No more than a year later
The promise that the man made was fulfilled
Berk would fall
The night was perfect
No clouds
A full moon
Calm seas
The man and the monster landed
They stopped in the cove
Where this all started
Where they started
The man sighed
A mix of happy and sad
That place always made them smile
They made a fire
Tonight was the night Berk fell
The man wasn't happy
The Monster cooed to the man
It mad the man smile
"Thanks Bud"
He grabbed the dragons head
The boy kissed The Monster
It nuzzled him
"Toothless listen
Tonight
Were not Toothless and Hiccup
We have to be The Monster and The Man"
The Monster huffed
Smoke poured from its nostrils
"Listen Bud
I'm going to give them one more chance."
The Monster nodded
He knew
The Man desperately wanted them to change
Only if they listened
Idiots
Soon others began to land
The last year
They flew island to island
making new friends
The Monster helped
Well respected amongst the others
They greeted their new friends
So many types
Many came
couldn't fit inside the cove
They started landing outside
peering in
The Man got their attention
He started his speech
The Monster stood near
The Man thanked them
He told them
How much he appreciated this
He told them about his plan
To give them one more chance
They all growled
The confirmation he wanted
He smiled at his army
The Man thanked them
"Let's go bud"
The Monster complied
The Man jumped on patting the dragon's head
Ready to go
They flew slowly
Enjoying their last flight
Before a possible war
The Man spotted the village
The man looked behind him
Tailed by his army
Hundreds strong
If not thousands
They landed
The villagers gasped and ran for their weapons
Under a minute the army came down
On houses, posts, roaring and snapping at the villagers
No time passed as Stoick ran
Not away
Towards where the people said
The Man was
His shoulders heaved
As he stopped in front of The Man and Monster
Fear baked into his eyes
Unable to vocalize
His own son scared him
Stoick the Rock, Stoick the Vast, the Unshakable
People would call him that
His son's confidence scared him
"Father!"
Stoick's ears rung, hearing the voice
"I'll give you one more chance
Please listen."
A Nightmare and
And a Snaptrapper
Began to fight
The Monster roared
The two instantly stopped
"Thanks Bud"
Bubbled The boy
He scratched the dragon's neck
The scratch made him purr
The villagers had never heard a dragon
Purr
It threw them off guard
"How did you do that?"
"You never gave them a chance
They're not Monsters
Their smart and lovable."
Hiccup bumped his shoulder into his love
Claimed
By The Monster
"Vikings don't just change
Hiccup."
"But you have too
Father."
"I can't believe this
But can I touch
Him?"
The Monster
The Monster snarled
"No
He won't allow that
Neither will I
But let's see."
The man walked
looking for something
Then he found it; a Rumblehorn
The Man touched it
Asking it to follow
It complied
It trusted The Man; his friend
The Man faced his father again
"I'll allow you to touch this one
But no weapons
And no sudden movements."
Stoick dropped his hammer
Slowly moving towards the mountain called dragon
The Monster eyed The Man
The Man smiled to The Monster
"Finally they may change
It only took impending death."
He whispered to The Dragon
The chief stuck out his hand
Inches away from the mountain
Eyes down not wanting to scare it
The same way The Man did The Monster
The Man nodded to the mountain
It moved, connecting man and beast
The chief slowly looked up
He couldn't believe he wasn't dead
The Chief looked to The Man
Who only smiled in response
The Monster cooed at The Man
"We did it Bud."