Hey everyone, I'm back!

It's been about 3 years since I last updated. Thinking about it makes me realise, that it was long before this whole covid ordeal. Thank you to everyone who left me reviews during that time! I'm going to change my way of answering to them, so from now on, you'll find that part in the author's note at the bottom. Please stick around for some more information at the end.

This is my most successful story ever and I'm so grateful for every single reader. As I'm writing this, I have 234 people following and 216 who have favourited and I honestly can't believe just how big of a number that is!

I hope you like this chapter. It's quite short and I feel like there could be more reactions in it, but for now, I'll leave it as it is. Enjoy!

Chapter 16 (first published 20.01.2023)

(Scene cuts, in the sky and above the ocean with Hiccup and Astrid riding Stormfly. They are still searching for Toothless.)

Hiccup: Where-where is she heading?

Astrid: She's tracking something, aren't you, girl?

„Wait!", exclaimed Fishlegs. „Deadly Nadders are able to track things? That's not mentioned in the Dragon Manual."

„Well, about 3 years before this, you found out that there's actually a seventh dragon class called the Tracker Class. At least, that's what you named it.", Tamina explained.

„Exactly. And additionally, that Deadly Nadders are Tracker Class and not Sharp Class." I added.

(Stormfly flies closer to the ocean.)

Hiccup: There's nothing but miles and miles of-

(Suddenly, they notice water spray above the ocean and keep heading towards it. When they get closer, they find out it is a huge waterfall.)

Hiccup: A great waterfall-

Astrid: At the end of the world.

„A giant waterfall in the middle of the ocean? How is this even possible?" Everyone was obviously awed by this.

(They look at each other, stunned, and then Stormfly flies into the waterfall.)

Astrid: Stormfly!

(They enter the hidden world after flying through the waterfall. Stormfly scents' an entrance to the mushroom forest of the hidden world.)

I heard gasps all around while the movie went deeper into the hidden world.

They fly over bright blue water and then enter a section of the hidden world where there are tall pillars with bioluminescence. Stormfly starts to glow. Hiccup laughs.)

„The Hidden World. It does really exist!" Stoick seemed perplexed. „I always thought it was a myth or a legend."

"Do all dragons light up like this when they go there?" Hiccup asked, mesmerized by the colors and patterns of Stormfly's scales.

Astrid: Wow!

Hiccup: Look! (points at the edge of the cliff)

(They continue flying. When they fly past some dragon eggs, the eggs glow and the baby dragons become visible.)

"What kind of dragon is that?! And how can eggs be see-through?" Fishlegs asked, his eyes round in wonder.

Tamina turned to look at him. "Nobody knows for sure what kind of dragon that is. But some fans theorize it might be Night Furies. I personally don't think so."

"Maybe it's because of those babies' headshape? It's kind of the same as Night Furies." Fishlegs wondered out loud and I nodded.

(They then fly with hundreds of thousands of fireworms and try to touch some. Then, they arrive at the center point of the Hidden World, which is the throne room for the king of dragons. Astrid gasps. Astrid spots a dragon which is very close, so she tries to hide and land somewhere. They land and start walking.)

Hiccup: It really does exist.

"I guess up to that point I still didn't really think it to be real …" Hiccup mused, earning nods all around.

(Lots of dragons are flying above them so they try and lay low. They stop walking and lay down at the edge of a cliff, watching the dragons fly inside the hidden world. On a high part of the hidden world, Toothless is with the Light Fury.)

Hiccup: Toothless.

Astrid: Shhh. You'll spook them.

(Toothless and the Light Fury fly down from where they were and fly around with a group of dragons flying behind them. A few dragons watch and roar on the ground. Toothless and the Light Fury land on a gigantic crystal, looking over a large part of the Hidden World. All the dragons that are standing on the ground roar for Toothless. Toothless roars very loudly.)

I heard Fishlegs inhaling sharply, before he spoke. "That looks kind of like a wedding…"

Astrid: Now that's a king.

(After roaring, Toothless turns around and looks at the Light Fury, happily. The Light Fury walks to Toothless and then they both start flirting. Next, they sit side by side and watch the crowd of dragons bow for their king and queen.)

"or a coronation…" Fishlegs continued his sentence.

(Hiccup looks upset as he realizes the truth for the future. Astrid looks at Hiccup and tries to comfort him.)

Hiccup: We should go.

(Suddenly, they find out a Rumblehorn is behind them.)

"Oh, no!" almost everyone exclaimed in time with Astrid on the screen.

Astrid: Oh, no.

(They stand up and walk backwards away from the dragon just before stepping off. Hiccup tries to tame the dragon by holding out his hand but the dragon roars, causing all of the dragons to be aware of danger especially Toothless.)

"What's that hand gesture?" Astrid asked.

"It's a calming gesture. And at the same time, it can be used to bond with a dragon." I explained.

Snotlout scoffed. "Why would you want to bond with one?"

"You'll see." Tamina answered, before quietly speaking in my direction. "I think, I just found the explanation for his and Hookfang's relationship. They never bonded properly."

Astrid: Stormfly!

(Hiccup and Astrid jump off of the cliff and slide down the cliff face. Toothless flies towards them and stops the other dragons from coming with him. The Light Fury looks worried and confused. As Hiccup and Astrid slide down, they dodge the dragons trying to attack them. They fall to the bottom of the cliff on their hands but stand up quickly.)

Astrid: Go! Go!

(They run away from the Rumblehorn which is still chasing them. Toothless pushes the dragons out of the way, trying to save Hiccup and Astrid. Toothless just manages to grab them.)

Hiccup: I-I'm sorry bud. I-I-I just-

(Toothless stops more dragons from attacking them and then they all escape safely.)

"That is why you would want to bond with a dragon. It can save your life in moments like this." Tamina spoke in Snotlout's direction.

The boy in question only scoffed.

(The scene fades out on Hiccup's face who looks depressed.)

So, as I promised, I will be answering your reviews here.

Spiral-Voltron-Zero0Q1: You were the first to review chapter 15 when it released. Thank you! I really hope you're still on board for this.

Dynasty0612: Here you go, I updated

Bryan: Thank you for your kind words. I will continue this story.

Valeria Lemus: More Hiccstrid is kinda hard to do because at this point for the watching characters the feeling are one-sided, only coming from Hiccup. And I don't want to force the characters to do something that doesn't fit in the situation.

Kmrg2005: I wasn't aware, that my story is the only reaction ff to the third movie. I only knew that there wasn't any when I first started it.

Samuaraimatrix1: If I understand your review correctly, you also read some of my other stories. If you really did, thank you so much. I worked on this chapter a few times in the past two years, never really getting far with what I was doing. I'll take the time I need to write the next chapter, but I promise it will come.

Just a bored Highschooler: Why not? The Edge was left intact at the end of the show.

MBilsborough789: Thank you so much for your kind words and your encouragement! Not only is writers block a problem but I also sometimes feel quite discouraged by the negative reviews. Maybe I should look at the number of people following this story more often when I feel like leaving the story as it is.

So like I felt like talking about a few things.

First: just asking me to update won't do anything. I'm not trying to be mean, but the chapters will release as soon as I finish them. I can't promise to be fast, but at least I'm sure, that it won't be another 3 years.

Second: I got quite the number of hate reviews in the last three years, telling me to basically shut up my own characters, as nobody is interested in their reaction. I'm now asking you to tell me honestly in a review if you think that my OCs really react too much. I tried to have them cut back a little in this chapter and only talk when prompted by the reacting characters. But I'm not going to take them out of the story completely.

And if those who wrote me those reviews are still around for whatever reason, what do you think it does to a person when you write them a hundred words essay hating on their writing, their story, the person themself and their readers and then slap a "don't take this too hard" or "don't take this personally" at the end?! I really try to not take this personally but at times it's hard when you read 3 of those reviews in short succession.