edit 11/25/16: edited bc i accidentally at one point referred to avalon as somehow simultaneously ika's granddaughter and daughter lmao
Here is the first epilogue to FotS, entitled "Reunion."
It's been three days since Drago was defeated. Three days since the Bewilderbeast under Drago's control had killed the old Alpha and taken over. Three days since Toothless had in turn defeated the new Alpha and become Alpha himself, the first Alpha ever to not be one of the Bewilderbeast.
Those three days have been completely hectic. Not only have the villagers been scrambling to rebuild Berk and adjusting to having a new chief (as well as mourning the old chief), but tribe after tribe of dragons from every species have been arriving to pay their respects to their new Alpha. It's exhausting.
Toothless is lying curled up in the sun outside Hiccup's house when he senses Stormfly land next to him. He raises his head and looks at her. "Hi, Stormfly."
"There's another group of dragons coming in," she says. "They'll probably be announcing themselves soon."
As soon as Stormfly finishes talking Toothless hears the faint roar of the approaching tribe's leader and perks up his ears to hear the words more clearly.
"I am Avalon, queen of the Kisarae tribe of Night Furies," the leader of the distant tribe roars. Toothless's heart leaps. The Kisarae are here! His tribe is coming! "We will arrive in approximately half an hour, with your permission to approach."
"I am the Alpha, Toothless," he roars back, hesitating before adding, "formerly known as Nael of the Kisarae tribe. You may approach." He's announced himself as Toothless and Toothless only to every other tribe, but he has to tell them it's him, that he's alive.
A roar from a different dragon replies, the voice achingly familiar. "Nael? Is it really you?"
"Ika!" he calls back happily. "Yes, it's me. I'm alive. I'm here!"
Avalon's roar comes again to his ears. "Our arrival time has been adjusted to approximately ten minutes."
Toothless bounds happily around Stormfly. "Stormfly, it's my tribe! It's my family!"
"I never even knew what your name was before you met Hiccup, let alone your tribe," she says. "I can't wait to meet them. We haven't seen another Night Fury in so long."
The Kisarae are approaching fast, and although they have been in range of dragon eyes since their exchange with Toothless, they are only now close enough for humans to see them as more than just specks. "Dragons approaching!" the Viking sentry posted on the cliffs yells out, looking through his spyglass at them. "They're Night Furies!" There's surprised awe in his tone as he calls out their species.
The village is filled with excited murmuring, and many of the villagers stop in their tracks to scan the horizon for a glimpse of the rare dragons. Toothless is the only Night Fury they've ever seen - he's pretty sure the Vikings even thought he might be the only one left. He's been afraid of that for a long time too, and is ecstatic that his fears were unfounded.
Astrid runs past Toothless into Hiccup's house, yelling out for him. "Hiccup! You have to see this!"
By the time Hiccup races out of the house, the Kisarae have already landed and Toothless has run over to them. A small crowd has surrounded the Night Furies, chattering excitedly.
A female Night Fury stands in front of the rest of the tribe, and Toothless knows this must be Avalon - his granddaughter - because she looks so much like Ika. Her name fits her perfectly, as well - Avalon means lightning, and she is covered in a web of jagged, branching lines that look just like lightning bolts. They're the exact same green as Ika's markings.
"I am Avalon, queen of the Kisarae," Avalon says, repeating her greeting from earlier. "This is my tribe. We have come to pay our respects to the new Alpha."
"I am Toothless, the Alpha, formerly Nael of the Kisarae," he replies. Avalon and the rest of the tribe bow their heads to him briefly. The formal introduction now over, he allows himself to scan the tribe for his mate. "Ika? Are you here?"
She walks out of the crowd and comes towards him, over a hundred summers older but still just as beautiful as she was the day she chose him as her mate. "Nael. It's really you. I can't believe it."
He hurries to meet her and they press their foreheads together. "I thought I'd never see you again."
Another female Night Fury walks up to them, and Toothless almost doesn't recognize her until he sees her markings. "Jayna? Is that you?"
She nods, seemingly speechless, and Toothless wraps his wings around his daughter. "I can't believe you're all grown up," he says. "The last time I saw you, you were only a hatchling."
Next Riya comes and wraps her wings around him, and soon everyone he used to know has surrounded him, all saying how glad they are that he's alive and okay. Toothless looks around him happily, beaming, and catches sight of Hiccup standing at the edge of the group of Night Furies. His human seems completely dumbfounded, possibly even speechless, although he's not sure if it's possible for Hiccup to be speechless.
"Toothless, is this your family?" he asks, sounding like he can't believe his eyes, and the dragon nods at him.
"I've never seen so many Night Furies in one place before," Valka says. "I thought Toothless was the last of his kind!"
"Why do they keep calling you Toothless? You called yourself that, too," Ika says. "You do still have teeth, right?"
"Of course I still have teeth," Toothless laughs. "My human didn't realize my teeth were retractable the first time we met - well, second time, but the first time we met in a non-hostile way," he says. "He started calling me Toothless as a reference to that, and it stuck."
"What happened? Why did you leave, Nael?" Ika asks. "Or should I call you Toothless now?"
"No, you can still call me Nael," Toothless says. "It's a long story, but basically, the Red Death took me."
"But the Red Death is just a story. To scare hatchlings," Jayna says. "Right?"
"It wasn't," he tells her. The entire tribe is quiet, listening attentively. "I was under its control for a hundred summers, until Hiccup - my human - shot me down. That's how I lost my tail fin." He holds his tail with the prosthetic up for all to see, and several dragons gasp.
"He took your tail and now you've befriended him?" Ika asks incredulously.
"It's a long story," Toothless says again. "The short version is, I was trapped, he brought me food and made me a new tail so I can fly with his help. I saved him when he was in danger, and his tribe captured me and used me to find the Red Death. They all would have died, and me as well, if Hiccup hadn't come. We killed the Red Death together. That's how he lost his foot." All of the Kisarae immediately turn to look at Hiccup's feet - specifically, his fake left foot - intently, and he takes a step back in surprise.
"Why are they all staring at my feet?" he asks.
"Toothless showed them his tail earlier. Maybe he's telling them how you two met," Astrid suggests.
"Oh, this is so exciting!" Fishlegs practically squeals, scribbling notes on a notepad to put in either the Book of Dragons or on his dragon reference cards later. Probably both. "All we know about Night Furies so far has come from Toothless. We've never seen how they act in a group, or how their hierarchy works, or anything. I never even knew they have unique markings! I wonder why Toothless doesn't have any?" He drops his pencil in excitement.
"So you were shot down, captured, and nearly killed by these humans, and now you're friends with them?" a Night Fury asks. Toothless recognizes him as Kisar, the arrogant male who thought Ika had chosen him as her mate when she announced she had chosen.
"Look around you. Thanks to me and Hiccup, Vikings and dragons have made peace, and created something wonderful," he says. "I don't regret making friends with Hiccup. Not at all."
"Nael…" Ika says uncertainly. "Will you come home?"
"I want to," he tells her. "I really do. But I can't leave Hiccup, or his tribe. I won't leave him." He hesitates. "You could stay here. It might be hard at first to find space, but we could adjust. I know several of the humans would be ecstatic to have so many Night Furies around. They know so little about us."
"The tribe has a home," Avalon says. "We have to go back to it." She pauses before hurriedly adding, "With all due respect, of course, Alpha."
"You don't have to treat me differently because I'm Alpha. You're still family, and the Alpha thing mostly happened because I was protecting Hiccup, not because I was trying to become Alpha," Toothless says. "But if you're going home, could you at least stay for a few days?"
"Of course, Nael," Ika says, a note of sadness in her voice. Jayna hesitates, looking like she wants to say something but unsure if she should. "Jayna? What is it?"
"Maybe the whole tribe can't stay, but maybe me and Ika could stay with you," she offers. "We never really got a chance to be a family, since you… left when I was so little."
"I would love that," Toothless says softly, and Ika agrees. They turn to look at their granddaughter (or in Jayna's case, her daughter) hopefully.
"Of course," she says, seeming mildly amused that not only are her mother and grandparents asking her for permission, but two former queens and the Alpha think they have to get her permission to do anything. "I do think the rest of us should stay for a few more days, though. It's a long flight, and I think we would all like to spend some time with you before we leave." There is enthusiastic agreement from the rest of the tribe. "I'd like to get to know you better as well, rair, if that's all right." Toothless smiles hugely, hearing her call him by the Night Fury word for grandfather.
"I'd like that, too," Toothless says, and Avalon smiles.
A horn sounds, and Toothless raises his head excitedly. A dragon race is about to start! Hiccup cautiously makes his way through the crowd of Night Furies and climbs onto Toothless's back.
"What's going on?" Ika asks.
"Dragon racing! It's a competition the Vikings created," Toothless says as Hiccup clicks his prosthetic foot into the stirrup that controls Toothless's tail. "You should come watch!"
"You ready to race, bud?" Hiccup asks, clicking the tail open, and Toothless makes an affirmative noise as he spreads his wings and takes off. Ika and Jayna take off as well, flying on either side of him, and Toothless has never been happier than he is now, flying with his family, dragon and human.
Note 2015: Guide to Night Fury words and names:
Avalon - "lightning", Nael/Toothless's granddaughter and Jayna's daughter, current queen of the tribe
Ika - "sky of stars", Toothless's mate and Jayna's mother, former queen of the tribe
Jayna - "freedom", Toothless and Ika's daughter and Avalon's mother, former queen of the tribe
Kisar - "wind", an arrogant male Night Fury
Kisarae - literally "of the wind", Toothless's tribe, full name never mentioned in the story but is "Kisarae Naelkirl" (meaning "Night Furies of the wind")
Nael - "night", Toothless's name when he lived with his tribe
rair - "grandfather"
Riya - "flame", Toothless's mother
Please leave a comment! This is marked as complete, but probably will be receiving more chapters as I post oneshots and drabbles from this 'verse. I have at least one other timestamp (this one taking place when Nael and Ika are six summers old) if I can find it, but I want to write more. If you have any suggestions - any at all - please leave them in the comments!
Updated Note 11-25-2016: lmao i love when the Kisarae all turn to look at Hiccup's foot. Imagine 50 Night Furies suddenly simultaneously turning to you and looking intensely at your feet
there's one more timestamp to this currently, which will be posted in a moment!