I know I said I would write Gift of the Night Furries first but while I was writing I noted that it would be better to not include it. So this will be the last chapter of the FanFic.

I hope you can respect my decision.

Please enjoy the last chapter and read the author's note at the end.


Leandra wakes up from the now familiar wails of her little brother. Starchaser, who sleeps beside her bed, whines and holds her ear plates down to block the sound.

With a yawn and a pat to her dragon, Leandra walks to Ulf's room. The little baby is crying in his crib, waving his little fists around, and being generally unhappy.

"Morning Ulfi.", coo Leandra at him, carefully picking him up. "Someone woke up with the wrong feet, eh?"

That's when she smells it.

Wrinkling her nose, she holds him away.

"Or should I say, you woke up because you have gone number two."

As an answer, Ulf just wails more.

Well, time to change his diaper.

The black-haired girl is nearly done when Sigrùn comes into the room. Her red hair is a chaotic mess and she has black rings under her eyes.

"Leandra, you don't have to do this every day.", yawns her stepmother.

"I like to help.", she replies simply and rocks the now happy Ulf in her arms.

"Still, I thought you would prefer to go flying with Starchaser or spend your time with Hiccup since he woke up a few days ago.", wonders Sigrùn, scratching her head.

Hearing the name of her best friend aka. impossible love Leandra makes a face hands the babbling Ulf to Sigrùn and walks past them into her room.

"He is perfectly fine on his own. He doesn't need me.", she mumbles. "Besides it better to go distant already before I leave this miserable rock."

"What was that?"

"I said, I can't wait for breakfast, I will fly a short round with Starchaser."

"Oh, all right, sweetheart."

Leandra rolls her eyes.

So now she is sweetheart. Since she came back from the Battle of the Red Death Sigrùn toned up being a mom to her.

It was pathetic.

Now, after she killed a giant dragon and became an honorary Viking, she gets called pet names.

Stupid bitch.


In the end, she did take Starchaser to an early morning flight and came back for breakfast.

Leandra eats her oatmeal with zero joy, watching how her parents flatter around Ulf, her, and even Starchaser.

God, she wants to barf.

It's like they are a little perfect family.

Starchaser gets pats and extra treats, Ulf gets babied and she gets praised for being such a good dragon rider and being Gothi's apprentice.

Before they made peace with the dragons and Ulf was born, she had to endure how her parents encourage her to be more Viking-like to fit in.

Now she could be herself.

Again, she wants to barf.

A bunch of hypocrites they are.

She eats her last bite of oatmeal and stands up.

"I need to get to Gothi.", she informs them.

Her papi waves her over and gives her a kiss on the forehead.

"Good work day, mi amor."

"Gracias papi."

Sigrùn with Ulf in her arms joins them and gives her actually a kiss on the head.

What the heck?!

"Have fun, pumpkin."

Oh, now she is also pumpkin?

The black-haired girl feels formally how she is getting angry.

What is this we-are-a-happy-family-play her parents have going on?!

To distract herself she kisses Ulf's tiny forehead and calls for Starchaser.

She needs to get out of this house before she loses her nerves.


Harvesting the healing herbs for Gothi helps her a lot to not think about what dumb sheep her parents actually are.

She can't comprehend how they have gone from you-need-to-be-a-Viking to supportive be-who-you-are-you-are-perfect.

It's just like Hiccup with his dad and the whole village.

Not that she talked much to him this past day, but she has eyes.

And she sees how everybody treats him like a hero and how proud his dad is now, when not even a month ago he was shunned and his dad was ashamed of him.

But other than her, Hiccup seems to enjoy the transformation and not question it.

Leandra signs and looks at Starchaser. Her dragon is playing with the butterflies in the field they are.

Absolutely adorable.

"You cutie.", she cooed at her.

"Hey Lee!", calls then Hiccup for her and Leandra has to force herself not to twitch at this.

With the fakest smile, she turns to him and yep Astrid and the whole gang and their dragons are with him.

Starchaser is the only one happy to see them since Toothless is there too. The two Night Furries purr and lick each other.

Must be nice to love and to be loved in return.

Is she jealous of her dragon?

Yes, she is.

"Hello Hiccup.", she greets him and waves with fake friendliness at the other Viking teens. "Hello, guys. What brings you here?"

"We are doing a trick competition with our dragons. We wanted to see if you want to join.", it's actually Astrid who tells her this.

And she even smiles at her friendly.

Astrid was never friendly with her or even smiled at her.

It is creepy!

Even more, as the other teens join in to make her come with them.

They never cared for her and now they are best friends?

Maybe Hiccup can do it, but she still remembers how it had hurt to be outcasted and mocked by them.

"Sorry can't. I still have to work with Gothi. Take Starchaser with you, she can show you alone some tricks."

All look with disappointment at her.

Yep, so creepy.

"Ah, then maybe next time, I can show you my super cool trick 'Andra.", say's Snotloud with a wink.

Leandra gets goosebumps all over her body and feels the vomit coming up. Did Snotloud Jorgenson actually flirt with her and gave her a nickname?

She wants to die!

And take a long shower!

Not necessarily in that order, but still!

None of the boys ever flirt with her since she didn't look like a Viking girl, yet being a dragon rider makes her suddenly pretty in their eyes?!

"Yeah, maybe, but I need to help Gothi more these days. Winter is coming soon and most of the healing herbs will not grow in this time.", she explains and hopes this is the end of it.

Thankful it is and Hiccup and his Something-Girlfriend and his new best friends leave her alone.

Starchaser looks at her in a way that says are you sure I can go.

She nods at her dragon and gives her a tiny pet.

How long they are going to stay on Berk is still a mystery, Starchaser should enjoy the time she still has with Toothless.


And that's how practically the next few weeks in her life are.

Leandra feels like she is in a bad play.

It is all so fake, wrong and anormal for her.

Not that she wants that Vikings and dragons are enemies again, but that world had made more sense to her.

Suddenly being loved and cherished by everyone makes her freak out internally.

Hiccup is the only one that enjoys it from what she sees.

She doesn't get how he didn't feel the same way she does.

Berk and his inhabitants have treated them like trash for years, but now after killing a giant dragon, making peace with the dragons, and being the first riders they are in the eyes of the population like the second coming of Christ.

She hopes god forgives her for this example, she couldn't find a better one.

Currently, Leandra is leaning on Starchaser on the floor of the main room in their house, playing with Ulf in her arms, while her parents sit beside each other on the couch. Her father reads a book and Sigrùn is knitting a new blanket for the winter.

It is all so…domestic and peaceful.

So, so, weird.

The black-haired girl was starting to ask herself if somehow she died in the Battle of the Red Death and is now in this weird version of heaven where all was okey-dokey, without talking about the problems they had.

They just…moved on with their life.

Maybe she had finally reached her breaking point because she hears herself say: "So we don't talk about that you guys practically wanted a Viking girl for years and after I helped to kill the Red Death I'm fine the way I am?"

Her parents stop what they are doing and look at her surprised. Even Starchaser gets tense.

She feels how her Night Furry practically wants to tell her that this isn't a good idea, but Leandra can't take it anymore.

"What do you mean by that sweetheart?", ask Sigrùn blinking.

"This right there!", Leandra gestures with Ulf's rattle at her stepmother, while her brother tries to grip his toy. "You never used pet names for me, I was always Leandra and now I killed a giant-ass dragon and suddenly I'm sweetheart, pumpkin, and sweetie pie."

That had been a shock when sweetie pie was used for the first time. Leandra had screamed a whole hour into her pillow.

"Leandra, langue!"

"My langue is the last problem this family has father. What's up with you guys suddenly? I was never your perfect Viking child and now you are happy that I'm a Spanish dragon rider. You wanted for years that I forget my heritage!", she accused them, waving the rattle wildly around.

Ulf frowns and tries to grab it.

Starchaser grumbles.

And her parents look with big eyes at her.

"We never wanted you to forget who you are, mi amor.", says her father. "We just wanted you to fit in with the kids in your age group."

Sigrùn nods.

"You know how Hiccup was shunned for being himself, we didn't want that for you. We know now that we needed your and Hiccup's way to change things for the better."

"That's it, that's your excuse?", scoffs Leandra. "How you guys any idea what this did to me? I felt I was not good enough for you, that I was wrong!"

"Mi amor!"

"Sweetheart!"

"Don't call me by pet names, you don't deserve that!", Leandra screams and stands up.

Ulf looks at his big sister confused, while Starchaser croons at her human.

Her father stands up also and makes with his hand a calm down moment.

"Leandra, we never wanted to make you feel this way. We just thought we should help you to fit in on Berk."

"We are sorry.", adds Sigrùn. "It was the wrong way, we should have been more open-minded."

"Indeed, you should have.", agrees Leandra. "But why didn't you talk with me after all that happened? I deserved an apology way earlier."

There her parents twitch together.

"…You didn't speak of it, so we thought it was all right?"

"REALLY, FATHER, REALLY!", she shouts so loud and in turn, Ulf wails. "Oh, Ulfi sorry!"

Leandra tries to calm her brother down.

"Maybe we should talk about this when Ulf isn't here. We will make him just upset.", declares Sigrùn.

"Oh no, we talk about this now!"

"Leandra, your brother is crying and isn't stopping, we need all to calm down."

"So that you two don't have to confront me, father?! I think not!"

"Listen, young lady-"

"Oh shut up Sigrùn, now you want to be a real mom! You are ten years too late."

"Leandra Mirabel Alvarez, watch you tone!"

"Or what? I know what, I shit on this family, I shit on you two, I only care for Ulf and I will go back to Spain!"

After that declaration, only Ulf's cries were heard.

Leandra tried to calm her brother down, rocking him back and forth, while Starchaser nosed and purred at the baby.

Gustavo and Sigrùn have turnend into stone. Did they hear right?

"You want to-"

"I'm going back to Spain, I have decided.", says Leandra calmly to them. "I never was happy on this miserable rock, I want to live with Abuela."

"Mi amor, we sure can find a better solution."

"No, I'm done. I'm done with you guys, I'm done with Berk, I'm done with this whole situation. Starchaser and I will go to Spain and stay there. And you better don't stop me or I will just run away. So accept my discussion or choke on a dick."

Leandra ignores the offended sounds of her parents and turns to go to her room, Starchaser following after her.

She closes her door and puts her chair on the doorknob, so no one can come in.

Starchaser croons at her and Ulf looks at her, catching with one of his hands a bit of her hair.

"It's the best.", she says to her dragon. Then kisses Ulf's tiny forehead. "You sleep in my bed with me today Ulfi. We will not have a lot of time anymore together."

And so the three make themselves ready for bed.

Ignoring the pleads from behind the door, till they stop.

Maybe Gustavo and Sigrùn have finally given up since Leandra won't.

"After Christmas.", she mumbles to Starchaser to not wake up Ulf. "Or Snoggletog how they call it here. That's the best time to fly to Spain. The winter storms calm down."

Starchaser just croons at her girl.

Oh, how she would miss her mate…but Leandra was the next closest thing to a hatchling she has.

She would follow her to the ends of the world.

Still a tiny tear leaves the golden eyes of Starchaser.

Leandra closes her own eyes and tries to ignore what she saw.

This will be the best for everyone.

She is sure.


Leandra should have known that her parents wouldn't simply accept her decision.

In the next days in the Alvarez-Jonnson household, you could hear often screaming matches between them.

Gustavo and Sigrùn tried to explain and excuse themselves, but Leandra was having non of it.

She brought up a lot of things that always rubbed her wrong.

She brought up how she nearly left Berk and they didn't even notice.

They tried to tell her, that they thought she just couldn't watch how Hiccup should slay the Monstrous Nightmare, and that's why they didn't search for her.

The black-haired girl had a tendency to disappear if she needed time to cool down from something.

What a weak excuse!

Today during their screaming match with her parents, Leandra had enough, she took Ulf and Starchaser and took a long flight with them.

Her only free day in the week and her parents had to get on her nerves with still trying to change her mind!

Angry she signs and cuddles Ulf, who is enjoying the flight. Her brother will be one day a great dragon rider, Leandra just feels it.

Starchaser grumbles at her in question.

"No Star, I'm done with all of this, father and Sigrùn can talk all they want till Christmas! We will leave after that and basta!"

"You will what?!", shouts suddenly a voice in disbelief.

Leandra groans and turns her head.

Yup, it's Hiccup and Toothless flying beside them.

Great, just great.

"Long time no see.", she greets him drily. "You taking a flight alone? Where are your girlfriend and fan club?"

Hiccup splutters at her.

"A-Astrid isn't my girlfriend and the gang isn't my fan club!"

"Really? Could have fooled me."

Leandra pets Starchaser's side to make her fly faster so she doesn't need to talk anymore with Hiccup, but her stubborn dragon stays on the side of her mate.

Again, great!

She doesn't want to talk with Hiccup.

"Lee what's wrong?", asks her Hiccup desperate. "Since I woke up you are different and now you talk about how you want to leave why?"

"So you did notice.", she scoffed and caresses Ulf's chubby cheek. "And why are you shocked I always told you that I want to go back to my Abuela."

"But-But why still? Now all is good on Berk and-"

She interrupts him and stares with fire in her brown eyes into his confused green eyes: "For this reason. Everybody treats us now like we are some kind of legendary heroes and like they always liked us when not even two months ago they couldn't care less about us. This is so fake and wrong! You may be okay with that, but I won't forget how they made me feel. They made me feel so bad about myself."

Tears spring in her eyes and she turns away from Hiccup.

Ulf babbles at her, while Starchaser croons and finally flaps her wings faster.

They are gone from Hiccup and Toothless sight in mere seconds.

"Lee…!", calls Hiccup for his best friend and has to fight his own tears.

He knows her, he knows she spoke the truth…that mean Leandra will leave Berk forever?

Toothless crooks at him sadly.

"Buddy we can't let them.", he tells his dragon, yet Toothless shakes his head. "What? You will let Starchaser go? But you are mates!"

The dragon nods and wishes he could tell his human that while he loves Starchaser, he knows that she can't be separated from Leandra. It's like with him and Hiccup. They are bonded in such a special way that being away from each other would hurt them.

Also, Leandra is the hatchling Starchaser always wished for and he couldn't give her.

He won't force his mate to decide between himself and being the mother she always wanted to be.

The brunette boy, of course, can't hear what his dragon thoughts, but he has a feeling this runs deeper than he thinks.

Sadly he steers Toothless back to Berk.

Could he do something to change Leandra's mind?

Or was all hope lost?

Deep down he knows the answer.

Leandra never wanted to stay on Berk. She missed Spain, the way of life there, and mostly her grandmother.

Now she had the possibility to go back home…who was he to chain her to Berk, making her more miserable?

Hiccup closes his eyes and silently cries.

He would miss her more than she would know, but he wouldn't stand between her and her wishes.

Toothless also joins in and whines defeated.

If you truly love someone you let them go…if they are meant for you they would return…

He can only hope that this saying was true.


When Leandra, Ulf, and Starchaser return back home, no one is in the house.

Maybe her father and Sigrùn took a walk to clear their heads?

Well, better for them.

Leandra falls with Ulf in her arms in her bed tired.

What a shit day.

That's when she sees how Starchaser is pawing at her closet and making frustrating noises.

"Star, what is it?", she asks and puts Ulf on the bed.

Starchaser just whines and paws more at the closet.

"Okay, okay, you want me to open it or what?"

For that, she gets a nod from her dragon. Leandra raises her eyebrows and does it. Starchaser picks up her packed basket.

The one she prepared when it was time to leave Berk.

"Starchaser?"

Her dragon puts the basket on the ground, points at it with her snout, then at her saddle, and then at the window.

Is she understanding right?

"You want to leave now, Star?", wants Leandra to know for sure.

Starchaser nods. She feels in her heart that her human hatchling has enough. Why should they wait any longer?

After a long time, a real smile forms on Leandra's lips. She gives Starchaser a kiss on the head.

"Thank you."

Faster than lighting Leandra undresses and dresses in the travel clothes she made in secret. A simple black tunic, with black pants, her fur boots, and a grey fur coat made out of a wolf's pelt, which had cost her a lot when she had traded for it.

She clicks the basket on Starchaser's saddle and they are ready.

Well almost.

Leandra kneels down beside her little brother on her bed. She caresses his little face and he grabs her fingers.

"Oh Ulfi, I don't want to leave you.", she signs sad, tears prickling her eyes. "I don't want to leave you with father and Sigrùn, but you are too tiny for the voyage we are about to make."

Softly she kisses his tiny forehead.

"I love you, Ulfi, never forget that."

With that she takes him to his crib, he would be safer there till her parents returned, and then mounts Starchaser.

Her window is open before them and the first stars are appearing in the sky.

The black-haired girl pets the side of her trusted and beloved Night Furry.

"Let's hit the road, Starchaser!"

Starchaser lets out an agreeing growl.

Not a second later they are out of the window, flying up into the sky.

Leandra looks for the last time back to Berk before she gives her personal hell the middle finger and turns Starchaser in the direction which will bring them to Spain.

"Go, girl, go!", she shouts happily.

And with that Leandra Alvarez and her Night Furry Starchaser embark on their journey.

The only things that are left behind are three letters.

One for Leandra's father and Sigrùn.

One for Ulf when he is older and can read.

And one for Hiccup and Toothless.

But these letters will be found late into the night after the whole village searched for the Spanish girl and her dragon.

What is written in the letters you ask?

Well, no Gustavo, no Sigrùn, and no Hiccup would ever tell you.

Yet you could see one emotion clearly in their eyes.

Regret.


The End!

And this FF is my second to be finished!

I'm so happy. :D

I hope you liked the chapter.

I will take now a three weeks break from this series before we start with the second book named UNITY!

Also the 19.03.2023 the new book should be online.

Always check my profile to be sure to not miss it!

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Have a nice day/night my loves!