(Fast forward from last chapter) Tame had departed from Astrid to allow her to collect her emotions. She was broken, having to lose everything she loved dearly. Even Stormfly couldn't fill the huge gap Berserk left in her heart and neither could Toothless. She still had Hiccup's blood on her face as did Toothless. When she shed tears, a path would form on her face, making her have two narrow lines on her cheeks where the tears cleaned the blood off.

Poor Meatlug was also crying as she had too lost an important male figure in her life: Fishlegs. Though it was only part of the case for Astrid, Meatlug was still just as hurt as her, as if she had lost an entire family, lover, and spouse. She tried to follow Tame before he left but she was still in a great amount of pain from her previous encounter with a Titan, not to mention Tame forced her to stay with Astrid by roaring at her when she tried to follow. He didn't roar at her the first few times but when she actually latched onto him by biting one of the sharp spines coming fron his tail that he decided he needed to roar at her.

"I don't understand...why would she do this?" Astrid said, trying to calm herself.

Toothless whimpered and rubbed his head against Astrid's chin, though he just spread the blood he had on his head with the blood on her chin, making them both have a huge smear on their respective parts. He then sighed and stared at Astrid.

"Our home...gone...our family gone...Hiccup...gone."

"And Ruffnut."

Astrid turned her head, only to see Tuffnut staring at her with a frown on his face. It was obvious he was crying as he still had a few tears falling and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Where have you been?" Astrid asked with a sniffle.

"I was saying my last words to Ruffnut. I couldn't close the huge gash Berserk left on her arm so she bled to death. I couldn't get help from you guys because you were too busy fighting Berserk and other Titans. That, and the fact that some of us got eaten."

"Yeah...some of us."

"Where's Hiccup? And why are you and Toothless all bloody?" Tuffnut wiped some of the blood off of Astrid's forehead with his index finger before examing it.

Astrid didn't reply. She looked away from Tuffnut, trying to prevent anymore tears from falling. She clenched her fists and slammed them to the ground. Tuffnut was watching in confusion before realizing what happened.

"Oh...sorry for asking." Tuffnut thought for a moment before realizing the village had lost yet another chief. He fell to his knees before looking at the sky.

"We lost another...how could this be?"

Astrid began to shed tears again. "Berserk did it. She went...well...berserk."

Tuffnut looked down at Astrid. "She's a Titan. Of course she'd go on a rampage and kill everything."

"No...she was different. She didn't intend to harm others."

"But she did anyways."

"Because she was attacked first."

"Still. We coulda worked something out and she decided to declare war on us."

"You have a point there." Astrid began to wipe some of the blood off of her face.

"Go me..." Tuffnut would've been excited if had someone to brag about it to. With Ruffnut out of the picture, nothing seemed so exciting or uplifting.

"Well, it's best we get ready." Astrid stared down at the blood on her hands before getting up and looking straight ahead.

-Later That Day-

Tame returned to Astrid when she called out for him not that long before. He had Hiccup's body at hand, revealing what was left of him to everyone by mistake, almost killing Astrid spiritually and breaking her mentally. He tried to make up for it by making an oversized prye and placing Hiccup in it and lighting up the arrows for Astrid and Tuffnut to shoot to actually light the prye on fire. He sat on his knees as he awaited for Astrid and Tuffnut of commence the ceremony.

Astrid was struggling to grab an arrow as she was still hurting. It took the assistance of Tuffnut to finally pick up one and prepare to launch it.

"Today's a very sad day for we have lost a lot of things. Family...friends...dragons...lives...even homes...err...Astrid, finish it off." Tuffnut said with a stern tone while looking down with a bow and arrow in hand.

"...and today we lost someone very important...our chief...a friend...a father...my husband." Astrid spoke no more words and instead aimed her arrow high into the air, considering Tame not only made the pyre unusually big but also unusually far.

"Umm...I know there's a bit more to the speech." Tuffnut said, trying not to anger Astrid.

Astrid cleared her throat but her voice still came out a little shakey. "And we hope he rests in piece and is in Thor's hands now!" Again, she cried but she managed to shoot her arrow.

Unfortunately, the arrow was off by a few feet and none of the flames hit the pyre. Tuffnut shot his arrow as well, this time aiming a bit higher than Astrid but was still off. None of the flames from his arrows hit the pyre either.

"Tame! You built it too far!" Astrid said, falling to her knees.

Tame flicked his tail and picked up Tuffnut, Astrid, and Toothless. He placed them on his shoulders and made his way over to the pyre. He stared down at it before looking at Astrid. "Shall I do the honors?"

Astrid nodded quickly with her eyes covered as she was wiping away the non-stop flow of tears she had. Tuffnut simply took off his helmet in respect. Toothless gave Tame the puppy as he couldn't exactly think of anything else to do.

Tame nodded and took a deep breath. He turned his head towards the pyre and signalled Toothless to shoot a Plasma Blast at the house before he scattered flames amongst it. Toothless launched a Plasma Blast and watched as a few orange flames rose from the pyre. Tame then coated the pyre with purple flames. Astrid screamed in agony while Tuffnut backed away from Astrid as if she was crazy while wiping a tear from his right eye.

"I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY, HICCUP! PLEASE, TAKE ME WITH YOU!" Astrid screamed at the top of her lungs, all while covering her face and dropping to her knees.

Toothless roared alongside Astrid's wailing to express the great sorrow he was going through. Tame could only set the three down and hope Astrid recovers from her emotional delima. He didn't leave her side however. He simply watched the flames eat away at the wood and Hiccup's body. He knew that if he left, something would happen. They needed him more than Berserk needed him. Then he decided on something: He'd take them with him.

"Come home with me. I will give you a place to stay, food to eat, and clean water to drink."