Oh my flippity gosh, IT'S THE LAST CHAPTER! I did it, I made it!

Sorry about the deadline. I was sick for all of break, and I had to makeup a lot of schoolwork. Anyway, I am here!

Thank you for sticking with me, everybody. It really means a lot to me.

DISCLAIMER- HTTYD DOES NOT NOT BELONG TO ME!

Even though they still had hope, everyone was worried-dragons included. Astrid bit the inside of her cheek, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Hiccup. She felt silly for checking to see if he was still there, but making sure he was okay lifted a little bit of weight off her chest.

The sound fades and the screen washes out to white. Flecks of ash lazily floats to the ground, and the shape of Stoick appears through the mist.

The room was silent, and it felt like a dead weight was hanging over everyone's heads.

STOICK- Hiccup? HICCUP?

He searches through the ash, the ground scorched from the battle.

STOICK- Hiccup? Son?

He sucks in a breath to call for him again, but freezes when he sees Toothless. The dragon lays awkwardly on his side, motionless. Stoick runs over, coming to a stop and kneeling.

Head in his hands, Stoick felt like crying. "No…" he murmured. Gobber looked like he was trying hold back tears as well.

STOICK- Hiccup.

Toothless shifts, giving a little whine as he does. He audibly sighs, but his eyes remain closed. The scorched saddle catches Stoick's attention.

Hiccup hugged Toothless. "Glad you're okay, bud." The dragon nudged him back, purring softly.

It is empty.

His gaze follows the bits of twisted and broken metal, and where the left tail fin should be, there is only a bent metal rod.

STOICK- Oh, son. I did this.

A group of vikings form a crowd, respectfully keeping their distance from the grieving chieftain. Pushing past the others, Astrid comes to the front. She carefully comes up behind Stoick, with Gobber close behind.

As they watched, their hearts in their throats, a dam seemed to break. Stoick sniffed, then Gobber wiped a tear away, and Hiccup drew in a shuddering breath. Astrid grabbed Hiccup and squeezed him, ignoring the fact that she was getting his shirt wet. Ruffnut and Tuffnut were holding on to each other for dear life, and Fishlegs was (sort of) silently sobbing. Wiping a tear away, Snotlout awkwardly patted Fishlegs' arm, getting a quiet, "Thanks." in return.

Something ruffled Hiccup's hair, and he looked up to see Toothless gazing at him, his pupils wide. He crooned, curling around the two humans and licked Hiccup, as if he was making sure his rider was still there.

As the smoke and ash clears up, the heads of a few dragons rise up from behind the crowd, with seemingly solemn expressions. Toothless moans, and raises his head to meet Stoick's eyes.

STOICK- I- I'm so sorry.

Toothless watches him for a moment, then slowly unfolds his wings, revealing Hiccup, safe and sound. Stoick's eyes widen.

Immediately, the atmosphere in the room goes from somber and depressed to loud and celebratory. Clapping Stoick on the arm, Gobber whoops loudly.

STOICK- Hiccup!

He reaches forward and grabs him, eagerly putting his ear against his chest and searching for a heartbeat. He throws his helmet away, waits a moment, and then smiles.

STOICK- He's alive! You brought him back alive!

"I'm glad you're not dead, Hiccup." Astrid said, grinning madly.

He just rolled his eyes, replying, "Me? Dead? Of course not." Toothless cut him off from saying anymore and licked him.

"Oh, ugh, Toothless! This doesn't wash out!"

The vikings cheer, soon joined by the dragons. A few people glance at them out of the corners of their eyes, surprised, but then they go back to cheering.

Stoick gently places a hand on Toothless's snout. The dragon closes his eyes, exhausted.

STOICK- Thank you… for saving my son.

Glancing over at the dragon, Stoick nodded. To his surprise, Toothless nodded back.

Gobber hobbles up behind him, waving a hook as he speaks.

GOBBER- Well, you know. Most of 'im.

The excited chatter that had died down rose back up again. Astrid looked at Hiccup, but he could only shrug in return.

The scene changes to an image of Hiccup's face. There are a few bruises and scrapes, but they are almost completely healed.

Toothless hovers above him, whining and grumbling, snorting impatiently. Hiccup stirs, opening his eyes and smiling.

HICCUP- Oh, hey Toothless.

The Night Fury wiggles and excitedly nudges Hiccup, covering him in slobber.

Hiccup patted Toothless' head. "Someone is glad to see me."

HICCUP- Okay, okay! I'm happy to see you too bud. Now just- Augh!

As Toothless steps on his midsection, Hiccup jolts forward and yelps. Suddenly wide awake, he takes in his surroundings.

Hiccup winced, as did half of the vikings in the hall. That had to hurt.

HICCUP- I'm in my house. You're in my house.

HICCUP- Uh, does my dad know you're here?

Brimming with happy-dog-energy, Toothless bounces around the room, knocking quite a few things over before jumping up onto a beam, and glancing at Hiccup.

HICCUP- Okay, okay… No, Toothless! Aw, come on…

He shifts into a sitting position, and stops. Toothless watches him, tilting his head slightly. Something is off, and as he lifts the blanket off of his bed, his face drains, overwhelmed. He puts his foot down…

The tension in the room increased ten fold. Stoick stared intently at the screen, unconsciously wringing his hands.

And places a prosthetic leg next to it, made out of wood and metal, the spring compressing slightly as he puts weight on it. Hiccup looks up at Toothless, a pained look on his face.

Everyone went quiet. Stoick and Gobber looked incredulously at each other.

Gobber said, "Oh, lad." They all turned to Hiccup, waiting with baited breath for his response.

After a few moments, Hiccup said, "Well, it could have been worse. I mean, I like my leg and all, but imagine if I had lost my head?"

The hall laughed, the tension mostly gone, and someone called out, "At least you'd stop talking!"

They again roared, and Hiccup grinned.

Approaching slowly, Toothless sniffs the contraption, then raises his head to gaze at Hiccup. Pushing against the bedpost, he stands, taking a deep breath. He steps with his injured leg, limping badly. As he takes another, his leg gives out and he falls onto Toothless, who props him up.

Gobber sighed, becoming somber. "I'm not gonna lie, lad. It's going to be hard. But you're going to make it. I know it."

HICCUP- Thanks bud.

He put his weight on Toothless, using him as a crutch. As they make their way to the door, Toothless's tail and Hiccup's prosthetic are highlighted.

Grinning at Toothless, Hiccup nudged him and said, "Hey bud, look. We match."

Hiccup opens the door, but the appearance of a Monstrous Nightmare immediately results in the the door being shut. His eyes are wide, gasping.

Fishlegs let out a high pitched squeak, commenting, "I was not expecting that."

HICCUP- Toothless? Stay here bud.

Cracking the door open, he peers out. The Nightmare is still there… but Snotlout was riding it!

SNOTLOUT- Come on guys, get ready! Hold on tight, here we go!

"Hey, look at that! I got the Nightmare. The best one, obviously." Snotlout proudly said. Both the vikings and dragons groaned.

A few people on their own dragons follow. The village is filled with Vikings and dragons alike, with a few of the latter eating fish out of feeding stations. Stepping forward, he meets Stoick in front of the house.

HICCUP- I knew it. I'm dead.

Stoick chuckles.

STOICK- No, but you gave it your best shot.

"You certainly did." Stoick laughed.

Gobber cut in, saying, "Tha's right. You have gotten into more trouble in a few weeks than your father and I have in all our lives. It's worse than the time-"

"Gobber." Stoick frowned at him, and he shut his mouth, grinning sheepishly.

Placing a hand around Hiccup's shoulder, he gestures to the village, filled with brightly colored dragons everywhere.

STOICK- So what do you think?

Hiccup simply shakes his head, grinning.

"Woah…" Hiccup said. To think, that is what the village will look like soon!

VIKING- Hey, look, it's Hiccup!

A crowd forms around the father and son.

VIKING 2- Hiccup, how ya doin' mate?

VIKING 3- It's great to see you up and about.

Stoick turns to Hiccup, looking him over.

STOICK- Turns out, all we needed was a little more of… this.

Hiccup shifts his weight, rolling his eyes and smiling.

Astrid said, "He did say that, 'This much vikingness, contained, there would be consequences!'" while flexing her arms. Hiccup blushed bright red.

HICCUP- You just gestured to all of me.

Gobber walks up to the pair.

GOBBER- Well, most of you. Tha' bit's my handiwork. With a little Hiccup flair thrown on. You think it'll do?

HICCUP- I might make a few tweaks.

Pushing through the crowd, Astrid comes up to Hiccup and punches him in the arm.

ASTRID- That's for scaring me.

Hiccup glared at her. "Really?"

HICCUP- What, is it always going to be this way? Because I-

Astrid kisses him, cutting him off. Looking stunned, Hiccup continues.

The crowd hooted and hollered along with the one on screen. Astrid awkwardly smiled, blushing as well.

HICCUP -could get used to it.

Gobber hands him a new saddle and rigging, with a bright red tail fin for Toothless.

GOBBER- Welcome home.

Leaping out of the house, Toothless starts to pounce on the heads of the vikings in an effort to reach Hiccup.

VIKING- Night Fury, get down!

"Some things never change." Hiccup grinned.

Hiccup prosthetic locks into the pedal with a click, and he flexes his foot, testing out the new rigging. The red tail fin with a white viking painted on it opens and closes with ease. Hiccup looks at Toothless, both of them eager to fly.

HICCUP- You ready?

Toothless snorts and wiggles impatiently.

HICCUP- This is Berk. I snows nine months of the year and hails the other three.

"And it's cold. Always cold." Snotlout complained.

They take off, with Astrid and Stormfly close behind.

HICCUP- Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless. The people that grow here are even more so.

Ruffnut looked offended. "Hey, we're not like food!"

"Yeah!" Tuffnut shouted. "Do I look like a cabbage to you?"

The riders and dragons race through the village, over houses and under bridges.

HICCUP- The only upsides are the pets. While other places have ponies, or parrots, we have…

The other teens on their respective dragons join in, and the group rockets upward. Hiccup and Toothless break away from the group, soaring and spinning into the sun.

HICCUP- Dragons!

The screen fades to white.

Starlight appeared before the group. "So! How'd you like it?"

Everyone responded with "'Yes!', 'That was awesome!', and 'Where's the bathroom?'"

Pointing to the left of her toward a door, she continued, "Well, this has been fun, but you will need to go back to Berk. Unfortunately, that means that until the events in your time stream have caught up with the movie, you will not be able to remember the events of this night."

Grumbling met her words. She sighed, groaning, "Yeah, yeah, I know. But I want to prevent a paradox, or else the other Whovians will have my head. But it has been great meeting you all!"

Before anyone else could get a word in, she winked at Hiccup and snapped her fingers. A golden shockwave resonated from it and the world faded to white.