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Chapter 18: Three New Alphas

Normal POV

Drago chuckled in triumph, proud at his Bewilderbeast's handiwork. At last…he had gotten rid of the two Dragon Masters.

Valka then flew in on her Scuttleclaw and rushed to the ice cocoon that had encased her son, her daughter and their two Night Furies screaming, "No! No!" and furiously pounded at the ice.

"Zenna!" "My daughter!" Henna and Edgar came running as well and started pummeling the ice with their fists until they tired themselves out.

A mother and two parents felt their hearts breaking at that very moment. Hiccup and Zenna…they were trapped in there. If they didn't find a way to get them out of the ice…they would either freeze or suffocate to death in there for sure…

Gobber, Astrid and Eret came as well. Gobber was shocked at what he and everyone else had just witnessed. Then he glanced at Astrid and Eret.

Astrid's face showed pure shock and fear as she stared at the ice that had covered her man. 'No, no, no, no, please Thor, this isn't happening!' Astrid thought as she fought back her tears. Not Hiccup…not her sweet, adorkable, one-legged boyfriend…

Eret just stood there, feeling numb all over. Just when he and Zenna had patched things up…fate became cruel and took his beloved childhood sweetheart in a blast of ice. 'Odin, please let this just be a dream…A sick, twisted dream…just let me wake up from this nightmare! Let me wake up and see Zenna alive and well! This can't be happening!' the former dragon trapper thought, clenching his fists as he struggled to hold back his tears.

"Hiccup…" Valka said in a broken voice, resting her head against the ice in despair. Henna and Edgar both sobbed and gave up trying to break the ice. It was too strong and too thick for them to punch through. "My dear Zenna…my little girl…" Henna sobbed. "Not my daughter…Not her…Anyone but her…" Edgar breathed out in despair.

While the people outside grieved…something was happening within the ice…

Zenna's POV

Cold…

Dark…

Dark and Cold…

That's all I could think of as Hiccup and I were stuck in our icy prison. Toothless and Stryka's bodies had shielded us from getting frozen on the spot and provided us with some warmth but we had a feeling that it wouldn't last long. We had little oxygen and it was freezing…

I found myself shivering a little and suddenly found Hiccup's arms around me. He was shivering too and I wrapped my arms around him as well so we could share our heat to keep each other warm. We wanted to talk, but we both knew that it'll waste our oxygen. So we just stayed there in each other's arms in the dark, waiting for the end…

Okay, now this next part might sound a little freaky weird but it honestly happened. Maybe it was either due to the lack of oxygen affecting our brains or maybe something more spiritually personal…but Hiccup and I suddenly began to communicate telepathically with each other.

'I guess this is it…' I said to Hiccup in my head. 'Yeah…At least we're going down fighting…and I'll get to see Dad again and you'll get to see Eli…' Hiccup replied, his nasally voice even sounding exactly the same in his thoughts. 'You have any regrets?' I asked him. Hiccup was silent for a few seconds before his voice sounded in my head. 'Thinking that I could reason with Drago, who's really an insane, murderous psychopath…not proposing to Astrid…grounding Toothless for the rest of his life…and last but not least…becoming Chief for less than 24 hours after Dad's death…' he said with a slight shrug that I felt as his arms shifted around me.

I nodded understandingly. 'I've got some regrets too…Such as…well if I die now then it means that I'll never get to see my new brother or sister be born…I'll never see him or her walk…say his or her first words…Holy Shields, I won't even be able to see him or her get a dragon of his or her own…Well, that sucks…' I told him. 'I'm sorry, Zen…This whole thing probably could have been avoided if I hadn't flown too far from home…' Hiccup apologized to me. I rolled my eye, even if Hiccup couldn't see it. 'There's nothing to be sorry for, Hicc…And think about it…If we hadn't gone out there…we never would have found your Mom…met the Dragon King…you would have never seen your family reunited and I would have never seen Eret again…In my opinion, I think this whole tragedy has been worth the trials and tribulations…' I pointed out to Hiccup.

Then I embraced him as tight as I could. The place was getting colder now and oxygen was beginning to run low…

'And you know what the best part of this adventure was?' I asked Hiccup, who hugged me back. 'What?' he asked, gently running a hand through my hair. I smiled and gently combed one hand into his thick, shaggy auburn locks. 'I got to serve the greatest Chief Berk will ever know…and that Chief is you…You will always be my Chief, Hiccup…And you will always be my best human friend and my brother…I love you…' I told him in my thoughts. And for a minute I could've sworn I saw Hiccup smile in the dark before he pressed his lips to my forehead. 'And you will always be my dear sister, Zenna…I love you…' he whispered to me telepathically.

Finally we decided to say what would probably be our last words to each other…

"Okay?"

"Okay."

And that…was when the thing happened.

All of a sudden Hiccup and I heard a high-pitched whistle that sounded a lot like a Night Fury about to fire. Looking up at Toothless and Stryka, we were amazed to see their back scales glowing dark blue!

"Toothless…?" Hiccup breathed out, eyes wide. "Stryka…?" I said in awe.

CRRRAAACCKKK!

Just like that, our two Night Furies blasted our icy cocoon into smithereens! Hiccup and I were still holding onto each other but loosened our grip once we realized that we were alive and in the light of day. Toothless and Stryka roared at the Alpha in defiance before turning to us with hopeful looks. We didn't need to be told what they wanted: to take down the Alpha and Drago Bludvist. With a nod, Hiccup and I both backed away as our two Night Furies, now glowing with charged-up plasma leaped onto two ice spires and roared at the Alpha, who roared furiously back at them.

"What are they doing?" I wondered out loud. Hiccup's face lit up with realization as we stood up. "They're challenging the Alpha!" he exclaimed in amazement. Valka joined us and added, "To protect you two!" in awe as well. My parents were immediately at my side and began to cheer. "Go Stryka dear!" Mom cheered. "You and Toothless show that Alpha who's boss!" Dad yelled supportively.

Toothless and Stryka…two Night Furies…challenging a Bewilderbeast…amazing.

Hiccup and I watched in awe as they unleashed a fury of plasma blasts, scoring hits on the Dark Bewilderbeast who roared and tried to get them under his control. But the Alpha's dark spell no longer worked on Toothless and Stryka, who were relentless in their attacks. What was even more amazing was that they had gone past their seven shots shot limit and were still firing! I made another reminder to myself to call this new power mode of theirs 'Titan Mode' before I saw Stryka and Toothless deftly dodge getting smashed by the Alpha's tusks and landed on two other ice spires. At the same time, I saw Stormfly first shake off the Alpha's control followed by the rest of the dragons. I smiled, knowing that Drago and his Bewilderbeast will never win now that Toothless and Stryka were in charge.

Speaking of Toothless and Stryka, they went over to us and roared. And just like that, all the dragons switched sides and began to fly to side with our two Night Furies. The only one who wasn't happy with this, aside from the Alpha, was Drago. "No, no, no, no! Fight back! Fight! FIGHT!" he roared, clambering onto the Dark Bewilderbeast's tusk, totally unhinged now.

But nothing could stop the mass of dragons joining our side. Even the ones in Drago's dragon army deflected to Toothless and Stryka, free of Drago and his Dark Alpha's control. "What's the matter with you?!" Drago roared in outrage before noticing all of us Berkians making a defense line, standing proud and tall to defy him. Hiccup and I looked at each other, nodded, and got on our saddles to fly up to stand against Drago.

"Now do you get it? This is what it is to earn a dragon's loyalty!" Hiccup shouted, gesturing to the dragons right behind us. "You may have a Bewilderbeast, Drago! But if there is one thing you will never have or will never understand…it's the bond between a Dragon and its Rider!" I yelled at him in defiance.

Drago could only fume while we shouted to him, "Let this end now!"

"Never! Come on!" Drago roared furiously to his Bewilderbeast, spurring him to charge at us. But they never got a chance for all the dragons began their rebellion, launching fireball after fireball after fireball! Hiccup and I were amazed once we saw Toothless and Stryka roaring and barking out commands. There was no mistaking it.

Toothless and Stryka were now the dragons' King and Queen…

"FIGHT!" Drago roared from behind the Alpha's crown of spikes. Ha! A true coward, that's what that pathetic madman was! Then one of the armored dragons shot out a green fireball that took out Drago's left arm, leaving him with his stump!

After a barrage of fire blasts, Toothless and Stryka growled to the other dragons to stand down. The Dark Bewilderbeast roared and reared its head back. That's when Toothless and Stryka unleashed their strongest plasma blasts together! The combined shots turned into a ball of blindingly bright blue flame that scored a direct hit on the Dark Bewilderbeast's left tusk, breaking it clean off! The tusk fell to the ground with an almighty crash! Then Toothless and Stryka roared loudly at the Dark Bewilderbeast, calling the fight off. I watched as the Dark Bewilderbeast bellowed in submission.

"The Alpha protects them all." Hiccup and I said in unison.

Hearing those words, the Dark Bewilderbeast with Drago still on its head retreated into the ocean…the two of them never to be seen again. I could hear the crowd behind us cheering at the victory as Hiccup and I glanced down at the ocean. Nothing but bubbles. No Dark Bewilderbeast…and no Drago Bludvist. When we glanced at each other, I smiled and mouthed to Hiccup, "We won."

Together, we got Toothless and Stryka to fly down into the crowd. As everyone cheered and celebrated around us, Hiccup and I watched as all the dragons came to Berk. To my fascination, they all surrounded Toothless and Stryka. Our two Night Furies were confused…until Cloudjumper swooped down and landed in front of Toothless. I watched as Cloudjumper crooned and bowed to Toothless, who raised his head up in pride, followed by every single dragon. Then Stryka tried to bow but Toothless warbled softly and bowed down to his beloved mate as well.

'Every King must have a Queen…' I thought with a smile as our two Night Furies led the dragons in a victory roar. Hiccup and I then went over to them and both gently placed our hands on the sides of their heads.

"You never cease to amaze me, bud…" Hiccup told Toothless.

"Stryka, you sure know how to surprise me girl…" I told Stryka.

Then we both put our heads to our two Night Furies' as a sign of our bond and both said, "Thank you."

Once that was over, Toothless and Stryka immediately began licking us all over! Dramatic friendship moment over in less than half a second! "Toothless! You know that doesn't wash out!" "Stryka! Ew, ew, ew! Really?!" Hiccup and I squealed and laughed as we were over showered with affection.

All of the villagers rushed to their dragons, happy to be reunited. I watched Mom and Dad race over to Serpent and Serpentine, who both warbled happily as they trotted over to them. "Serpent! So good to have you back, my boy!" Dad boomed jovially, rubbing Serpent's horn. "Oh Serpentine, I've missed you so!" Mom gushed, petting Serpentine. "Stormfly!" Astrid cried out happily and embraced her Deadly Nadder, laughing joyfully. "Oh give me a cuddle, Grumpy!" Gobber called out to Grump, who promptly flattened him, making me and Hiccup laugh!

I fought back another laugh as I watched Ruffnut expectantly spread her arms as Snotlout and Fishlegs ran…right past her and over to their dragons. "Who's my little princess? I missed you so much!" Fishlegs cooed at Meatlug. "Don't you ever leave again, Hookfang!" Snotlout exclaimed, petting his Monstrous Nightmare.

Ruffnut seemed rather dejected but perked up when she saw her half of the Zippleback. "Oh, Barf! Not you!" she said, embracing Barf and pushing Belch over to Tuffnut, who just rolled his eyes.

Then Skullcrusher plodded over to us and Hiccup gently petted him. At the same time, I saw Eret stroll up to him. "That was some pretty fine dragon wrangling back there. You'd make a good trapper." He complimented my brother. Before Hiccup could say anything, Skullcrusher gave Eret an affectionate nudge. I smiled as Eret chuckled and gently stroked Stoick's Rumblehorn. Then Hiccup said some very good words.

"Y'know, Skullcrusher's gonna need somebody to look after him now." He told Eret. My smile widened all the more as my boyfriend asked, "Me?" to which Hiccup nodded. Eret smiled and patted Skullcrusher, who accepted him as his new Rider. "I'd be honored." Eret said gratefully. I was about to go and congratulate him when I saw the same little girl running over to Eret with a man who I'm pretty sure was her father.

"Papa! That's him! Mr. Eret!"

That's when I recognized her. It was little Kayla, one of my patients!

"Hey there, Kayla!" I greeted her as Eret picked her up. Kayla smiled at me. "Hi, Dr. Zenna! Guess what? When that bad dragon destroyed my house, Mr. Eret came and rescued me and let me watch you and Mr. Hiccup battle the bad dragon!" she said excitedly. "He saved my dear girl's life! I'm truly grateful, lad. Thank you." Kayla's father, Rollo, said gratefully. Eret was rather shy and just said, "It was no trouble at all…No need to thank me…" while I smiled proudly at him. "He's a true hero, Kayla. He really is." I told Kayla as Eret gave her back to her father. Then Kayla looked at Eret, and then at me.

"Are you Dr. Zenna's boyfriend, Mr. Eret?" she asked innocently. Oh, I could have laughed so hard upon seeing Eret's face turn bright red at Kayla's question! "W-well Kayla…um…uh…" Eret stuttered awkwardly before I decided to politely interrupt. "He is, Kayla. Eret's my boyfriend." I said, smiling. Kayla blinked and smiled. "You two are like Mr. Hiccup and Ms. Astrid." She giggled before she and her father left. I looked at Eret, who was still blushing.

"You okay?" I asked coyly. "I think so…That question just kind of surprised me…But Kayla's a really sweet girl…" Eret mumbled, still a little bit overwhelmed. I laughed and gently petted Skullcrusher. I was so happy seeing that Eret had a dragon of his own now. And I knew that, with my guidance and training, he and Skullcrusher would become quite a team.

"You have a dragon of your own now. That makes you a Dragon Rider…and a member of Berk." I proclaimed before looking around at the busted up ruins that was now Berk. Not exactly the look I wanted to show Eret when we came home. "Um…So…welcome to Berk! I'm…uh…sorry if it's not much to look at right now…" I said sheepishly. Eret laughed, not minding my embarrassment. "I don't mind, Zenna. Besides, wherever you are…that's home to me." He told me gently. I smiled and said, "Oh, come here!" and grabbed the front of his shirt.

And just like that, the entire village now knew that I was no longer single.

I savored the great feeling of Eret's lips against mine for a full 30 seconds before we broke the kiss. As usual, butterflies fluttered in my stomach and I could still feel the spark. Eret was a bit stunned at the sudden major lip lock but grinned at me. When I noticed that Hiccup and Astrid were staring at us (along with what seemed like half of the village population), I rolled my eye playfully at them.

"What? It's not fair that you two are the only power couple here on Berk!" I laughed, pointing at Hiccup and Astrid. They both laughed while the rest of the villagers went 'awww!'

I giggled and glanced at Eret who smiled and gently held my hand. And at that moment, my parents came. I felt Eret's grip tighten a little and I knew that he was afraid of facing my mother and father. "Mom…Dad…I don't care what you guys will say against me but I'm firm in my choice. I choose Eret. I choose him. It's always been him. I love him with all my heart." I told Mom and Dad seriously. That's when Eret found the courage to speak. "Henna…Edgar…I-I know I've made a lot of mistakes…And I understand if you two will never forgive me for what I've done…But I want to let you two know that I have never stopped loving Zenna…I've always loved her...She is my goddess, my princess and my everything…And I love her forever." He said bravely.

Then my Dad came over…and, surprisingly, gave Eret a hearty clap on the back. I stifled a laugh as Eret stumbled a bit forward, wincing a little. "Now there's the Son of Eret I know! Good job, lad! You've proven yourself! Well done!" Dad laughed, forgiving him. "Your father and your mother would be proud, Eret, very proud." Mom smiled at my boyfriend, patting her belly. Eret heaved a great sigh, as if a huge weight on his shoulders had been taken off. I smiled at him, he smiled at me…and we both knew that everything between us was finally okay.

I then turned my attention to Hiccup as Valka approached him. "Your father, he'd be every bit as proud as I am." Valka told her son, holding his hands and smiling lovingly at him. "Thank you, I'm really glad you're here Mom." Hiccup smiled. "And here I'll stay." Valka proclaimed as Toothless cuddled up to her.

Then I saw Astrid walk over to Hiccup and smile knowingly at him. "See? I told you it was in here." She said, pointing to his heart before pushing the button on his suit and making the back fin pop out. "Ah ha, ha, still doing that one. That's hilarious." Hiccup said sarcastically as we all laughed before pulling Astrid close saying, "Come here, you." And kissing her full on the lips. Gobber whistled and covered a boy's eyes while I just rolled my eye. I mean, hey, I've seen them making out before so the two of them kissing in public didn't surprise me.

When they broke the kiss, Gothi then tapped Hiccup on the shoulder with her staff. I then watched, beaming with pride, as Hiccup was officially crowned the new Chief of Berk. With the symbol of Chiefdom on his forehead, Hiccup stood up to face the crowd.

"The Chief has come home!" Gobber joyfully announced. Naturally I was the first to yell, "Long live Chief Hiccup!"

Everyone then cheered, "Long live the Chief! Long live the Chief!" as Hiccup and I locked eyes. I gave him a wink and he smiled at me. To celebrate Toothless and Stryka becoming the new Alphas, all of the dragons fired shots into the sky that exploded like one huge firework.

I was probably one of the happiest people alive that day…

The enemy had been defeated, my brother was now Chief, Toothless and Stryka were the new Alphas…and I finally got reunited with my childhood sweetheart and a new era had ushered into Berk.

Needless to say, this adventure…had proven to be one to remember forever.

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