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Chapter 16
For The Dancing And The Dreaming

It was a moment after the tearful reunion when Stoick and Gobber finally noticed the changes about Hiccup, especially his eyes. Hiccup only rolled his eyes at their panicked yells; it took them quite a while to notice. He explained to them from the top, what happened, how it happened, why it happened and something related with 'happened'.

Stoick and Gobber stared at him with wide eyes, not sure to believe the story but they were convinced when Astrid and Valka assured them. They even introduced Stoick and Gobber to Bigbee Bewilderbeast. Bigbee winced a bit when the two looked inrediculous at the name but Hiccup yet again hotly defended that it was much better than 'Pappy B'. They all couldn't agree more.

Instead of frantically leave the nest, Stoick decided to stay for a while since he was missing his wife very dearly who he thought was gone twenty years ago. He decided to have a family fest since he had not done it for a very long time; twenty years to be exact.

"It has been a while we had been doing this," Stoick commented as he brought the raw fishes to Valka who took it with cautious.

"Yeah, it's been a while," she spoke with nervousness. She carefully cooked it over the fire that was lightened up by Cloudjumper who was currently having a staring contest with Toothless. It was still too early to declare who would be the winner, despite the match started half an hour ago.

Once the fishes were cooked enough, she brought it away from the fire and bumped into Astrid who managed to save the plate of fishes from dropping.

"Oops, sorry abou' tha'; I still haven' use to this," Valka softly spoke as Astrid took the plate from her hands and brought it to Gobber who lay back against Grump who snored loudly.

"Ah, the usual fish; much mo' dangerous than anythin' she wield. This thing coul' kill mor' creatur' than the dual axes she once wield long time ago," Gobber commented as he a very small bite from the fish and gagged horrifyingly. He decided to dump the fishes to Grump, who also gagged at the bad taste.

"By the way where's Hiccup? He supposes to be here," Stoick asked as he looked around the chamber they were currently in.

"Oh, he's probably chatting with Bigbee and catches a bag load of fishes for the dragons," Astrid answered and Stoick raised an eyebrow at her.

"The giant ice dragon?" he asked.

"Well, Bigbee is the King of Dragon and crowned Hiccup to be Prince of Dragon. He though' tha' Bigbee was quite lonely. So, he provides a company for the dragon king. He's probably told Bigbee what's happening before now," Valka explained.

"The two seems to be getting along just fine," Astrid commented as Valka made a move to gather the water dripping from a tip of an ice with a jug. Then, Stoick realized something.

"Hiccup is too the heir to Berk," Stoick said, making the others too realized. "It's hard to believe that my son will be the Chief of Berk and the King of Dragons one day," he spoke with amazement.

"Two titles at the age of twenty," Astrid commented as she took a bite on the fish, suddenly regretted that she took it since it was a bad idea. Suddenly, Hiccup jumped into the chamber with a bag slung on his shoulder.

"I'm back! Sorry, Bigbee had a lot of questions and there weren't many fishes today so it took me quite a while," he dumped the bag onto the floor in front the dragons, spilling its content. Toothless broke the eye contact with Cloudjumper, making him lost the staring match.

::Thank you, Your Highness:: Toothless teased making Hiccup playfully smacked him. He didn't manage to take a single fish since Cloudjumper took the whole load in a single gulp. Toothless looked at him with huge demanding eyes. Cocking his head, Cloudjumper regurgitated the fishes, making Toothless gratefully slurped them up.

Through the entire time, Stoick was entranced by Valka. She was collecting the water that dripped from a tip of an ice with a jug. She was still as beautiful as always. Then he thought of something.

Hesitant, Stoick began to whistle a familiar tuned, making Valka froze.

"Oh, I lov' this one," Gobber swayed a bit with the tune as Hiccup and Astrid sat down side by side. The two looked confused at this as Stoick finished whistling, grabbing the jug from Valka's grip.

"Ye remember our song, Val?" Stoick softly asked as he put down the jug.

Then, he started singing the song.

Their song, to be more precise.

I'll swim and sail on savage seas
With ne'er a fear of drowning
And gladly ride the waves of life
If you will marry me
No scorching sun
Nor freezing cold
Will-

Will stop me on my jour-ney, sorry

Gobber sat down after he received the glare from Stoick.

If you will promise me your heart
And love...

Stoick stopped and sighed, thinking that his wife had forgotten about their song. He release her hand and-

And love me for eternity

That grabbed his attention back to his wife and a smile appeared on his face.

My dearest one my darling dear
Your mighty words astound me
But I've no need of mighty deeds
When I feel your arms around me

They began to dance in the middle of the room as the others watched in amazement, especially Hiccup since he had never seen this.

But I would bring you rings of gold
I'd even sing you poetry [Oh, would you?]
And I would keep you from all harm
If you would stay beside me

I have no use for rings of gold
I care not for your poetry
I only want your hand to hold

I only want you near me

To love to kiss to sweetly hold
For the dancing and the dreaming
Through all life's sorrows and delights
I'll keep your love inside me

Gobber then grabbed both Hiccup and Astrid and danced while singing along with Stoick and Valka, sharing a joyous smile.

I'll swim and sail on savage seas
With ne'er a fear of drowning
And gladly ride the waves of life
If you will marry me

"Me-eee-e," Stoick embraced his wife, savoring the feeling. "I'm still goin'," he stared into his wife eyes as Hiccup and Astrid smacked Gobber's gut. "I'm done"

They all shared the same smile, even Bigbee who had heard the singing the song.

Somewhere far away from the dragon king's nest, far away from Berk, inside a huge cave, laid an armada. On top of the deck of the main ship, a man got held as he struggled to break free from the men that holding him down. He screamed on top of his lungs, as the heated metal pressed onto his chest.

He rolled over once he was released, clutching his chest in pain. A bigger man stood towering above him, looking down on him. This bigger man was filled with scars as he was wrapped with a dragon cloak skin.

"Next time," he growled. "Don't come back with empty nets. If you did, then it will be the end of your puny life," he threatened, making the pained man at his feet nodded frantically. He turned around and approached the side of the ship, looking down at the bubbles on the surface of the water.