The night had begun to grow late, but that had no effect on the Vikings of Berk. The hall was filled with the members of the island, talking, laughing and drinking. Hiccup smiled, scanning the crowd a bit. There were certain things he liked about Berk, seeing everyone together and happy was one of them. Someone nudged him from the side and he turned his head to see Astrid standing by him with two cups. She handed one to him, glancing at the people Hiccup had been looking at moments before.

"It's nice isn't it…the few times we actually get to gather as a people…to celebrate or just be one" she spoke with a bit of awe and kindness at the same time.

Hiccup smiled, looking at her in the candle light of the great hall. She had a good heart, and it showed through her love of Berk and its people. For a moment he didn't even hear what she had said, until her attention turned on him, making him jump a bit as their eyes met. He covered his staring, by taking a drink from his cup and looking back at the people.

"Berk really is something" he agreed.

She smiled, he noticed it from the corner of his eye. Slipping a hand up, she brushed a bit of hair behind one of her ears. Hiccup glanced over to where Toothless and the other dragons were communing. Some of the members of the village were feeding those fish, Toothless catching one in his mouth. He caught Hiccup watching, and tilted his head in that goofy dragon grin he had given Hiccup when the two of them had first met and smiled. He smiled back, watching the dragon swallow the fish in one gulp. He chuckled a bit, looking back to Astrid, who seemed to have been looking to the dragons as well.

"It's hard to believe we were at war with them not that long ago, I wonder what would have happened if you and Toothless had never became friends…what if none of us had become friends?" she tightened her hands on her cup a bit as she spoke.

Hiccup took a breath, before placing a hand onto hers for a moment, "we would have found a way…besides, and the point is we are friends that makes us stronger."

She smiled, both soon glancing down at their hands meeting. Hiccup pulled away, the two of them turning away a bit and laughing, mumbling a bit awkwardly under their breaths. An arm wrapped around Hiccup's shoulder, his head being pulled down as someone proceeded to mess up his hair. He pushed the person away, looking to see Snotlout laughing.

"Just like you to be a stick in the mud over here while a party is going on" he crossed his arms.

Fishlegs and the twins were behind him, Astrid placing a hand on her hip as she rolled her eyes at his comment.

"We were having a conversation, and it's just like you, to get in someone's way" she smirked a bit.

Snotlout moved to her side, flexing his arm a bit "oh I can do a lot more baby."

She rolled her eyes, placing a hand on his face and pushing him away as she had done before. The two of them fighting made the twins laugh, the four of them beginning to talk. Fishlegs tapped onto Hiccup's shoulder, causing him to turn and look at his friend.

"You really think this is all over?" he asked nervously.

That had been a question that Hiccup had been dreading and trying not to think about all day. At the mention of it, the others grew silent. Even in the middle of a party it seemed, things like this could change everything to serious in an instant. Hiccup sighed a bit, staring into his cup.

"I…don't know" he said, "honestly, I can't see Alvin giving up so easily, plus, there are so many unanswered questions."

"Like?" Snotlout asked.

"Like that odd Viking? Or what Mildew had to do with all of this? How did Alvin know about that island, and what was that place?" he elaborated.

Snotlout rolled his eyes.

"Let's hope this is the end, and we don't have to find out" Astrid took a drink from her glass.

"What about that weird skeleton thingy" Tuffnut asked.

They all looked at him.

"What skeleton thingy?" Hiccup asked.

"We saw it on the island, near the shore" Ruffnut shrugged, tossing one of her braids behind her shoulder.

"It was huge!" Tuffnut spread his arms a bit to give an example.

Fishlegs swallowed, "you mean that thing…that was sticking up out of the water?"

They nodded.

"What was it?" Astrid asked him, since he would probably have a better grasp than the twins.

"It looked like some kind of dragon skeleton" he said, "though I was really hoping not, and was not too keen on getting a close enough look to see."

"Why does it matter?" Snotlout huffed, "we're done there, so who cares if there is a skeleton of some dead dragon floating around?"

He rolled his eyes, turning to go off into the party once more. The twins followed, wrestling a bit and arguing about food. Fishlegs glanced between Astrid and Hiccup for a moment, before following and telling them to wait up. A dragon skeleton…something about that sent a chill through Hiccup.

"Snotlout has a bit of a point…a dragon skeleton doesn't really have a meaning to us at the moment" Astrid stated after a moment.

"True" Hiccup sighed, "But if it has anything to do with Alvin and that dark Viking, it can't be good."

He headed towards the doors.

"Where are you going?" Astrid called after him.

"I need to think and check on something" he turned to look back at her with a smile, "don't worry, I'll be back in a little bit."

"You better, this is a party, we can't really have it without one of the guests of honor" she laughed.

Hiccup gave a slight wave, which she returned, before pushing open the doors and stepping out into the night.