Toothless and Hiccup stood, not knowing what to do. Dragons from inside the mountain slowly climbed out. The commotion over and the ground no longer shaking. The dragons made their ways over the rocks, towards the two beings standing next to their dead queen. Toothless was the first to notice the large group forming behind them. He tapped on Hiccup's shoulder and pointed behind him. Hiccup's eyes bulged out of his head when he saw the horde of dragons. He held up his hands over his head.
"I, I didn't want to. I just, we, we, we need-ed somew-where to stay. She. She wouldn't l-listen."
"Thank you." The closest of the dragons said to him. "I just hope that you're a better leader than her."
"Leader?" Hiccup asked. He put his arms down.
"Don't you remember Hiccup? She told us that we would take over." Toothless commented.
"I don't know how to lead. I could barely keep us alive. How am I expected to keep all of them alive?" Toothless chuckled at him.
"Hiccup we're not in danger anymore, we can move freely and hunt. We could easily figure something out. We're as safe as we ever could be." Hiccup nodded.
"I guess that if We're going to be the head of this place then it's only fair to give them the option to leave." Hiccup said. "As you're new leader I'm giving you the chance to leave this place. I know that many of you have been forced against your will to be here. If you don't want to be here than you can leave. I want this to be a safe place for dragons. Come and go as you please." Hiccup shouted. None of the dragons moved. Many of the dragons looked to others, confused. The dragon who was ahead of the others spoke again.
"Why would we want to leave? We don't know anything about living outside of this place. Many of us don't, don't remember how to live anywhere else." Hiccup didn't know how to respond to them. He looked at Toothless for answers. Toothless couldn't give him anything. Hiccup slowly walked over towards the dragon that had been talking to him. As he reached out towards him, he tightly shut his eyes. Hiccup lightly placed his hand on the dragon's head. He scratched the mixed yellow and green scales.
"Will the dragons here trust me?" Hiccup asked. Toothless rejoined him. Toothless hummed.
"We did just take out their old leader. A leader that forced them to do things against their wills. I think that as long as we improve their lives. Not make them scared of their leader. Hiccup this is like Berk. You're their leader now and you must make these people trust you. Bring them up with you, make them strong. Chief Hiccup. That's what you would've been called right?" Toothless said smugly.
"Don't call me that." Hiccup sniped. Toothless chuckled.
"As you command, my love."
"Don't do that either. You know I don't control you." Toothless brushed against Hiccup's leg.
"That's because there is no need to control me. Blah, blah, blah, bound by love and all that." Hiccup laughed at him. Dragons moved out of their way as the small group moved towards the large hole in the mountain. Hiccup could hear the dragons they pass talking, commenting on him. He grit his teeth as they entered the large cavern. Smoke rose from the hole below them, making it hard to see. Hiccup grabbed onto Toothless' ear so that he could keep track of him.
"How many of you guys live here?" Hiccup asked the yellow dragon. The dragon looked around and outside.
"I don't know." He responded. "Many got caught in the queen's control, and many died in the raids. At one point I could have told you but now, there's no way." Hiccup knit his brow together.
"You seem to know a lot about this place, and what's happened. How long have you been here?"
The dragon lost himself in thought. "It's been a long time. I remember my parents. But not well. They left one day and never came back. Died or flew off somewhere. I've been here for as long as I've been alive." Hiccup gave him an odd look.
"How did you get through it? How did the dragons here deal with her?"
"We all do it differently I suppose. I tried not to think about it. We've all lost in this place. So anything you can do to make this better. We'll take it." The yellow dragon admitted. He looked away, almost ashamed. Hiccup looked at the dragons all around him. Up on the rock shelves, behind him on the beach, and crowded around him.
"Well Toothless, what do we do? How do we make there lives better?" Toothless had also looked around at the dragons that he was amongst at one point. He remembered his time there, before meeting Hiccup. He realized how lucky he was, that he'd gotten out when he did.
"I don't know Hiccup. For now we should find a place to rest. Lick our wounds and tackle this tomorrow when we can think straight." Hiccup climbed onto Toothless' back and pointed up.
"Find us a place to sleep." He said. Toothless jumped up and flew near the top and set down on a small shelf that barely fit them on it. Hiccup slid off his mount and sat down. Toothless pushed his snout against Hiccup's chest.
"Thank you Hiccup." Toothless Shouted, happily. Hiccup giggled.
"For what?"
"For getting me out of here. For shooting me down. For everything. I can't thank you enough and what we did today. Seeing this place again has made me realize that no matter what we would've done, were we would have gone. It was way better than being here. My life is so much better now than ever before. All because of you. Hiccup I owe you everything. There are no words to describe how I feel. I love you."