Epilogue

Hiccup couldn't think. His mind was spinning and unfocused, like there was nothing that could take away his attention from the wound. The sensation from the wound was incredible cold and wet. And even though he had been wounded before, this was the first time he ever gotten hurt somewhere it was highly possible that he wouldn't survive from. It felt strange knowing that he might not be able to survive this. Then Toothless came to his mind. What was going to happen to his dragon if he died? Toothless wouldn't fly without him, even if he could fly on his own now, but out of respect and love for him the dragon would never fly again if he wasn't there. Just like Gobber once said during dragon training 'a downed dragon is a dead dragon'. What was going to happen now?

His knees fell on the ground and he could hear someone call out his name, but due to his shock he couldn't register what was going on around him. The only thing he could think of doing was closing his eyes and accepts the darkness that began surrounding him, so he did just exactly that.

The minute he saw Hiccup going down, Toothless leaped immediately down to the ground and hurried to the young man's side. When he reached Hiccup's side he opened one wing and covered them both. However the meathead that Hiccup called a father approached him and tried to separate them, the dragon snapped. He wasn't going to leave his side and he wasn't going to let anyone take Hiccup away from him again. So he growled at the large Viking, telling to stay away, but the man wasn't going to let the dragon scare him off.

"Listen to me beast," the Viking said. He sounded both annoyed and worried. Annoyed at the dragon for not letting him get closer to his son while worried about his son well being. Toothless didn't like to be called a beast, so he continued growling at him. "I need to take him to see a healer if we are going to get a chance in saving his life."

Toothless continued staring at the large man, trying to find a reason to refuse his request, but it seemed like the man was relentless and wasn't going to leave without Hiccup. So he carefully revealed Hiccup's body from his wing's safety. The man leaned carefully closer to gather Hiccup in his arms, but his eyes never left the dragon. When Hiccup's body was in the man's meaty arms the man began walking away. Toothless followed right behind him, not leaving Hiccup's sight.

They walked up the hill and headed over to a house that overlooked the village, but in contrast of Hiccup's childhood home this place was decorated with plants and odd trinkets. Toothless began to question if it had been such a good idea to let Hiccup's father to bring him to this weird place. He got even more suspicious when a very short old woman appeared when Hiccup's father knocked on the door. The woman didn't say anything instead stepped aside and let him in, however when Toothless attempted to enter as well he was denied.

"No, you need to stay outside while Gothi examine Hiccup," Hiccup's father growled at him. Toothless growled back and tried to move past the large man, but the man only blocked him from moving further. "You can see him once she stitched him up and his condition is stable, but until then you need to stay right here and wait. Understood!"

Hiccup's father wasn't willing to have an argument with the dragon, so Toothless snarled in defeat at the man and lied down in front of the door. If he weren't going to be allowed to be by his friend's side then he would stay as close as he could get and no one was going to make him go away unless it was Hiccup.

For the next three days Stoick switched between taking care of the village and visit Hiccup at Gothi's house. The old woman refused to let neither him nor the dragon see Hiccup until he was fully healed. Of course she didn't say the exact words, but whenever he or the dragon tried to enter she would hit them on the head with her staff until they left. It was surprising that the dragon actually listened, even more that the dragon remained passive and obedient lying in front of the door.

Stoick shook his head by the thought of the Night Fury who was patiently waiting for Hiccup's return. Instead he chose to focus on the matter about the rest of the dragons that had helped during the battle. Honestly, it took him by surprise that the dragons didn't attack them once the Berserkers left the isle, but it took even more surprise when the dragons found resting place on Gothi's property like they were worried about his son like the Night Fury was. They had a loyalty to his son, which was so similar to the loyalty to what Vikings had for their tribe. Was it possible this is what Hiccup and Valka saw in the dragons?

When the villagers asked him what they were going to do with the dragons and about Hiccup, he wasn't completely sure what to do, however he believed that he had to talk with Hiccup about it. They had a lot to talk about and one of the things they had to talk about was what really happened five years ago to make him run. He figured out that his son ran because of the dragon, but that didn't explain everything.

On the fourth day Stoick walked up to Gothi's house and found the door unguarded by the Night Fury. Worry started to appear on Stoick's face and hurried inside Gothi's home, fearing to find the bed his son had been occupying for the last three days empty. However instead he found his son lying there awake and smiling while petting the large dragon like he was a house pet. He couldn't think of a time when Hiccup actually smiled without being odd or sarcastic about it. Maybe it was possible that this dragon understood and made his son happier than what he used to be when he lived here?

Hiccup turned and noticed his dad standing, looking at him and Toothless interacting with each other. He found it strange to see his dad who is normally stoical and calm person actually looked like baffled by something. At least he wasn't looking at hi with eyes of betrayal like the last time he really had contact with him before the battle happened.

"Dad?" Hiccup said carefully, not really sure how he was supposed to interact with his dad especially when neither of them had ever been good interacting with each other in the first place.

"Hello Hiccup," Stoick said. "How are you feeling?"

"Um…alright I guess," Hiccup answered, while he pulled one hand through his hands. "I mean I'm better than what I used to be, not like before I lost my leg, but like I was before the battle started."

He knew that he was babbling and it was no question about it, but he was nervous and slightly scared about his dad and him talking like normal father and son. His dad looked for once patient with him, which took his by surprise. Normally he would see the disappointed scowl considering there was something abnormal with having a dragon next to him.

"We need to talk," Stoick said bluntly. And then the patience ran out, Hiccup thought to himself. Still he knew that they needed to talk, even if he was sure his dad wasn't going to like everything he was going to tell him. "I need to know what exactly happened five years ago when you left and everything that has happened that lead to this."

"Yeah…you are right," Hiccup sighed. He looked at Toothless for a second; reassuring him that everything was going to be fine before he began telling his father the entire story. Over the course of time he used retelling his dad the story about Toothless and him, he noticed that his dad remained quiet and kept his normal stoic demeanor, so Hiccup had no clue what was going through his dad's mind. When he was finally done with the story he waited for his dad's reaction. And for a while it looked like his dad was analyzing the story to see if there was any deceit or lie about it. However his face turned gentler and Hiccup guessed his dad finally made up his mind.

"I can understand your decision to leave, but you should have talked to me," his dad said gently as well slightly annoyed. Toothless snarled at him, but Hiccup quickly calmed him down. He didn't want his best friend to hurt his dad or his dad hurt his best friend, so for both of their sakes he would remained the peaceful bridge between them.

"You never listen to me and be honest with me dad, you wouldn't exactly listen let alone understand why I befriended a dragon," Hiccup replied. "And also I didn't want to put you in the position where you had to chose your chieftain duties and your fatherly duties. However it didn't seem like you had any problems doing so when you discovered who I really was."

"Alright I see your point," his dad admitted. "But Hiccup the situation was out of my control. I know I did my mistakes when it came to you and I can only hope someday we have a better relationship."

"So what is going to happen now?" Hiccup asked. "Are you going to kill me for betraying our tribe and everything else?"

His dad didn't say anything for a second, thinking over the options that was lying there in front of them.

"Despite your actions that lead to this battle, it was your actions and decisions that helped us in the time of need. So it would be wrong to kill you. However neither the tribe or myself are going to allow you to go punish free, so you are going to work to earn your place back here on the isle," his dad concluded.

"What did you have in mind?" Hiccup wondered, looking at Toothless again. Toothless gave him nudge with his snout like he was telling him that he wasn't alone and they were in this together, just like they had always been together through the good and the bad times.

"I have seen how loyal and gentle these dragons are with you and I believe it is time to change and we need your help to do it. I want you to teach us about these dragons and show us how they really through your eyes," his dad explained cautiously. "If you are willing to do that of course."

Hiccup thought over the offer. It was his dream that humans and dragons lived side by side without conflict with each other, and right now his dad was offering to make his dream come true.

"And the villagers are willing to do it?" Hiccup asked. "Because I wouldn't do it unless everyone is willing to actually befriend dragons. So if that is the case what else do you suggest?"

"Banishment for a year, maybe longer," his dad said simply. "However they have seen how the dragons are when we leave them alone. So they are willing to try, especially when they saw the relationship between you and the Night Fury."

"His name is Toothless," Hiccup said. Stoick looked at him like he expected that the dragon's name was a joke. When he saw Hiccup was kidding, Hiccup continued talking. "And we would love to do it, because this is our home and we don't want to fly aimlessly anymore. However what I ask for in return that you and everyone will respect our need to fly outside Berk borders without your supervision. I'm old enough to take care of myself, but know that I will always need my dad."

His dad responded by giving him a bear hug that has been prolonged for some time now. He returned the hug with gentleness. He knew that their problems wouldn't be solved overnight and the villagers weren't going to be easy to teach about dragons that went against their traditions. However he believed that with Toothless on his side, they could do almost anything as long they had each other. Friendship comes in different shapes and forms, but true friendship could make impossible things possible.

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That's the end. I know the ending was cheesy, but I needed to end the story somehow so this is it. So I hope you guys like it, so please review, favorite or follow this story. If you guys are interested in my other stories check out my personal profile. My stories consists fanfics from these categories:

- Divergent Trilogy

- How To Train Your Dragon (This one is the only story I have written for this category)

- Darkest Powers Trilogy

- Thunderbirds

- Frozen (Also just written one story for this category)

- Kaleido Star (The same as the statement above)

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