knew so well and he beamed," Atta boy! That's it! I'm here!"

Toothless nudged him apologetically and Hiccup shook his head," Let's just teach these guys a lesson they will never forget, okay?"

Toothless nodded happily and then allowed Hiccup to mount him. He made sure to put Astrid in a place away from everything. They did so, but then Toothless started to have a few problems blocking out the Alpha, but Hiccup grabbed a red cloth," Block him out, bud. You have to do this. We need to get to Drago."

Toothless growled his assent and soon enough they found him fighting against his parents. His mom was struggling to fight him off with her own weapon while Stoick seemed to be recovering from a few blows. Suddenly Drago's hits were cutting it too closed and Hiccup immediately said," Now, bud! Plasma blast!"

The familiar sound shot through the air and fired right at Drago's unsuspecting form. The force knocked him off of his feet but he didn't even look burned.

"How?" Hiccup muttered not able to believe the man could survive that blow without some sort of damage. And then he noticed his black cloak...it looked like it was made of dragon skin...and if that were true, that meant it was completely fireproof. The only way to take him down, would be to physically do so...

He saw his dad being taken by some of Drago's men and his mom tried to help him. Hiccup flew overhead all of the chaos and landed directly in front of Drago. Drago just laughed and sneered at him," You're back, Dragon Master?"

"Yeah," he retorted bitterly," You just can't seem to get rid of me can you?"

"Oh, but I will," was all he said before promptly attacking him with everything he had. Hiccup just barely had enough time to draw his sword before he attacked. He turned the flame on just as Drago's weapon clashed with his.

Drago's hook hit him in his good leg and it threw him off for a second, but he managed to slice his good arm in retaliation. Drago hit him in the gut with his hook and threw him several feet away. He tried to get up but his vision was swimming.

"You see now, boy?" Drago mocked," You're no match for me! I'm the true Dragon Master. You couldn't kill me if you wanted to."

And Hiccup didn't want to kill him. He didn't want to kill anyone. He didn't want to but he had to. Negotiating hadn't worked. Nothing he said would go through to him. He knew he would hate himself for choosing the easy way out, but if he didn't do it...people and dragons would die because he couldn't kill a bloodthirsty, power hungry, evil person.

A person who enjoyed enslaving innocent creatures. Who even terrorized the people who followed him. Who was Hel bent on revenge. A person who had made it his personal mission to remove those who opposed him from the bigger picture. A person who was trying to kill him and all of Berk.

A person who enjoyed manipulating people. Who had kidnapped a baby from her family and home. Who had brainwashed her-Astrid- into fearing the world itself. Who had hurt her.

The very thought of what he'd done to Astrid was enough to refuel his anger. He shot back up and fought back with renewed strength. They kept going and no matter how many times Hiccup tried he couldn't land a hit. Drago almost seemed to know when he would hit and would block it, or he would use his weight against his own, or he would move out of the way completely. Drago almost seemed amused, like he was just messing with him and Toothless couldn't get too close because of the Alpha.

It was turning into a never ending game until suddenly the sword was knocked from his hands and he was thrown aside. It seemed Drago was over the game and was landing the final blow. Hiccup then saw something happen in the distance. Toothless was glowing...and growling and shooting at something in the distance.

When he looked closer he saw he was shooting at the Alpha. But that was impossible unless," He's challenging the Alpha!"

Drago kicked him in the stomach," Like either of you ever stood a chance."

Hiccup glared at him and then looked him straight in the eye," Ditto."

And then without him even noticing, Hiccup managed to get his sword back and knock Drago down his own hook thrown who knows where.

Instead of fighting back, Drago merely laughed his sick sadistic chuckle," You can't kill me, boy. You don't have it in you."

Hiccup frowned and shut his eyes as he raised his sword. He raised it and he tried to do it. His head started reeling at the very thought, and he just couldn't do it.

Drago sneered," I knew it. You're no better than that pathetic excuse of a daughter, of mine. She's-"

And that did it. Hiccup brought his sword down. Drago stared at him and his face slowly filled with more and more rage. It only increased as they turned to the dragons and he looked truly crazy as Toothless seemed to be beating the Alpha.

"No!" he screamed angrily," Fight back!"

It cried it dismay as it clearly looked to be trying, but was failing miserably. Drago's screeches were turning into incoherencies that the Alpha really couldn't stand anymore. He looked between the swarm of dragons no longer under his control and at his master bellowing at him. He couldn't take it anymore and he shot some of his ice breath right at Drago Bludvist, himself.

He didn't see it coming. He was promptly encased in an ice prison. If he hadn't died from having bled out by now, the Alpha's final blow definitely did the trick.

The dragon wasn't done, though, and tried to shoot at the people and dragons on Berk but Toothless wasn't having it. He snarled something at the dragons around him and they begun to shoot at the Alpha simutaneously.

It seemed never ending but it was Toothless who managed to deliver the final blow to the Alpha. With one last blast, the massive dragon's tusk broke off and fell into the ocean below. Seeing his master taken care of and no longer being in power, himself, was enough for the dragon to surrender and swim off to who know's where.

Toothless snarled once more before quickly going to his side. Hiccup reached out a hand, but found it covered in blood. The sight nearly made him sick, but he powered through and grabbed some snow to wash it off.

Toothless crooned and he shook his head," I'm fine, bud, it's over... Berk's safe."

The dragon's around them all bowed their heads at Toothless and it seemed like it had started to sink in what happened. Toothless was the new Alpha...

The people around him started to realize that it was over and they slowly dropped their weapons and made their way to their families and beloved dragons.

Hiccup tried to find Astrid, but was relieved to see her in her family's very capable and loving arms. Gothi was already attending her and he was about to go over, himself, when he was engulfed in his dad's signature back breaking hug," Son, we did it!"

He chuckled and smiled happy to be in his dad's embrace after everything that had just occurred," Yeah, we did it. He's gone...and Berk's safe..."

His mother immediately rushed towards them and checked him over," Are you alright, Son? Are you hurt?"

He laughed it off halfheartedly," I'll be fine, just a few scratches-Ow!" he yelled as she made contact with a definite bruise on the back of his head and he conceded," And maybe a few bruises, but I'll be fine. I promise, Mom."

"What happened, Hiccup?" his dad asked seriously," One minute it's complete chaos and the next Toothless is glowing and Drago being attacked by his own beast."

"Toothless...kind of sort of challenged the Alpha in order to free all the dragons, and help me," he said sheepishly and then turned more serious," And then I managed to stab Drago, but his Alpha finished him off for me."

His dad looked at him sympathetically knowing what that had probably done to him," I'm sorry, Son, I would've helped if I could. When you jumped in, I was surrounded by his men and had to fight them off. I know this wasn't what you wanted..."

"It's not," he said looking at the damage around him. They would have to rebuild a lot of things like houses, stables, storage houses, and so much more. It would take a lot of work, but at least there was something left to rebuild," It's not what I wanted, I wanted peace. But peace would never have been possible with someone like him. It's was for the good of Berk."

His dad nodded with a fierce nod," Spoken like a true chief, son..."

He looked at him sadly and shook his head," Yeah, I don't know about that... I almost couldn't do it... I didn't want to do it, but I had tried to reason with him. Astrid did, too, and the thought of what he had done to her...it threw me over the edge...and I did it."

His mother looked at Astrid being carried to Gothi's hut sadly, almost as though she could physically feel her pain as well," The poor, lass, the man was a horrible human being to be able to do that to her. She didn't do anything."

"She didn't have to," was all he said," He was just that kind of a person."

And with that he kissed his mother on the cheek and nodded to his dad before climbing on Toothless and flying up to Gothi's hut after Astrid.

Asdis ran up to him in tears and hugged him. He wasn't expecting it but he just asked," How is she?"

Ingvar responded gruffly," She has a sever concussion, a few broken ribs, lots of bruises, some pretty bad cuts, and she's lost a lot of blood. She's not too great but Gothi thinks that she'll be fine if she takes care of herself while recovering."

Hiccup laughs softly," Yeah, good luck with that."

Asdid laughs tearfully," She'll be fine, my boy, she's a strong lass. I'm happy to see she ended up like that. It helped her so much, and it'll help her even more now."

He nodded and then asked," Where is she? Can I see her?"

Ingvar looked at him sympathetically," She's not awake right now. You can see her, but she probably won't wake up for a few hours at the very least, or a few days at the most."

He just shrugs and looks at them pleadingly," It's okay, I just need to see her, please."

Asdis points in a certain direction and then says," She's over there."

"Thank you," he says gratefully.

He walked over to a bed where Astrid seemed to be asleep. If it weren't for the many bruises and cuts all over her, he could almost believe she was okay.

He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize Gothi had snuck up on him until she pressed a cloth dipped in a liquid that stung," Ow! Why would you do that?"

She just smacked his hand away from touching the cuts and he sighed and fought the urge to hiss at the pain," Fine, do what you want..."

She rolled her eyes and cleaned his wounds. They weren't so bad. He just had a pretty bad cut on his stomach, thigh, and the back of his head was bleeding a bit from when Drago threw him on the ground. He would be fine as long as he kept them clean.

He looked at his leg and muttered," At least I didn't loose another one..."

It was just a reminder that he'd survived worse.

Gothi finished and then patted his hand and pointed at a stool knowingly. He smiled at her gratefully," Thanks, Gothi."

She just shook her head and went to attend to the other injured people.

He sat on the stool and Toothless sat at the foot of the small bed. He noticed Stormfly to the side of her bed and reached over to pet her," She'll be fine, girl, she's Astrid. She's strong, she's basically invincible..."

Stormfly only screeched worriedly and he nodded," I know, I don't feel better about that either..."

He grabbed Astrid's hand which was colder than normal and he looked at the her. He knew she probably wouldn't be able to hear anything he said but he had to say it," You have to wake up soon, milady, I can't do this without you. I can't imagine doing anything without you by my side ever again. I can't imagine a world without you in it."

He kissed her forehead and held her hand in his as the dragons around them rested a bit, completely worn out from everything that had happened. He tried to stay awake as long as possible, but eventually the moon appeared and his eyes closed sometime during that long night.

He awoke the next morning to a pair of bright sky blue eyes shedding happy tears as she happily threw her arms around him, and he clung to her like she was his lifeline. And in a way she was.

Hope you like it and hopefully the epilogue comes out soon!