Chapter 12
The next day Serenity felt restored enough to put Edelweiss's saddle on Tenor. It fit him perfectly. Serenity's saddle was left behind and would be retrieved when Serenity was all healed. Then Chris put Edelweiss into the child harness attached to the saddle and secured her nice and snug. Then Re, Aurora, Ruby, Harmony, and all the dragonets landed on the balcony. Chris helped Serenity onto Windwalker then got on in front of her. She wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head on his shoulder. They all took off and headed for Berk.
They landed in the plaza and Hiccup came out of the forge.
"We're heading home now," Re said.
"Oh, you're not going to wait until Serenity's 100% better?" Hiccup said.
"By that time it'll be winter," Aurora said.
"You know I do feel sometimes responsible for what happened to her," Hiccup said. "If I hadn't suggested you come out here she would have been perfectly safe the whole time, and she wouldn't be this beat up."
"She wouldn't have gotten rid of her paranoia either," Re pointed out. "And for that I thank you."
"Will you let us now when she's all better?" asked Astrid.
"Oh of course," said Aurora. "We appreciate your concern."
"Well, it was one of ours that caused it," Hiccup said. "And I'm sorry about Gothi, she normally doesn't do things like that. What would you have done if Serenity had actually been killed?" Re winced.
"Gothi would have gone straight to my dungeons for murder," he said. "I wouldn't have shed any blood however."
"Okay," Hiccup said. "Good thing Serenity's still with us then." They all murmured in agreement.
"Well, we better get going before it gets too late," Re said. The dragons spread their wings and flew off heading for home.
The 24 hours it took to fly home were pretty long. Edelweiss enjoyed flying solo. Serenity was lulled to sleep by her husband's very special heartbeat. The whole time she felt no pain.
Next thing she knew she felt a scaly nose nudging her.
"Serenity, wake up," Tenor whispered. "We're home." Serenity opened her eyes and saw the Draconian Castle in the early light. The front doors were wide open. Serenity sat up and Chris helped her down. It didn't take long before the pain came back but she could bare it. She and Chris went inside and headed to Chris's room which they now shared, the Round Table and Excalibur had been moved there. It was perfect because Edelweiss slept on the first floor and they slept on the second floor with their dragons.
Chris and Serenity went through the castle, their dragons followed with Edelweiss. When they got to their room Edelweiss was put to bed with Black Widow. Then Chris, Serenity, and their dragons went up the stairs to their respective beds. Once she laid down, Serenity went back to sleep at once. It felt so good to be home and no longer suffering from paranoia. Even though she was still physically damaged and in a lot of pain, she couldn't be happier.