Thank you all for being so patient with me! School was really getting crazy there for a second! But now I am off and ready for summer :)

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Hiccup's POV

I yawned but pushed away the tired feeling in my body. I quickly put the projects I had been working on, all through out the night away and walked out of the forge.

I saw Gobber walking towards me.

"Don't tell me you spent all night in that forge?" he said.

"I did, and I think the work I did is going to make all the riders very happy" I said.

"I'll bet. I looked at a few of your drawings after you left and I'll admit, they were mighty good Hiccup. You have a real talent" Gobber said.

"Thanks Gobber" I said.

I then saw Astrid and my heart skipped a beat.

"I gotta go Gobber." I said running past him and towards Astrid.

"Hey Astrid" I said smiling once I reached her.

"You look like hell Hiccup. Please tell me you didn't stay up all night" Astrid said.

"I did, but I think you will enjoy the outcome." I said.

"What did you do?" Astrid asked curiously.

"Just gather everyone, including the other Berk riders and Ora and Ironclad and tell them to meet me at the forge." I said ans she nodded, then running off to gather everyone.

I felt Toothless then nudge my hand shortly after.

He was eager to have his usual morning flight.

"I'll fly with you in a bit bud. But we need to get some stuff done first." I said walking back to the forge and Toothless following behind me, wondering what in the world I was doing.

Astrid's POV

"So what is Hiccup up to now?" Helga said as we all walked to the forge.

"Who knows?! I've traveled with him for near a year now and I am still no where close to figuring out that brain of his" Ari said tossing her long black hair over her shoulder.

"Was he like this when he was younger?" Ironclad said.

"He usually kept close to himself. I am sad to say it was because of the bullying he received from Snotlout and the twins. He was always special, trying to see things and the world a different way. Its one of the things that makes Hiccup so amazing. That's how he was able to find, train, and befriend Toothless. And I think that was how he was able to unite everyone and create the Riders." I said.

Ora looked deep in thought for a moment before snapping back to reality.

I saw Fishlegs had gotten the twins and Snotlout like I had asked and made it to the forge the same time as the rest of us.

"I'm glad you asked" Hiccup said walking out and wiping his hand on a cloth.

"So why is Hiccup calling us all here?" Ora asked.

"I kept having this nagging feeling like something bad is coming soon, so I decided to make some new weapons upgrades" Hiccup said gesturing us to follow him into the forge.

There was an array of new weapons laying on the table, each extremely different and unique.

"Ari, I made you a new sword. It has a small dagger also hidden in the hilt." Hiccup said picking up the sword and twisting the handle, causing the small dagger to pop out and land in his other hand.

"Cool" Ari said walking forward and grabbing her new weapon. She weighted the blade in her hand and slashing it through the air "This is amazing Hiccup, the dagger will come in handy if I'm in a stalemate" she said winking.

"I made a new crossbow for you Helga." he said "But that's not all. Simply push back the stirrup and move the release and..."

The crossbow then became a sword as Hiccup manipulated the crossbow.

"Amazing Hiccup!" Helga said clapping happily. Hiccup handed Helga her new weapon and she was smiling wide.

"I also made a hammer for you Ora." Hiccup said "There is a button on the bottom of the hammer that once pushed will cause the spikes on the side of the hammer to shoot out"

"Interesting" Ora said taking her new weapon in her hand. She looked like she was already planning scenarios to use her new weapon.

"Ironclad I know you like your weapons so I only sharpened and made slight touches to your sword" Hiccup said.

"I wondered where it went. I assumed you must have taken it" Ironclad said smiling and taking his weapon back from Hiccup.

"I also have new weapons for Heith, Kol, and Klint." Hiccup said.

"For Kol I crafted this special trident" Hiccup said holding the trident "It can shoot out a chain and then retract right back into the staff part of the weapon"

He then set the weapon back down and picked up a hammer.

"I made a hammer that can turn into an axe for Heith. The handle, once turned a certain way will cause the blade of the ax to jut out of the hammer and effectively turn the hammer into an ax" Hiccup said demonstrating the weapon's abilities.

"And for Klint I made a sword that can coat itself in Terrible Terror vemon." Hiccup said holding up the sword.

"Ruffnut, I made a spear for you that has a blade at both ends" Hiccup said handing her the weapon "And can split into two smaller spears"

"I also made this mace for you Tuffnut. It will form a chain mace one you press the trigger. The chain can be adjusted in length too." he said.

"Sweet" Tuffnut said taking the weapon in his hands.

"I made a new bow for you Fishlegs. I made it so you can fire multiple arrows at once. Also I made some specialty arrows for you. One of them will release a net trapping the attacker, and another will release a cloud of Zippleback gas, which can spark creating a fire ball." Hiccup said then handing the weapon to an excited Fishlegs

"Thank you Hiccup" Fishlegs said smiling and looking over his new weapons.

"Snotlout, I made a new club that can can be ignited using Hookfang's fire" Hiccup said handing the weapon to Snotlout who looked a little ungrateful.

I then punched Snotlout's arm hard.

"What do we say?" I said in a menacing tone.

"Thanks Hiccup" Snotlout mumbled.

I nodded and crossed my arms smirking.

"And Astrid, I made this ax for you" Hiccup said turning to pick up the weapon on the table.

The axe was intricate. The blade and handle had special carvings that were beautiful to say the least.

"I made it so that it can split into two axes when you twist the handle" Hiccup said, then twisting the weapon in his hands and making the axe split.

Two thinner, but no more weaker axes were now in his hands. He then placed the axes back together and twisted the handle again. Hiccup handed the axe to me and I looked at the weapon.

"Thank you Hiccup. Its perfect" I said. The ax was light but it looked stronger than any other weapon I had seen.

"Did you make anything for yourself?" I asked.

"I did actually. This one took a while to plan out but I think it was worth it" Hiccup said taking out what looked like the handles of two swords, minus the blades.

The handles had leather wrapped around them and a metal dragon head roaring at one of the ends.

"uhh I think you forgot something Hiccup" Snotlout said laughing.

Hiccup only had a devilish smirk on his face.

"Oh did I?" he said then pressing a button on both handles causing two metal spikes to some out. They formed the outline of the blade, but had openings in the middle but then the blade caught fire and we all jumped back.

"The handle holds two compartments you see. One has Nightmare saliva and the other has Zippleback gas" Hiccup said "The gas can be sprayed out at the end of the sword and then ignited by a spark. The Nightmare saliva covers the blade and when ignited will cover the sword with fire and keep it alive."

"Hiccup...thats" Ironclad said shocked, like we all were.

"Amazing. I can't believe you even designed something like this" I said finishing Ironclad's thought.

"Thanks Hiccup. You really outdid yourself this time." Ari said smiling at her new weapon.

"Can we test them out?" Helga asked.

"Sure. You can all head to the Killing ring and I'll catch up" Hiccup said. The twins, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Ora, Ironclad, Ari, and Helga all then walked out of the forge to go test their new weapons.

I moved to follow them but Hiccup gently grabbed my arm.

"I want to show you something...its the last thing I was working on" Hiccup said.

"What is it?" I said curious.

Hiccup then moved to grab a wrapped up parcel, hidden behind the table.

I walked closer and stood by Hiccup as he unwrapped the item.

It looked like a fin for Toothless. It was black and had a couple gears and was more intricate than the one Toothless had on now.

"A new fin?" I said.

"Yes...and this one might...just might...allow him to fly again" Hiccup said.

I gasped "Do you mean?"

"Yes. This fin will allow Toothless to fly solo." Hiccup said.

"That's...amazing Hiccup. I mean..." I said unable to speak.

"I am not sure if it will work the way I hope but I did the calculations three times...it should work" Hiccup said.

"Hiccup...do you know what this means?" I said looking at him.

"Toothless can have his freedom back." Hiccup said turning away from me "I took that away from him Astrid. I was selfish and because of that I injured Toothless in a way that grounded him for life"

"You know he doesn't see it that way. You are his best friend. I am sure he doesn't mind being attached to you" I said.

"That's just it Astrid!" Hiccup yelled throwing his hands up and turning around to face me.

"I know he says that! But even if he doesn't feel like I burden him he has no other choice. I can give that back to him" Hiccup said.

I sighed and placed my hand on the side of Hiccup's face. He instantly relaxed at my touch.

"You and Toothless, you both have something special. You need him as much as he needs you Hiccup. Its not about what happened before you knew each other. All that matters now is that you and him are together. You may have injured him Hiccup, but you also gave him something I know I wouldn't trade for the world" I said.

"And what would that be?" Hiccup said looking into my eyes.

"You" I said smiling "You are the most special person I know. You see things in ways no one else does. You have the heart of a chief and the soul of a dragon. You are the best thing to happen to all of us, Hiccup"

"You really think that?" Hiccup said.

"I know that" I said then leaning forward and capturing his lips with mine.

"You are destined for great things Hiccup. And me and Toothless will be by you every step of the way" I said once we broke apart.

"You are too good for me sometimes Astrid" Hiccup said kissing the top of my forehead.

"And don't you forget it" I said winking "Now come on, the others will be waiting for us."

"Ok" Hiccup said grabbing the new tail, and his new weapons.

We walked outside to see a very, very eager Toothless.

"I know. I know, bud. Just let me get this new tail on you" Hiccup said walking behind Toothless.

Hiccup's POV

I knelled down on the ground, with Toothless's tail between my legs.

I started undoing the straps on the red fin and I quickly took it off Toothless's tail.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Just one second bud. I worked on this for a long time. I think...you'll really like it" I said then grabbing the black fin and lining it up with Toothless's own fin.

I tightened the straps and finished putting the tail on.

I stood up and inspected the tail.

"Can we now go flying!? It is already near noon! This is supposed to be a morning flight!"

"Just...try taking off" I said stepping back.

"What are you doing?"

"Just...try it out please" I said.

"I don't see the..." Toothless then flapped his wings and his fin. The mechanical fin the began to work, mimicking the movements of Toothless's real fin.

"...point" Toothless was flying a few feet above the ground, but flying none the less.

"What did you do?" he said then landing.

"I...gave you back your freedom bud" I said.

"Freedom? I never lost my freedom. I only gained you"

"I know...its just" I stuttered trying to find the right words.

Right then I heard three dragons' roars.

Toothless perked his ears up and we all turned to look at the sky.

"It is Steam, Blaze and Stormer"

"They must be back from scouting. Though I expected them to come latter today" I said.

"Is something wrong Hiccup?" Astrid asked looking at me.

"Maybe...they wouldn't have returned early unless something bad happened" I said.

"I'll go get the others. You meet Heith, Kol, and Klint" Astrid said then running off in the direction of the Killing Ring.

I looked up to see the silhouettes of three dragons; a Scauldron, Typhoomerang, and Thunder Drumming.

They then moved to dive to the ground and they landed only moments later, right in front of the forge.

I saw Steam, Blaze, and Stormer all injured and Kol, Klint, and Heith didn't look better either.

"We...made it" Heith said breathing heavy and sliding off his dragon.

"Hiccup!" Kol said stumbling off Steam and falling on the ground, hard.

I ran over and helped him up.

"What happened to you three?" I said, worried and shocked.

"Dagur...Dagur is coming" Klint said.

"He and his armada are heading to Berk as we speak." Kol said, holding onto my arm to steady himself.

"How soon?" I said,

"A few hours. Max" Kol said.

"We need to warn everyone" I said.

Right then Ari, Helga, the twins, Ora, Ironclad, Snotlout, Fishlegs, and Astird ran forward.

Helga ran straight to Heith and was checking him over.

"Are you three alright? What in Thor's name happened?" she said.

"Its Dagur" Klint said as Ari rushed forward to steady him.

All three of them looked really bad. Their hair and clothes were singed in places and each had a few burns.

"You all have burns...dragon burns" Ironclad said.

"That's another thing" Klint said "Dagur is working with a crazy dragon lady"

"Who?" I said.

"She calls herself Dahlia the Cunning" Kol said.

"And she says she is after Ironclad" Klint said.

We all looked at Ironclad with confusion and worry.

"This...is really...really bad" Ironclad said.

3rd Person POV

"Sir. We are only a hundred miles from Berk" one of Dagur's men said.

"Good. Tell me if you see any riders or retaliation from Berk" Dagur said grasping his hands behind his back, looking out to the sea.

"The female rider. She requested some burn salve for her and her dragon." the man said.

Dagur growled "Give her what she wants. Do not disturb me again!" he yelled.

"Yes sir!" the man cowered and ran to get the salve for the not as scary, but still terrifying female rider.

The man then gave Dahlia the salve she wanted below deck.

"Now leave me!" she yelled and the man almost fell over himself to get away from the rider and her Moon Hunter dragon.

Dahlia took the salve and rubbed it over her burns.

Luna, cooed at her rider.

"I'm fine. Next time those riders won't be so lucky" Dahlia growled.

"How are you my Luna?" Dahlia said turning to her dragon "You need to rest for the battle"

The Moon Hunter dragon sat down near her rider and Dahlia laid back onto her dragon.

"We will soon have our revenge my Luna. Soon" Dahlia said grinning and closing her eyes.

Thank you all for being patient!

I promise to try and update soon but I am not sure.

I am taking my final exams, the SAT, have a life guarding job, and volunteer at a camp the first week of summer.

So yeah, my life is a little crazy right now.

Thank you all and please review!

Love,

swimmjacket