Let's just say that the day could have been worse.

Hiccup was trying to break them out of their prison, even though it was becoming more of a pain to him than helpful.

Elsa was just curled up and cried a little about their current situation. They had nothing left. Stoick would either kill or banish them, and they would kill Toothless and Luna.

"Dad! Come on, please!" Hiccup cried out as he looked down and noticed that it was starting to turn night. "Listen to us!"

"It's no use," Elsa whispered as she stayed cradled on the side of the cell. "He's probably in the Hall planning our deaths."

"He wouldn't do that." Hiccup said, but then immediately knew he was wrong. "Oh, who am I kidding, he would."

"Do you think they're okay?" Elsa asked, starting to become worried for Luna and Toothless as a layer of frost came over the cage. "Do you think they killed them?"

Hiccup raced over and kneeled to hold her hands and help cool her down. "Hey, they're safe. We know they would be cheering and rubbing it in our faces if they did."

Elsa agreed there and knew that he was right. "You're right."

Hiccup then held her close and hugged his sister to help her feel better. "It's going to be okay."


After Hiccup and Elsa were tossed into the cage, as were Luna and Toothless, Stoick called the entire village in for a meeting about what they were going to do. He knew exactly what they wanted, what was supposed to be expected of their Chief.

"Settle down, please!" Stoick called out, silencing the room.

"These children are traitors!" Mildew cried out as the room started to quiet down, causing the rest of the room to cheer and agree with him. "They should be banished! Or better yet, made an example of!"

"Do you hear what you're asking!?" Stoick asked them.

"You to take your responsibility as chief?" Mildew asked, getting people to mumble. "They have been spotted with the enemy! Helping the enemy!"

The entire room erupted into screams and anger, agreeing with Mildew and everything he was saying. Stoick started to feel backed into a corner and couldn't do anything to help his kids.

"You're right!" Stoick finally gave up and silenced the room. "You're right." He sighed and knew that there was no way out of it. "It needs to be done..." That seemed to quiet the village as they started to mumble and silence. "At sunrise tomorrow, we shall...do the deed."

The entire village was satisfied and left for the night, allowing Stoick to mourn the idea of killing his children. Gobber was the only one to stay behind as he too was shocked at the decision he had made.

"Stoick...you're not going to do it, are you?" Gobber asked his friend.

"What other choice do I have, Gobber?" Stoick asked with a sigh. "They're not one of us. They were never going to be."

"That's the problem there, Stoick," Gobber said as he walked over to the chief. "They never are going to be one of us. But I saw those beasts...those dragons defend those children. Protect them. Maybe that's where they belong."

Stoick thought of what he was saying and knew there was no way he could keep his children safe and keep the three of them together. The only way to keep them safe is to get them off of Berk. And there's only one way to do that.


Hiccup and Elsa were awoken when they heard the doors open and were shocked to see Stoick was the one who came to see them.

"Dad-" Hiccup was going to try to explain when Stoick raised his hand to stop his son.

"You're set to be executed in the morning," Stoick said, immediately getting sobs of fear from Elsa and Hiccup looking like he had been betrayed. Which he partly was. "But..." that small word got the two to look up at him in a begging manner. "I can't do it." He pulled Hiccup's face, so he was looking up at his father. "I won't do it."

"But..." Hiccup was getting confused as to what this talk is about then.

"These...the dragons. You care about them." Stoick said, it being more of a statement than a question. "And they protected you both from that Nightmare. I trust they will keep you safe."

"What?" Elsa asked.

He didn't respond and they hear the gate open and see Gobber sneaking in. "All clear."

Stoick nodded and pushed the cage open, allowing Hiccup and Elsa to see Toothless and Luna were there waiting, being released of their chains by Gobber.

"Toothless!" Hiccup cried, trying to keep as quiet as he could.

"Luna!" Elsa cried, also trying to keep her voice down.

The two ran to their dragons and engulfed them in hugs, followed by the dragons licking their riders. Stoick watched the reaction and reunion and knew this was the right thing to do.

Hiccup then looked and noticed there were supplies and food attached to the saddles. "Wait, dad?"

Elsa then noticed Luna was carrying similar supplies on her saddle. "What are you doing?"

"You were right, Hiccup. You're not one of us." Stoick explained what was happening. "Maybe that's a good thing." He then looked to the two Furies. "You see these things more than just the beats the rest of us see them as. You belong with them. Free. Safe. Maybe one day they'll see it the way you do. But...for now, you need to leave."

Elsa and Hiccup saw that he was telling them to run and not turn back to Berk. The two of them ran and hugged their father, crying as they did so.

Gobber watched and wiped a tear as Toothless watched him. "What?"

Hiccup and Elsa separated from their dad and were sorry for how things turned out.

"I'm sorry." Hiccup apologizes.

"Don't be," Stoick said as a few tears came from his eyes. "I am proud to call you my son." He then turned to Elsa. "Find out who you were meant to be. Both of you."

Hiccup then walked over and saw Gobber and quickly hugged him as well. "Thank you for teaching me all I know."

"Aw, I'm gonna miss you, you little bugger," Gobber said as he grabbed and hugged Hiccup, a little too tight as he started to suffocate him. Before it became too serious, Gobber let Hiccup go and pat him on the shoulder. "Go. Get out of here."

"Wait. We have one more request." Elsa asked Gobber and Stoick.

Hiccup looked over to where she was looking and saw she was staring at the gates. He understood what she was saying, and Stoick saw this was better to do it and get it out of the way.

Opening the other gates, they release the other dragons and let them escape the arena. Elsa and Hiccup finally climbed on top of their dragons when they heard the alarms of the village going off, meaning they've spotted the dragons escaping.

"Come with us," Hiccup begged as he held his hand out to his father.

"No. My place is here." Stoick was sorry to say, wishing he could indeed go. "I'll hold them back, but you two need to go."

"We can fight them together," Elsa stated, not ready to leave their father like this.

"No. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine," Stoick promised the two, even though he and Gobber knew that was far from true.

"We can take them!" Gobber agreed, already preparing for a fight.

"Go!" Stoick was starting to demand and looked down at the dragons. "Look after them, you two. Don't make me regret my decision."

Toothless and Luna nodded their head as if they understood what Stoick was asking of them and immediately took to the skies.

"No!" Mildew cried as he raced over to watch as Hiccup and Elsa escaped on the Furies. "Stop them! They're getting away!"

Some of them started to launch bolas at them, but by that time they were already out of range. And even the few that were coming too close for comfort, Elsa blasted them with her powers, and they flew off into the darkness of the night.

"Where do we go now?" Elsa asked no idea what they were going to do next.

"Forward," Hiccup announced.

They still don't have a clear destination, but they couldn't stop, they couldn't rest. Not until they were as far away from Berk as they could get.

"No!" Mildew cried and looked over to Stoick and Gobber. "What have you done, Stoick!?"

"What any father would and I should have done." Stoick declared, knowing he did what was right. "Set them free."

Even if now they we're going to deem him a traitor. He did what he knew was right for his children. They were free. Free to be whoever they needed to be and to find wherever they truly belonged.

Because it wasn't here. It wasn't among them.

It was among their dragons.