Chapter 18

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Thought / Dreams / Event from the past

[Voice from the past]

"Dialogue"

"Dragon language"

Letter

Emphasis

Dangerous Tone

"I'm glad that everyone has recovered from the Blue Oleander's poison, but remember to inform me and Hiccup if any of you feel something strange or anything." Toothless reminded his Flockmates, he had finished checking everyone and was sure that all of them had recovered from the poison, but it's better safe than sorry.

"We will, Night Alpha." The other dragons answered him.

"Good." Toothless nodded as he satisfied with the answer, "Well then, you are dismissed".

Toothless watched them flew off as pride bloomed on his chest. He was proud of his Flockmates, they wouldn't let a mere sickness from the poison to get their spirit down, they were up and about as soon as they feel better. He was still not used with that kind of feelings though, even after more than a year passed, he still felt as though this experience was new for him.

It's still hard for him to believe it himself. He was a lone dragon in the past, before he met Hiccup, but now he was one of the two Alphas who lead three Nests with his Brother. So much can happen in just a year or so, huh. He thought fondly as he slowly walked around aimlessly, silently watching everything that was going on around him, before suddenly a noise caught his attention.

Toothless turned to the direction where he heard the running footsteps and blinked when he saw Hiccup and Astrid ran towards the Great Hall, looking as if they ran all the way from the cove to the village. "Hiccup!" He called out as he jogged to catch up with him, "What's happen?! Forest fire?! Intruder?! What is it?!" He asked in worry. It's rare for Hiccup to run like that outside from training, so he was worried.

"A race happens, Toothless!" Hiccup answered but he continued running.

"I won't lose!" Astrid yelled as she ran passed Hiccup in a burst of speed.

"Let's see if you can win!" Hiccup answered as he ran passed Astrid, with a smirk on his face.

Toothless slowed to a walk as he watched them with a shake his head, "Lover birds." He said in amusement before walking to follow them.

"They are a match, aren't they?" Stormfly commented as she landed beside him.

"Indeed, they are." Toothless answered in agreement, "But I wish they will their feelings to tell each other soon, their courting just takes too long".

"I agree." Stormfly answered before she nudged Toothless gently, "How about a race to the Great Hall?".

Toothless smirked, "You are on." He answered before they both took off running towards the Great Hall, because it would be unfair for Toothless if Stormfly flew and Toothless not.

"I win!" Hiccup cheered as he turned around and saw Astrid arrived just a second after him.

"Man, how come you are this fast even though you are one-legged?" Astrid asked as she panted heavily from all the running, "And how come you don't run out of breath?".

"It's all thanks to the training from Rugra and Ruby." Hiccup answered with a big grin, "I was a fast runner from the start, the loss of my leg did little to change that, all I need is a good prosthetic and I can run as good as when I still had my left leg. They saw this so they trained my speed even more, then they also trained me so I won't run out of breath too soon".

"I would like to have a spar with you sometimes." Astrid said with a smirk, "I wonder if you have become strong now under their training".

Hiccup grinned and opened his mouth to accept her challenge, but then they were knocked off balance when two fast blurs brushed passed them. They tried to get back their balance but couldn't, so they ended up falling on top of each other. Hiccup stared at Astrid, who had fallen on top of him, and they blushed deeply for their lips met.

"Wow, that's Night fury for you, so fast." Stormfly squawked excitedly as they stopped running, "Nadders are known as the fastest dragon on land, but you can match my speed easily!".

"Well, the humans said that because they had never seen a Night Fury before." Toothless answered with a proud smile, "But you are fast yourself, faster than the other Nadders I have raced within the past. I think you are as fast as Thundress, if not as fast as a Night Fury".

Stormfly squawked excitedly at the compliment, "Thank you!" She replied happily before looking around, "Now, where are our- oh . . ." She stared at Hiccup and Astrid, who were still on the ground and blushing while staring at each other.

"Ah, finally." Toothless purred in amusement, "I thought they would never finish their courting".

Hiccup snapped out of his daze and stood up, pulling Astrid with him, before glaring daggers at his Brother. "Shut. Up." He said through gritted teeth, but the blush on his face had softened the glare that he threw at the black dragon, who only smiled innocently in respond.

Astrid cleared her throat, "Um, let's go to the Great Hall and see if Chief Stoick is there." She suggested with a blush on her face as well.

"Yeah, let's." Hiccup agreed and they walked into the Great Hall as if nothing ever happened, but the blush on their faces still remained.

"Stubborn." Toothless grumbled as he followed them into the Great Hall, earning a chuckle from Stormfly.

"Hey, Dad." Hiccup greeted his Dad as soon as he saw the man.

"Hey, Hiccup." Stoick greeted them with a smile before raising an eyebrow, "What's wrong, you two? Your faces are red".

"Nothing." Hiccup and Astrid answered at the same time, both too quickly, which ended up making their blush deepen.

"Suuure." Gobber, who was sitting beside Stoick, said teasingly.

"A-anyway!" Hiccup cleared his throat, "About the problem I need to discuss with you, Dad, can we talk about it now?" He asked his Dad, who nodded and gestured to the chairs nearby, silently telling them to have a seat. Hiccup and Astrid took a seat each with their dragons curling around their chairs, before Hiccup turned to look at Stoick seriously. "Dad, do you think you can hold a meeting with the Chiefs of the other tribes?" He asked to the point.

"Why?" Stoick asked in confusion.

"Well, Berk and Hunterville already stopped killing dragons, right?" Hiccup asked his Dad, earning a nod from Stoick, Gobber, and Astrid, "The problem is the other tribes still kill dragons, even after the raids stopped. I can't let this continue or the war could begin a new, so I need your help to get all the Chiefs here where I can talk to them at the same time".

"Is that alright though?" Astrid asked in worry, "We don't know how they will react, they might attack us without listening as soon as they saw the dragons".

"I have thought about it, that's why I and Toothless agreed that we need to hide the dragons, until after I finished explained to them that the war with the dragons is over." Hiccup answered her seriously before turning his attention to Stoick, "So, can you?".

"I can, but I don't know how to get them here without revealing too much." Stoick answered as he stroke his beard, "With Vikings, you need to tell them directly or they would never listen, and even then they rarely listen. I should know, I have a whole village full of Vikings".

"Just tell them in the letter that the war is over, you invite them to Berk so they could listen to the story of how the war ended." Hiccup suggested with a shrug, "I don't really know, it's more of your expertise than mine".

Stoick hummed in thought before he nodded, "Yes, I will get them here." He said in the end before looking at Hiccup, "It's sure would be bad if the war start again, but there's another reason you ask for this, isn't it?" He asked curiously.

"Yes." Hiccup admitted, "The dragons are running out of place to stay." He told them with a sigh, "They don't dare to go near the other tribes, because they run the risk of getting killed, so they all ended up either going to the Helheim Nest, the Hunterville Nest, or here at Berk. Right now, the number is manageable, but in a few months the three Nests will be full of dragons".

"Is it a bad thing?" Gobber asked as he scratched his chin, "I mean, with more dragons, we get more help in case we got attacked".

"Yes, that may be so, but the problem is with the food." Hiccup explained to him, "If the number of dragons in one area is too big, the fishes and other animals will leave that area to find a new place with less predators. Sure, the dragons can fly out into faraway place to hunt, but what about our fishermen? Or our hunters who relies on animals fur and hide for their trading?".

"Yeah, it would be very bad." Stoick agreed with a nod.

"That's why you need the other tribes to stop killing dragons, isn't it?" Astrid guessed, "You want to make sure the dragons can go to the other islands as well, so that this situation can be avoided".

"That's right." Hiccup confirmed.

"Alright then, I will tell them to come here." Stoick said as he patted Hiccup's shoulder, "We will help you with this, so don't hesitate to ask if you need help. Okay?" He asked his Son with a smile on his face.

Hiccup smiled back at him, "Okay." He answered, feeling grateful that he had supportive father and friends.

"How much time do you think we have until the situation got worse?" Stoick asked Hiccup, earning a confused look from the boy, "It will take a long time to sent messengers to the other tribes, then we need to wait until all the Chiefs arrived first before we explain, so we don't have to explain more than once".

Hiccup looked at Toothless, "How much time do we have, Brother?" He asked his dragon.

"About three to four months, I think." Toothless answered thoughtfully, "I'm not exactly sure because this thing mostly relies on instinct, but I think it's pretty much right".

"I see . . ." Hiccup nodded in understanding before looking at the rest, "Toothless estimate that we have about three to four months. Do you think it's enough time?".

"More than enough." Stoick stood up, "If we work fast, they will arrive about a month from today, one and a half at the most." He ruffled Hiccup's hair as he walked past the boy, "I will get us some dinner, do you want chicken or fish?".

"Ah, I will help you." Hiccup answered as he stood up, "What do you want, Astrid, Gobber?".

"Chicken, please." Astrid answered with a grateful smile.

"Same here." Gobber answered with a grin.

"Okay." Hiccup answered before walking together with his Dad.

After they ate dinner together, Hiccup sent Sharpshot to Hunterville with a message. He asked Rugra to come with Ruby for the meeting so he would have more support, as well as proof that working together with dragons was better than continuing to kill them. Hunterville had grown so much with the help of the dragons, especially after the attack from Dagur and the Berserkers. They were proof that everything would be better if they worked together with the dragons.

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A month had passed after Stoick sent some villagers to be the messengers to the other tribes. They were sent to Bog-Burglars, Bashem Oiks, Meathead, and the Hysteric Tribe. Of course, they didn't sent invitation to The Outcast Tribe and the Murderous Tribe for the obvious reason that they were dangerous and Berk's enemies. They also didn't send the invitation to the Berserker Tribe and Lava Louts. For the Berserker Tribe, it's because Hiccup had seen that they couldn't be trust, and for the Lava Louts, they like to enslave people, so Berk didn't have any treaty with them.

Now, a month after the messengers took off, Hiccup held a meeting at Dragon Academy, where they normally held their Dragon Training.

"Alright, Riders! Listen up!" Hiccup called out once he had seen that every Rider in Berk and the ones from Hunterville, who had arrived a day before, were in the Academy, "A month had passed since our messengers go, the other tribes will come to Berk soon enough. I want all of you to not fly with your dragons, at least not until all the other Chiefs have come and listen to our explanation. We can't risk being seen as aggressive, it could lead to a war, so please don't go and flying around!".

Snotlout raised his hand, Hiccup nodded to let him to speak, "Can we at least fly at night?" He asked with a crossed arms, "I mean, they can't see us if it's night".

"No, it's risky." Hiccup answered firmly, "You forgot that dragon raids happened at night in the past, the other tribes don't know that the war is over, so they will be cautious and be on guard at night time more than day time".

"Then can't we just fly at day time?" Tuffnut asked in confusion, earning a sigh from the others.

"Tuffnut, if you fly at day time, you will be in plain sight." Hiccup answered him patiently, "It's out of option".

Ruby raised her hand this time, Hiccup gestured for her to speak, "Where are we going to keep the dragons?" She asked curiously, "Changewings like Breeze can easily camouflage themselves, but the other dragons cannot do the same".

"Good question, Ruby." Hiccup smiled at her before addressing the entire crowd, "Okay, I will tell you where the dragons are going to be. I already told them earlier, so they would be at their assigned place as soon as we heard the news of our guest's arrival." He unrolled the map of Berk and pinned it to the board that was located behind him, "Most of the dragons will hide in the forest, where they would be near the village but out of sight. For tidal class dragons, they would wait at the beach and near this cliff." He pointed at the beach and the spot where a cliff met the sea, just behind the Academy. "For Changewings, they would camouflage themselves and wait around the Great Hall." He then pointed at the surrounding of the Great Hall, "They will wait there, so make sure not to go there or you might bump onto them accidentally. It would seem as if you hit thin air, which would give away the Changewing's positions, so be careful. Alright?" He asked them with a smile.

"Is Toothless going to wait in the forest as well?" Astrid asked him curiously.

"No, Toothless and Rainleaf will be inside the Great Hall with me." Hiccup answered calmly.

"Wait, Hiccup!" Fishlegs gasped, "Isn't that very dangerous? What if the other Chiefs attack them?!".

"Calm down, Fishlegs, they will only with me at the day of explanation. They will be in the forest until then." Hiccup explained with a smile, "On that day, Rainleaf with camouflage herself so no one would see her, she is safe. As for Toothless-" Just as he said the name, Toothless came running into the Academy.

"Brother, Scauldia said she saw Meathead's ship approaching." Toothless reported immediately, "I already told the dragons to do as planned".

"Good." Hiccup said in relief, "Well, the Meathead is the closest to us, so it's normal if they arrived first. The rest might take more time, so please tell the others that they have to be patient and stay out of the village until further notice from me".

"I know, I will tell them." Toothless answered sadly before he nuzzled Hiccup's chest with his head, "If you have time, please visit us. I will stay near the cove with the rest of our main flock. Please be safe while we are away".

"Nothing will happen to me, don't worry." Hiccup reassured him as he pat Toothless's head.

"I will miss you." Toothless crooned sadly.

"I will miss you too." Hiccup said with an apologetic expression, "I will visit whenever I can, take care, Brother".

"You as well, Brother." Toothless licked Hiccup's cheek once before turning around and ran out of the Academy.

Hiccup inhaled deeply as he stared at Toothless's retreating figure. It's hard for him to be away from his Brother and flock, hard and painful, but it's necessary. He sighed once Toothless was out of sight before looking at the Riders, "The Meathead is approaching." He told them seriously, "Your dragons are already in their position, don't worry. Now, until all of the other tribes arrive, please refrain from talking about the dragons. If the other tribes ask how the war end, just tell them that everything will be explained once all the tribes arrive. Got it?".

"Yes!" They all answered.

"Good." Hiccup nodded and smiled at them, "Then, let's go and greet our guests".

They cheered and walked out of the Academy. Hiccup and Astrid walked side by side in front of the group, leading the people to the dock. Once there, they stood beside Stoick, so the people would know that their position were important.

Hiccup might not be the Heir anymore, for he had given the position to Astrid, but his status was still high in Berk. He was the Dragon Trainer, although the people of Berk called him 'Hiccup the Dragon Master', and he was one of the two Alphas of the dragons. He was as important as Stoick himself, a Chief in his own right.

Near them, Rugra stood with Ruby by his side. Actually, they didn't have to wait for Meathead's arrival like Stoick, Hiccup, and Astrid, but they waited together with Stoick and the rest of Berk anyway.

"Welcome to Berk, Chief Mogadon and Thuggory of Meathead." Stoick greeted them once they get out of their ship.

"Thank you, Chief Stoick." Mogadon answered shortly before his gaze locked at Hiccup, "Ah, I see that the lost Heir of Berk has returned".

"We will explain why my Son disappeared for a whole year after the rest of the tribes arrived." Stoick said as he gestured to the Great Hall, "For now, why don't we catch up at the Great Hall? Hiccup and Astrid will accompany your Son while we catch up with each other".

"Good idea." Mogadon answered with a smirk, "I would like to have an arm-wrestling contest with you later, Stoick, be prepared to lose this time".

Stoick smirked back, "Oh, I would like to see you try." He answered in challenge before the two laughed and walked to the Great Hall together, chatting lively on the way.

Hiccup, Astrid, and Thuggory watched the two Chiefs walked off before Thuggory turned to Hiccup. "Glad to know you are alive and well, Hiccup." Thuggory said as he shook hands with Hiccup, "The rumor said that you finally get eaten by the dragons, hence your disappearance, but I see that the rumor is wrong".

"Thank you for your concern, I'm glad that you are fine too." Hiccup answered with a smile.

Among the Heirs of the other tribes, only two of them who didn't bully Hiccup because of his skinny figure. Thuggory was one of these two Heirs, he was a mature and well mannered type, strange enough for a Viking, which was why they got along because they both were different from your usual Vikings. Even though they rarely meet each other due to the distance between their two tribes, it's safe to say that Thuggory and Hiccup were good friends.

"Hm, I see that you have grown as well, Hiccup." Thuggory said with a grin as he looked the boy over, he then frowned when he saw Hiccup's fake leg, "What happened to your leg?".

"Well, it's a long story, and it had something to do with the end of the war with dragons. You will know once the other tribes arrived, I don't want to repeat the story over and over." Hiccup answered calmly before motioning to Astrid, "There's something you need to know though, I'm not the Heir of Berk anymore. This is Astrid, she is the Heir of Berk now".

Thuggory's eyes widened as he heard the news before looking at Astrid in surprise, "How come? Why would Chief Stoick remove you from your position? It's your birth right to be the Heir of Berk's Throne." He asked Hiccup in confusion and disbelief.

"Well, I was the one who ask for this, and I was also the one who chose Astrid to fill in my position as the Heir." Hiccup told him with a shrug, "You will know the reason once you heard the story, but you have to wait until all the others arrived".

"I hate waiting." Thuggory huffed in annoyance.

Hiccup chuckled in answer, "How about I show you around the village, Thuggory?" He asked the older boy, "It's also a good chance for you to get to know Astrid. You two will be the Chiefs in the future, so it's good to build a good friendship with each other".

"Alright, let's start with the introduction." Thuggory offered his hand to Astrid, "My name is Thuggory, the Heir of Meathead. It's a pleasure to be your acquaintance".

"Astrid Hofferson, the Heir of Berk." Astrid answered with a smile as she accepted the offered hand, "Nice to meet you, Thuggory".

"Well, now that the introduction is done." Hiccup started as he gestured to the village, "Let's begin the tour." He finished with a smile.

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After the arrival of Meathead tribe, the other tribes soon arrived at Berk. Following Meathead were Bashem Oiks and then Hysteric Tribe. The only one left was the Bog-Burglars tribe, and Hiccup was told to wait in the Great Hall so he could accompany the Chiefs and Heirs of the other tribes, while Stoick and Astrid waited at the dock for the Chief and Heir of Bog-Burglars to arrive. Fortunately, he had heard the news from Scauldia beforehand, so he had some time to hide Toothless and Rainleaf in the Great Hall before the other tribes came into the Great Hall.

"Hiccup!" Thuggory greeted him as soon as he entered the Great Hall.

Hiccup smiled at the older boy and walked over to him, "You seems to be in a good mood, Thuggory." He said in a form of greetings as he sat beside the boy. For now though, he would have to move after the Bog-Burglars entered the Great Hall.

"Well, I heard the Bog-Burglars will arrive soon enough." Thuggory said with a grin, "This means that you will explain everything to me soon enough, I don't have to wait for long anymore".

Hiccup chuckled, "Always impatient." He said teasingly.

"As if you aren't impatient yourself." Thuggory grumbled unhappily.

"What do you mean?" Hiccup asked innocently.

"You are impatient yourself, when it's concerning blacksmithing." Thuggory answered before a mischievous smirk appeared on his face, "So, how is your progress with Astrid? You like her, don't you?".

"It's not your business." Hiccup said with a blushing face, earning a chuckle from Thuggory, before they both looked up when they heard the door to the Great Hall banged opened.

Standing at the door was a blonde haired Viking with a pair of blue eyes that were in deeper blue than Astrid's eyes, her hair was braided into many small braids, and a Claymore strapped onto her back. Her gaze locked at Hiccup before she ran towards the boy, "Hiccup!" She cried out as she forced Hiccup to get up from his sitting position by pulling at his shirt's collar, "What the hell do they mean by you are not the Heir anymore?!" She demanded angrily, "Don't tell me, do they finally kick you out of Berk?! If that's the case, let's go to Bog-Burglars! Even though you are a boy, we will let you live with us!".

"Calm down, Cami." Hiccup said with 'calm down' gesture and released his collar from the girl's strong grip, "That's not why I'm not the Heir anymore, calm yourself".

"Then explain!" She demanded furiously.

Cami, whose full name was Camicazi, was the Heir of Bog-Burglars and was another one of Hiccup's best friends. Different from his friendship with Thuggory, which happened because they were both unique for a Viking, Hiccup and Camicazi's friendship was started because they were both crazy geniuses. If Hiccup was known for his hobby of creating crazy invention, then Camicazi was known for her skill in burglary. She could steal something that people have on their bodies, and they don't even know that she had taken it until the said people looked for the said item. Of course, all of the Vikings of Bog-Burglars love to steal stuffs, but no one has the skill or the craziness to steal in a risky situation like how Camizazi usually love it to go.

"I will explain it when your mother arrived in here, along with my Dad and Astrid." Hiccup answered her with a smile before stepping away and gestured for her to take a seat, "I don't want to repeat the story again and again, so let's wait until everyone is present before I will explain everything".

Just then, the door opened again, slowly this time. Stoick, Astrid, and a tall woman with big boobs entered the Great Hall, followed by Gobber, Spitelout, and Snotlout. Hiccup waited until they all took their seats before walking over to his reserved seat and sit down, he nodded at his Dad to begin the meeting.

Stoick stood up and cleared his throat, "Alright." He began as he looked at all the Chiefs and Heirs available, "First, I want to thank you for coming to Berk, even though I'm sure you all are busy with your own duty as Chiefs and Heirs of your own tribe. I had told you in the invitation that we will have a discussion about the war against the dragons, and we will." He inhaled deeply in preparation of what was about to happen as soon as he tell them the news, "As you know, we have been at wars with the dragons for 300 years. Today, I invited all of you to Berk to tell you a wonderful news. Our war with the dragons is over!".

The reaction was instant.

"What do you mean it's over?!"

"The war is not over until all of those mindless beasts are dead!"

"How is it over so suddenly?!"

"Did you find the Nest and destroyed it?!"

"QUIET DOWN! LET ME SPEAK!" Stoick yelled against all the uproar.

They quieted down and looked at him in confusion, "Explain, Stoick." Big-Boobied Bertha, the Chief of Bog-Burglars as well as Camicazi's mother, demanded seriously, "Normally, I would assume that you have found the Nest and destroyed it, but considering we still have random dragons here and there, I'm guessing it's not the case. So explain, what do you mean by the war is over?".

"I know that explanation is in order, that's why-" Stoick looked at his Son and nodded, "Hiccup, if you please".

Hiccup inhaled deeply as he stood up from his seat, "I'm sure all of you have heard of how I disappeared from Berk for more than a year." He began as he looked at each of them straight in the eyes, to show them that he wasn't intimidated by their presence or stares, "The reason why I left Berk unannounced was because I wouldn't kill a dragon." As soon he said that, they began murmured with each other, "Yes, you heard me right, I wouldn't kill a dragon. So, when I was chosen to kill the Monstrous Nightmare at the end of Dragon Training in Berk, I left to find a way to end the war against the dragons. Not by the usual 'find the nest and destroy it' way, but by finding out why they were raiding us and solved it".

"How do you achieve it though?" Mogadon asked incredulously, "Dragons are mindless creatures, we can't talk with them or anything".

"Chief Mogadon, please refrain yourself from saying that dragons are mindless creatures again, I took offense from your false claim." Hiccup said coldly to the man, he didn't glare or even raising his voice, but cold tone was enough to tell them that he was not going to tolerate what the man had said.

Mogadon stood up and glared at Hiccup, "Who do you think you are, boy?" He demanded angrily, "You are not a Chief, you aren't even the Heir of Berk anymore. You don't have the right to talk to me like that!".

"Oh, is that so?" Hiccup asked calmly with a raised eyebrow before he snapped his finger.

Toothless immediately jumped out from his hiding place, up on one of the rafters that supported the Great Hall, and landed silently behind Hiccup.

"Hiccup!" Camicazi gasped as she jumped from her seat, "Watch out! There's a dragon behind you!" She warned as she pulled out her Claymore from her back.

"Calm down, Camicazi, he is my dragon." Hiccup said calmly as he looked at all of the Chiefs and Heirs available, who also had jumped out of their seats in shock and reached out for their weapons, but none of them make any move to attack because Hiccup was standing in front of Toothless. Finally, his gaze locked with Mogadon's, "As you can see, he is a dragon. Let's see how he will react if you dare to insult the dragons anymore, Chief Mogadon, but don't you dare to say I didn't warn you." He was silently daring the man to say that dragons were mindless creatures again, but the man was wise enough to shut up.

"Wait!" Camicazi raised her hand in 'stop' gesture, "What do you mean by 'your dragon'?" She asked in confusion.

"And what kind of dragon is it?" Thuggory asked nervously, "I have never seen any dragon that looked like that".

"His name is Toothless." Hiccup stated firmly as he looked at his best friend, "He is not an 'it', and he is a Night Fury".

"Night Fury?!" Bertha gasped in shock, "The unholy offspring of Lightning and Death itself?!".

"Yes." Hiccup said shortly with his arms crossed, "Now, if you all please be quiet for a few minutes, I will explain everything." They all quieted down, but all of them were tense and they looked at Toothless warily, "Alright, so, I left because I wouldn't kill a dragon." He continued with a sigh, "First, I will explain how this is all begun. You see, during a raid about a year and a half ago, I shot down a Night Fury." He gestured to Toothless with his hand, "As you have known, I was known as Hiccup the Useless in the past, no one believed me when I said I shot down a Night Fury. So, I went to find him on my own with the intention to kill him, but when I found him tied by my bola and defenseless, I wouldn't kill him and decided to free him. It's because when I looked at him like that, I saw myself.

"After the first day of Dragon Training, Gobber, our teacher, said that dragons always go for the kill. This got me interested, if dragons always go for the kill, then why Toothless didn't kill me after I freed him? So I returned to the place I freed him the night before and searched for him. Crazy, I know, but it's me we are talking about." Hiccup shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, "I found him in a cove, he was trapped there because he lost his left tail fin when I shot him down. He saw me and once again he didn't kill me, he only watched me silently. The next day, I returned to the cove with a fish with me. When I saw Toothless, I offered the fish to him, but in doing so I revealed the dagger I have in my belt which caused him to growl at me. I threw the dagger into the lake, and I was amazed when Toothless stopped growling at me. That day was the day my bond with Toothless first started, but as you know, a downed dragon is a dead dragon, so I made him a prosthetic tail fin".

Toothless moved his tail in response, causing many of the Chiefs and Heirs to flinch, and showed them the prosthetic tail fin on his tail. The one Hiccup made the first time had burnt during their battle with the Red Death, so he made a new one for Toothless as soon as he could move around like a human being. The new tail fin was red in color, so they could see right away that one of Toothless's tail fins was manmade.

Hiccup smiled at Toothless before he looked at the others, "The tail fin worked, but I need to work it manually from his back, so we learned to fly together through trial-and-error. During this time, I found out many things about dragons that I tried with the dragons in the Training, which was how I ended up getting chosen to kill the Monstrous Nightmare. After knowing the other side of dragons, their true nature when they weren't raiding us, I didn't want to kill them. That's why I left Berk, aside to avoiding killing the Nightmare, I want to find a way to end the war without killing all of the dragons".

"I take it you found a way?" Camicazi guessed. She was the most open with the idea of dragon riding because she was as crazy as Hiccup, she love to pull a crazy stunt like him.

"Yes." Hiccup nodded in confirmation, "You see, after I left Berk, Toothless shown me the reason why the dragons raided us." He answered her before addressing the other Chiefs and Heirs once again, "There was this monster in the Nest, with a build that looked like a dragon, but with a monstrous size and had six eyes. This creature, which I called as Red Death, forced the dragons to feed her with our live stocks or they would be eaten themselves".

"Can't that Night Fury just kill her though?" Norbert the Nutjob, the Chief of the Hysteric Tribe, asked as he motioned to Toothless, "I mean, as the unholy offspring of Lightning and Death itself, he should be strong enough to kill this monster you are talking about".

"He couldn't, not alone at least." Hiccup explained, "This monster was as big as a mountain, she could eat at the very least three Nightmares whole at the same time. Sure, Toothless is strong, but his firepower wasn't enough to harm the even stronger body of the monster. He needed a good strategy to win, but it's hard to think of a strategy and follow through it when the monster tried to take over his mind, so he couldn't kill the monster on his own".

"If you don't believe him, I assure you that I had seen the remaining bones of this monster." Astrid said before any of them had the chance to speak, "When Hiccup was away, I found his book and learned how to train a dragon from it. I trained a Nadder and flew to the Nest after Hiccup told Chief Stoick that he would attack the monster, the remaining bones alone are as big as this Great Hall, so I'm sure the living monster would be even bigger than that".

"But you said your Night Fury couldn't kill this monster." Bertha said to Hiccup, "How would your presence alone make a difference?".

"We weren't alone." Hiccup answered her, "For two months, more or less, I gathered some dragons to help us killing the Red Death. I couldn't think of a good strategy if I didn't see the monster's full body, not just her head, so my dragon friends bought us some time which I used to analyze the monster. I noticed that the monster had wings, so I used it to our advantages. I and Toothless lured her into the storm clouds and attacked her wings in the cover of the clouds, which angered her because she let out a stream of fire into many directions. Toothless's prosthetic tail fin caught a fire that time, so we bait the monster to chase after us while we were diving to the ground. We flew straight in front of her, giving her the perfect opportunity to blast us with her fire, but that was what I was waiting for.

"I told Toothless to wait and once the monster was about to fire, I told Toothless to fire. Toothless turned around and shot at the gas that gathered in the monster's open jaws, making it explode from the inside, before we pulled out from our dive as soon as we saw the land. The monster tried to slow her fall, but Toothless attacks from earlier had weakened the membranes of her wings, so the wings ripped apart once the monster unfolded it." Hiccup walked away from them and showed his own prosthetic, "As you can see, we won the battle but not without a cost. When we tried to get away from her burning body, I and Toothless crashed onto her tail because Toothless's prosthetic had burned out. I didn't remember anything else after receiving the blow, I woke up in Hunterville with part of my left leg already gone".

Rugra stood up to get their attention, "Hiccup's dragons brought him to my village so we could save his life." He told them as he took over the explanation, "Before this battle, Hiccup had come to my village a few times and we like him, so his dragons brought him to my village. We are hunters and rarely had an encounter with dragons, so we didn't attack right away because we didn't know how. Turned out it's a good thing because Hiccup's Changewing friend put him down to the ground in front of me, I knew that he need an immediate help or he would die, so I took him to the healer in our village. I saw that the dragons didn't attack any of my people, so I told them not to attack the dragons unless they attack us first, which never happen." He then pointed to Hiccup's prosthetic leg, "Our healer found out that the bone of his lower leg had been crushed completely, there's no way to heal it then, so we cut it off".

"After Hiccup killed this monster, the raids have stopped, which I'm sure you have noticed from the lack of dragon raids in the past year." Stoick took over from there, "As you have heard, the dragons raided us because of this monster, and now that the monster had died, they didn't have any reason to raid us. The war is over, we don't have to kill dragons anymore".

"It's true that the dragons have stopped raiding us." Clirik, the Chief of Bashem-Oiks, confirmed, "But how will we know that the dragons won't kill us still? Even if they aren't raiding us anymore, they are still dangerous".

"In the past, Vikings said that dragons always go for the kill, but what do you see?" Hiccup gestured to Toothless, "Is my dragon killing someone now?".

"No, he isn't." Camicazi answered as she looked at Toothless with observing eyes, she put her sword back onto her back before looking at Hiccup, "Did you tame him or something?".

"I didn't tame him or anything like that." Hiccup smiled at her, "Dragons are intelligent creatures, they have mind like us humans do. They are also gentle by nature, so as long as you don't provoke them, they have no reason to attack you".

"What do you mean intelligent?" Mogadon scoffed, "They are dragons, they have instinct like any other animals, but not an intelligent like humans".

Toothless snorted in answer, "He is in denial." He commented to Hiccup, earning a chuckle from the boy.

"What are you chuckling about?" Mogadon asked in annoyance as he glared at Hiccup, "Watch your tongue, boy, just because you have a tamed dragon behind you doesn't mean you can just act all superior!".

Hiccup raised an eyebrow at him, "I don't act like I'm your superior, I merely chuckled because Toothless said that you are in denial." He answered calmly, "And I need to make this clear, I didn't tame him, no one can tame a dragon as much as you can tame a Viking. Unless you break their spirits first, that is - which by the way, is an inhumane thing to do".

"Dragon can't talk, Hiccup." Thuggory said as if Hiccup was a confused boy who needed explanation.

"They can talk, in their own language. You just assume that they can't talk because you don't understand their language." Hiccup said calmly, doing the real explaining here, "I understand them, I don't know how, but I can understand them as soon as I woke up from my half-sleeping state after our battle with the Red Death".

"Do you have proof?" Mogadon challenged.

"You need proof? Fine then." Hiccup said calmly as he walked over to the window and opened it, "Sharpshot! Come here, boy!" He called out before his green Terrible Terror flew to him then landed on his outstretched hand. He scratched Sharpshot's head for a bit before returning to his seat and placed the dragon onto the table, "Since you need proof that they can talk, you need to see it by yourself." He looked at Mogadon with a smirk, "Said something to this dragon while I'm waiting outside, he will tell me what you said and I will say it out loud, so you can confirm by yourself that it's what you said to him".

"Talking to a Terror?" Mogadon asked incredulously.

"Don't worry, the dragons can understand Norse." Hiccup answered simply before leaving the Great Hall with Toothless following him.

"Stoick, your son has lost his mind." Mogadon said as he looked at the closed door of Great Hall where Hiccup had just got out from.

"He doesn't." Stoick answered simply, "All of the people from Berk and Hunterville have seen that Hiccup can really understand Dragonese, and that the dragons can understand us".

"If you are still skeptical, then just say something to Sharpshot." Astrid added with a smirk, "If you don't want to talk to a dragon, then anyone else from this room can do it".

"Then I will!" Camicazi raised her hand excitedly, "Can this Terror understand us though?".

"Just say something and you will find out." Astrid answered confidently.

"Then, little dragon." Camicazi stared at the green Terror with such intensity that Sharpshot took a step back from the Viking girl, "When Hiccup get back here, tell him that I want to have a dragon too! One that I can rides on!" She yelled in whisper.

"Is that it, Camicazi?" Stoick asked her with a raised eyebrow, Camicazi nodded in answer, "Alright then. Hiccup! Come in!" He called out to his Son.

The next second, the door opened and Hiccup walked in calmly with Toothless shadowing him as usual. "So, what's Mogadon said to you?" He asked Sharpshot.

"Whoever is this Mogadon, he wasn't the one who talked to me." Sharpshot answered as he flew to Hiccup's shoulders, "That girl, the one the Red Big Chief called as Camicazi, was the one who talked to me. She said that she want to have a dragon too, one that she can ride on".

"Ah, so it's not Mogadon but Camicazi." Hiccup commented before looking at his friend from Bog-Burglars, "Sharpshot tell me that you want to have a dragon too, one that you can ride on. Are you serious?" He asked the girl.

"Wow, that dragon really can understand Norse!" Camicazi gasped in awe before grinning at Hiccup, "Yes, I'm serious! I mean, it must be awesome to fly on a dragon! I'm sure no one but you and that Astrid girl have ever experienced it!".

Hiccup chuckled at the girl's enthusiasm, "I'm sorry, Camicazi, but it's not only Astrid and I who rides dragon." He told the girl apologetically, "More than half of the Vikings of Berk do, and nearly all of the people from Hunterville do as well".

"Eh?!" The other Chiefs and Heirs gasped in shock.

"Then, you too, Stoick?!" Mogadon asked the Chief of Berk.

"Yes." Stoick nodded proudly, "My dragon is a Thunderdrum, I named him Thornado".

"Where are these dragons then?" Bertha asked him, "We didn't see any dragon around when we arrived, do all of them in hiding like that Night Fury did?".

"Yes, I told them to hide because we don't want to appear aggressive to you." Hiccup answered her before Stoick could, "Most of the dragons are in the forest, but some of them stay within the village. You can't see them at the moment because they camouflage themselves, but there are 5 Changewings in the village, and one of them even in this Great Hall." He looked up and smiled at the spot where Toothless was hiding earlier, "Rainleaf, you can let them see you now." He then looked out of the window, "All of you too!".

Rainleaf let herself be seen by others before jumping off the rafter to land beside Toothless and Hiccup, there's a chorus of roar outside and they could see four other Changewings looked into the Great Hall from four directions around the Great Hall.

"Those Changewings are there the whole time?!" Norbert the Nutjob asked in surprise.

"Yes." Hiccup confirmed with a nod.

"And none of them attacked us." Bertha said in realization.

"Yes." Hiccup said again, with a smile this time, "They are not dangerous, we don't have to kill them. Instead of fighting them, working together with them will help you greatly, just like how they have helped Berk and Hunterville all this time".

"Are there more of them in here?" Camicazi asked as she looked around.

"All of them are in the forest at the moment, but if you want to see all of our dragons . . ." Hiccup looked at Toothless and nodded.

Toothless smiled his toothless smiled before let out a loud roar, "OUR FLOCK! COME! OUR GUESTS WANT TO SEE YOU ALL!".

"Ow, my ears." Thuggory groaned as he covered his ears, just like all of the people in the Great Hall, "What was that for?" He asked Hiccup with a raised eyebrow.

"He was calling all of the other dragons to come here, to let them know that you want to see them." Hiccup explained as he motioned for them to walk out with him, "Come out and you will see".

They walked out of the Great Hall and were shocked to see the huge flock of dragons that had just come from the forest. It was as if they were in their Nest, which was really the case even though they didn't know it.

"Wow, so many." Camicazi said in awe.

"Yes, there are so many of them, but they aren't all of our dragons. There are still some more out there, watching our surrounding in case anything happens." Hiccup explained before looking at all of the Chiefs, "All this time, they were nearby and could kill you easily. If this doesn't prove that the dragons don't always go for the kill and not dangerous, then I don't know what will".

"Alright, we maybe don't have to kill them." Norbert the Nutjob looked at Stoick, "But what if you or Hunterville will attack us using them?".

"We will never do anything like that." Stoick said with a glare, feeling insulted because that question.

"So, are you afraid that we will attack you?" Hiccup asked him with a raised eyebrow.

"It's normal isn't it?" Clirik was the one who answered him, "I mean, your power to control them makes you powerful, it's normal if we will feel insecure".

"Don't be." Stoick answered simply as he looked at the other Chiefs and Heirs, "You have our words that we won't attack you without provocation." He stated firmly, with a nod from Rugra and Ruby to support his statement.

"If that's not enough for you . . ." Hiccup added with a smirk, "I'm willing to take students from your tribes under a few conditions".

"And what are these conditions?" Bertha asked him curiously.

"First, never betray your dragon." Hiccup stated seriously as he raised a finger, "Second, don't mistreat your dragon. Last, you will never use your dragon to conquer other tribes or anything like that. You can attack if you were attacked first, but never start the fight".

"And if we break these conditions?" Mogadon asked with a raised eyebrow.

Hiccup looked at Mogadon with a serious expression, "If you break these conditions, then I will take the liberty to punish you." He said coldly, "Either with a light punishment or a death punishment, I and Toothless will decide it according how severe you break these rules".

"Isn't that too harsh, Hiccup?" Thuggory asked with a 'calm down' gesture, "You can't possibly just kill someone because they mistreat a dragon, right?".

"I can and I will." Hiccup answered simply, but his eyes showed that he was serious about it, "You asked why I'm not the Heir anymore, remember? Now I will tell you why." He looked at all the Chiefs and Heirs right in the eyes, "I gave my birth right to Astrid because I already have my own people to care for, and my people are the dragons. That's why, if you hurt any of the dragons, I will punish you for it. Dragons are intelligent creatures with a mind and feelings like humans. I repeat, just like humans do! So treat them like you will treat your fellow humans, or I won't just stay still and watch!".

It was amazing how a boy whom they thought as useless at first, an embarrassment to Stoick the Vast, could said something with such authority that all the Chiefs felt as though their own authority as a Chief was challenged. They knew that Hiccup wouldn't challenge them for their position as Chiefs, but Hiccup's stance and the air surrounding him demanded that they respected his own authority, that they followed his rules and condition because he had a power over them when it's concerning dragons. It's unnerving how a boy like Hiccup could make them feel threatened like that, it left them speechless.

Hiccup saw how all of them stared at him in shock, so he cleared his throat to gain their attention and smiled to soften the effect of his words to them. "Whether you accept my offer to teach you how to train a dragon with these conditions, or just go back to your own tribe without accepting my offer, it's all up to you." He told them calmly, "I'm fine with anything as long as you stop killing the dragons. It's just like having a peace treaty with other tribes, but instead of with another Viking tribe, you will have a peace treaty with the dragons. Whatever you chose, you will still have the peace treaty with the dragons. Even if you refuse my offer, we still won't attack unless you provoke us, so it's alright".

Hiccup, Stoick, Astrid, Rugra, and Ruby were watching quietly along with all the dragons as the other Chiefs and Heirs discussed about it. They had explained everything and offered them the knowledge to train a dragon, all they need to do now was waited for them to give their answer.

Hiccup hoped they would accept his offer though, because then he would know for sure that it's safe for him to let some of his flock to stay on their islands. The distance between islands didn't matter for him and the dragons, they could get to each other within a few hours and kept in contact with each other. He just wanted to make sure that his flock's safety would be guaranteed when they stayed on the islands of the other tribes, which would happen if they accepted his offer.

Unfortunately, before the other Chiefs could give their answer to his offer, Stormfly landed in front of Hiccup and Toothless. "Dear Alphas." She called out seriously, "There's a sighting of Berserker ships approaching The Isle of Berk".

Hiccup looked at Stormfly with wide eyes filled with surprise, "Already?" He asked that so casually though.

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