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Previously...

I saw Corey's shocked expression. He then looked over and saw the tip of my blade...right beside him...

He then looked back at me with a small amount of confusion that then turned back into anger and hatred.

"I knew you were weak Hiccup." Corey sneered.

"True Strength doesn't come from ending lives, true strength comes from knowing when to spare them." I said "That is why you are weak Corey, why you will always be."

I then lifted my sword and placed it back in the sheath on my back. I then turned away, letting all the anger I had go.

Now the story...

Ironclad's POV

I saw Hiccup bring his blade down...and miss. Hiccup doesn't miss...well he used to but Ari worked his tail for about 2 months straight to get that out of him.

Hiccup had a clear shot...and missed on purpose.

"I knew you were weak Hiccup." Corey sneered.

"True Strength doesn't come from ending lives, true strength comes from knowing when to spare them." Hiccup said "That is why you are weak Corey, why you will always be."

He then lifted his sword and placed it back in the sheath on his back. Then turned away, walking towards me and Astrid.

I then saw Corey stand up. He was mad...I mean mad.

"You are the weak one! I will end you Hiccup!" Corey yelled. He then ran, grabbed his sword and charged

I then quickly reacted, leaping up and grabbing my bow and arrow off Black Ice.

Hiccup's POV

I was walking towards Astrid. The world had faded away and I was focused on getting her out of here and back to Berk.

I then saw Ironclad leap up and shoot something beside me. I turned around to see Corey, clutching his arm. Ironclad had shot an arrow at him!

There was also a rope attached to the arrow. Ironclad then wound the rope around his hands and walked over to Corey, kneeling on the ground. Corey looked up and Ironclad punched, him in the mouth. This temporarily incapacitated Corey, allowing Ironclad to wrap the rope around him and started to drag Corey away.

"No! No! I am a god among you! I am stronger than all of you!" Corey yelled, thrashing.

"Yeah, yeah, give it a rest" Ironclad said "Get Astrid to Berk quick. I started treating the wounds, but she may not last long."

"What about you? What about him?" I asked.

"I'll deal with him. Just...just take care of Astrid" Ironclad said. He then jerked his head and whistled. Black Ice then ran over and they walked out.

I was in shock for a second then snapped back to reality. I then ran back over to Astrid and carefully picker her up, bridal style.

"Hiccup?" Astrid said weakly.

"I'm here Astrid" I said, walking to Toothless.

"Is it over?" she asked.

"Its over." I said "Now lets get you back to Berk"

I then placed Astrid carefully on Toothless and we walked outside.

Once we reached the outside Toothless shot three plasma blasts into the sky. I then carefully positioned myself on Toothless so I was cradling Astrid.

"Toothless. Berk, as fast as possible" I said, clicking his fin. We shot up through the hole Black ice used to enter the ring. We then fly over the island and I see the Berk warriors heading to the ships, with Kol, Helga, Heith, along with Snoutlout, the twins, and Fishlegs covering them.

"I'm going back to Berk!" I yelled. Hopefully they heard me.

"Toothless, you have to be as fast as you can" I said. I then clicked the stirrup and we shot forward.

Once we reached Berk I quickly got off and held Astrid. I then ran to the Healer's hut and burst through the door. I saw the Healer tending Ari. She was not sitting up and had a large section of her waist wrapped up.

"Hiccup!" Ari said seeing us.

"Help, please" I said. The Healer then ran over and looked over Astrid.

"Set her down over here. She is weak, but I think she can make it" she said. I then sat her down on the table in a separate room. The Healer then closed the door.

"Hiccup?" I heard Ari say behind me.

I then turned around and saw her try to get up, but before I could stop her Klint did.

"Oh no, the Healer wanted you to stay off your feet" Klint said.

"I am fine!" Ari said.

"You could have died!" Klint said.

"But I didn't!" Ari said smirking.

"You could have" Klint said sternly.

"No she wouldn't have, she is too stubborn to die" I said smirking.

"Thank you!" Ari said.

Klint then grabbed the bridge of his nose and sighed.

"I am just kidding" Ari said "I'll take it easy...for a day"

"Thank you" Klint said.

Ari then turned to me.

"How is Astrid? What happened down there?" Ari said.

"Well Astrid was pretty beaten up as you saw. Luckily Ironclad was able to treat some of her wounds." I said.

"And Ironclad? What happened to him?" Klint said.

"He...he left. You know how he is. Even...even before he was closed off, doesn't stick around too long" I said, sighing.

"What...How did you..um deal with Corey?" Ari said.

"Ironclad has him" I said.

"You just let him go?" Klint said.

"When I was down there, fighting him...all the pain, feelings of betrayal, hatred...I just let it go. It wasn't me. I wasn't going to become a killer because of him. I learned that true strength doesn't come from ending lives, true strength comes from knowing when to spare them." I said.

"Wow...that was deep, even for you" Ari said.

"Yeah, when did you get all prophetic and wise?" Klint joked.

I rolled my eyes and heard the door open. I quickly snapped around and saw the Healer exit the room Astrid was in.

"How is she? Is she ok? Can I see her?" I said.

"She is fine Hiccup. Astrid is simply resting. She went through a lot and her body needs to regain some of that energy" the Healer said.

"Can I see her?" I said.

"For a moment, I don't want anyone to wake her" the Healer said and I walked into the room.

I saw Astrid laying on a bed, beside the table I placed her on. I knelled down and saw her hand by the edge of the bed. I smiled and sighed, taking her hand in mine.

"Hiccup" Astrid sighed. I thought I woke her, but her eyes remained shut.

I smiled and squeezed her hand, then the Healer tapped me on the shoulder. I then stood up and walked out of the room, catching one last look at Astrid before the Healer shut the door.

I then smiled and walked over to Ari and Klint.

"I'm going to take a walk. Come find me if she wakes up" I said. Ari and Klint nodded and I walked outside. The sun was setting now and I strode through the village, without any place in mind. I then walked over a hill and saw Black Ice, curled up against a tree, with Ironclad sitting under it.

I walked over and he noticed me.

"Hey Hiccup. I am guessing she made it?" Ironclad said, not taking his eyes off the sunset.

"Yeah, she is sleeping now" I said "What happened with Corey?" I then sat down beside him.

"Him? He is up there. He keep yelling how he would get you and burn Berk to the ground so I gagged him." Ironclad said pointing above him. I saw Corey, in the tree, gagged, and still struggling to get out of his bindings.

"Huh, I can't believe I missed that" I said "Why is he here again?"

"He is going to stand for his crimes. I'm going to turn him over to Berk later." Ironclad said.

I smiled and laughed a bit.

"I was about to do it you know. Finish him" Ironclad said.

"Why didn't you?" I said.

"I don't know... when I had Corey, I was prepared to end him. I had wanted that for so long...after what he did. I was so ready to extract my revenge, but something stopped me." Ironclad said.

"What stopped you?" I said.

"What you said, about strength" Ironclad said "It made me realize this isn't what she would have wanted for me. She would have wanted me to be strong and remember her"

"I know how you miss her. We all do, she was an amazing person" I said patting his back.

Ironclad sighed "I know."

"Come on, the ships will be returning soon. I'm sure my dad will want to see me and the Riders will be happy to see you" I said standing up.

"I don't know." Ironclad said.

"Come on, you know Helga will search every island to find you if she hears you were here and didn't say hello" I joked.

Ironclad laughed "You are right about that" he stood up and we walked back into the village.