Author's Note: THIS IS NOT THE LAST CHAPTER. It is however the end of Part 1 (the timeline or Berk) Stay tuned for Part 2 (The timeline of Brave)

Hiccup woke up slowly, than all at once. A dragon, Toothless, was sitting on his bed.

"Oh, hey Toothless. Okay, okay! I'm happy to see you too, bud. Now just- I'm in my house. You're in my house. Uh...does my dad know you're in here?!" The dragon's happy expression made him think that, yes, this was all very natural by now. But the good mood was spoiled for a brief moment as Hiccup stepped out of bed. A prosthetic foot. Right. He would have to get used to that. As he exited the house, shouts of congratulations and praise filled the air. This was an amazing moment, but Hiccup was just drifting though it. Merida. Where was that girl? He needed to speak to her, and since he had now very officially broken his promise to her, he figured no time like the present to introduce her to Toothless. Before he had a chance to go off and find her he was surrounded by friends and his father and… new dragon riders?

"I knew it. I'm dead."

"No but you gave it your best shot!" His father laughed. Gobber came up to him, and the two quickly discussed the prosthetic limb he now carried. And then came Astrid. She kissed him, which he had not been expecting. It was nice, but all he could think about was finding Merida. He finally got a chance to ask where she had gone.

"She and the rest of the Scotsmen that were here left this morning. They came here to fight dragons, and well…" The Viking Hiccup had asked shrugged and trailed off. Hiccup nodded. He turned to Toothless, a sly grin on his face.

"Think we can catch them?"

It really wasn't that hard. It was maybe an hour of fly time. Hiccup had Toothless put him down on the boat, and hover around. He didn't want the boat to tip. Merida had her back to him. Her hair flying around her and this time a deep green dress, it was all so right. He walked up to her, and quietly put his arm on the railing of the ship, right next to hers. She jumped, as if she had been jerked out of a deep thought. Her eyes lit up when she finally computed what was going on. She pulled him close into the most painfully wonderful hug he could imagine.

"Hiccup! You finally woke up!" Her eyes were bright with happiness. "I'm so sorry, we didn't know when you would wake up and we stayed as long as we could, but you're here and I was so worried!" She seemed to be processing several emotions because just then her face shifted into a scowl. She smacked him, rather hard, on the arm. "Hiccup you broke your promise!"

"I know Mer, but in my defense Toothless came out of that place all on his own and-"

"No, before that. With Astrid." She sounded so hurt, it took Hiccup by surprise.

"Merida, that no! oh gods no it wasn't like that. Odin's beard. She followed me and saw toothless and then was going to tell the village and then the dragon kidnaped her but I swear I didn't plan for her to meet him. I barely knew her at the time."

"But she kissed you. After you flew, it looked like a date. I don't care who you date Hiccup," for some reasons those words stung him in a new way. "I just, felt hurt and I don't know I'm sorry."

"Me too." He shuffled his feet for a second, and then quickly blurted out something he felt he might regret in a moment. "Merida, I don't like Astrid like that. I know she likes me like that now, but she didn't before all this and I don't want you to go back to Dunbroch thinking that there is anything going on between us." A smirk crept up Merida's lips. Hiccup quickly turned away, blushing profusely he finished, "So I will see you soon okay?" All of a sudden he felt a tug on his shirt spin him around. Merida grabbed the front of his vest and pulled him towards her.

"Defiantly." She said, and then kissed him rather passionately. The two teens broke apart, both blushing a bit.

"I'll…" Hiccup couldn't seem to grasp the words, "Write! I'll right."

"Yes… me too." Merida said slyly. Hiccup smiled, and walked away almost drunkenly. He then realized his mistake,

"Wrong way…" Merida laughed into her hands and he walked back to the dragon, and flew back to Berk.