The gang finally made it back to Dragon's Edge, way after Hiccup and Toothless.
Hiccup was waiting in the Club House, sitting on the surface around the fire pit, a cup of water in hand.
The other riders landed outside the building and came in, leaving their dragons outside for there was simply not enough space for them.
Astrid walked up to her friend, feeling kind of guilty for talking to him in such a way earlier. But he spoke before she could say a word.
''Look, I know what I did wasn't right... I should've told you,'' Hiccup spoke, ''I'm sorry...''
Astrid was taken back and what he meant was absolutely true, but she smiled either way and sat beside him.
''I know what you did, you did it to protect all of us,'' she said. ''Now what you did, fly away without letting us know, wasn't your cleverest plan, I have to admit...''
Hiccup gave a small laugh and continued, ''Yeah... Guess I wasn't thinking clearly...''
''I can't disagree on that,''
''Sorry I let you down... I should never have gone after the Dragon Eye...''
''Speaking of which, did you get it..?''
Hiccup smiled and took the satchel placed beside him and gave it to her. Astrid took it, looking at him suspiciously and opened the bag, the Dragon Eye lying in the bottom of it.
''No way!'' she cheered, unable to believe he had made it.
''Sorry, but I couldn't help overhearing your conversation, because I was eavesdropping...'' Snotlout said, ''If you were simply after the Dragon Eye, why didn't you involved all of us in this mission?''
''That's my business,''
''Anyway,'' Astrid interrupted, ''Why don't we check out if it works well, after all it's been through?''
''That's an idea,'' Hiccup said, ''Toothless,''
Toothless cracked an eye opened and got up, stretching out his legs and wings before coming. Hiccup placed lenses he knew worked with the Night Fury's glow in it an put it in front of his buddy's mouth. The purple fire lighted through, and scripts appeared on the wall, the same ones from when they first unlocked it. They didn't need the key for when Viggo used the glow of the Flightmare, the mechanism unlocked forever and the Snow Wraith tooth wasn't quite useful anymore.
''Well, at least it works,'' Astrid stated.
''Yes!'' the twins cheered from behind, with Fishlegs, ''Back in the saddle, baby!''
''There is one thing we need to do though...'' Hiccup said.
''What's that?'' Fishlegs asked.
''Viggo and Dagur both know now that we're the ones who have the Dragon Eye, and I don't think they're gonna leave it that way...'' he explained.
''What are you saying?'' Snotlout questioned.
''I'm saying we better watch our backs,'' Hiccup continued, ''because the next outcomes, might be nothing we've ever faced before.''
The team looked at each other, unexpectedly taking it seriously.
''Are you saying we could—'' Tuffnut began.
''Yes Tuff. We can die.'' Astrid finished for him.
The group was quiet once again, kind of frightened by what Hiccup and Astrid were telling them.
''I wouldn't worry if I were you. We got plenty of time to train ourselves. Now just get back to your huts and get some sleep, it's been a long night,'' Hiccup said, and they all went off, except for him and Astrid.
Hiccup turned to face Astrid when all the others disappeared.
''I had a lot of fun tonight,'' Hiccup said, walking with her out of the Club House for a morning walk around the base.
''Fun? Almost getting killed was fun..?'' she laughed.
He looked at her awkwardly, shrugging. ''Yeah...''
Astrid laughed, taking his hand as they walked. ''It was kind of fun,'' she admitted.
