Hey guys! I know this might be kinda sudden, but I'm just gonna say it. *takes deep breath* This is the last chapter of this story. I've been struggling with writer's block ever since chapter 18 or 19. I chose quantity over quality and I'm really mad at myself for that. If you want to expand on this universe in any way, be it one-shot or alternate ending, or even changing this chapter to let the story continue, just PM me and I'll give you my permission, all you have to do is give me credit for the universe. So, now onto the last chapter! It's been a good run guys!
"Hiccup. Come on, you can snap these guys out of it." Astrid said as Hiccup snarled.
"My root!" He roared as Toothless and Stormfly tackled him, making Astrid gasp and throw her axe against the wall, catching their attention for a brief moment.
"Hey! Over here's!" She called out before running at Hiccup as fast as she could and tearing the necklace off his neck, making him hiss at her.
"GIVE ME MY ROOT!" Hiccup screamed as he pounced on Astrid, digging his claws into her arm, making her cry out in pain as Valka ran around the corner and gasped.
"Hiccup! No!" She yelled as Hiccup whipped towards her and snarled.
"Stay out of this mom." He hissed as Toothless and Stormfly joined Hiccup as he started to draw blood from Astrid's arms.
"Give us the root." Stormfly commanded as Valka whistled loudly, catching all their attention.
"Hiccup! Toothless! Stormfly! You all are better than this, you can fight these instincts!" She yelled, the dragons barely even heard her words.
"Astrid, I need you to run on the count of three." Valka said as Astrid gulped and nodded.
"One." Valka started to reach into her back pocket.
"Two." She slowly took a handful of something out.
"Three!" She yelled as she threw what appeared to be dragon nip at the three, making Hiccup, Toothless, and Stormfly docile for a few seconds, giving Astrid enough time to sprint down the hall. Valka then put her hand out to try and calm down Toothless, but he just snarled and snapped at her hand.
"Valka! What's going on!" Stoick yelled as he finally run up to her and gasped.
"You need to run. It's not safe! Go!" She urged, but Stoick didn't move an inch.
"Not a chance." He said as she groaned.
"Then go get the nearest Boulder class dragon and get it over here. NOW!" Valka demanded as Stoick looked between her and the dragons.
"Go."
He then sighed and ran down the hall as Valka looked back over at the dragons, and her eyes landed on the root on the ground.
"Come on Stoick." She muttered as she kept trying to get the dragons to stop attacking each other.
"Which dragons are boulder class?!" Stoick snarled in annoyance as Fishlegs popped up.
"So many! Gronkles, Whispering Deaths, Hotburples-"
"Just get your dragon and come with me!" He snapped as Fishlegs nodded quiuckly and followed, the other riders trailing behind them.
"AHHHHHH!" A voice echoed from down the corridor as Stoick gasped and kept running, now even faster than before. His heart beat up against his chest and the air started to sting his lungs, but he didn't care. He turned the corner of where he left Valka and gasped.
Valka laid on the floor, although she was taking in short raspy breaths, she was motionless. Hiccup, Toothless, and Stormfly all continued to fight each other and somehow, through the chaos, Fishlegs managed to get Meatlug to burn the root. Making Hiccup, Toothless, and Stormfly calm down and scratch their heads in confusion.
"What just happened?" Stormfly asked as she started to limp thanks to a very large bruise on her leg.
"Mom." Hiccup muttered in a barely audible voice as Valka coughed violently, making Stoick start to panic.
"No." Toothless said as he looked over as well.
"Valka look! I found..." Astrid trailed off as she gasped and Cloudjumper padded up behind her before gasping as well and running up to her nervously.
Valka then coughed again before weakly opening her eyes and looking around.
"St-Stoick?" She asked quietly as Stoick held her a bit tighter.
"Yes Valka?" He asked in a wavering voice as Hiccup and Toothless fought back tears.
"Take care of Hiccup and Toothless for me, okay?" She asked as they both started to sob.
"I will, don't worry, I'll protect them until my dying breath." Stoick assured as Valka gave him a small smile before she coughed and her eyes closed.
"M-Mom?" Hiccup asked quietly as he looked at her in horror.
"Mom! MOM!" He screamed as he tried to run towards Stoick, who was staring at Valka's body in despair.
"Hiccup! Hiccup no!" Toothless yelled as he held him back and sighed.
"Its no use. She's gone." He sighed as Hiccup broke down and cried into Toothless, who put a wing around him solemnly.
"I can't believe she's actually gone." Stoick sighed as he and Hiccup sat in their house, Hiccup flicked inferno on and off while also looking at Valka's cheshplate, which was now hanging up in the house.
"When's the funeral?" Hiccup asked quietly.
"At sunset." Stoick said as Hiccup leaned back in his chair and looked up at the ceiling.
"Hiccup! The King just came here and he has amazing news!" Toothless exclaimed as he barged startling Stoick but making Hiccup just sigh.
"Toothless, no news can be amazing right now." He sighed as Toothless grinned.
"He found a way to save Valka!" He chirped as Hiccup gasped in shock.
"What?! No that's impossible!" He exclaimed excitedly.
"What? What did he just say?" Stoick asked as Hiccup squealed in delight.
"Mom's gonna live! The alpha knows a way to save her!" He yelled in happiness as says Stoick gasped before laughing happily and pulling Hiccup into a bone crushing hug.
"The King's fixing her up right now! Let's go!" Toothless exclaimed as he ran our, Stoick and Hiccup right on his tail, both grinning madly. They saw the King standing by a cliff and a bright light surrounded something and they raced up the cliff.
"Where's mom?!" Hiccup asked the King excitedly, who chuckled and gestured to the light. Cloudjumper walked up to them and looked at the light excitedly as well.
"Right there. But be warned, what you see may not be what you were expecting." He warned as the light faded and an unconscious teal, brown, and yellow Stormcutter took in deep breaths.
"Mom?" Hiccup asked hopefully as the Stormcutter woke up and screeched in alarm.
"W-Who are you?" She asked as Hiccup and Toothless's faces fell.
"What do you mean? Valka it's us." Toothless said as he walked up to Valka, who raised an eyebrow.
"I-I'm sorry. You must have me confused with some other dragon." She said as Hiccup blinked a few times before looking up at the King.
"Why doesn't she remember us? Why doesn't she remember me?!" Hiccup demanded the King shook his head.
"She might have lost her memory when she came back to life-"
"THEN GIVE IT BACK!" He screamed.
"Hiccup? What's going on?" Stoick asked as Hiccup let out a small sob.
"Mom doesn't remember us, she thinks she's a-a dragon." He muttered as Stoick gasped before slowly walking towards Valka, who looked at him warily.
"Val, it's me. Stoick. Y-Your husband?" He said as Valka tilted her head to the side in confusion.
"Why would a dragon mate with a human?" She asked curiously as Stoick looked back at Hiccup, who shook his head solemnly.
"Come on Valka, he's our son. W-We were married for 3 years and then you were taken by Cloudjumper. I missed you every day for 15 years." He said as Valka shook her head.
"No, I think I would remember mating with a human and then staying away for 15 years." Valka assured as they all looked down sadly and she looked over at Cloudjumper, "Are you my mate?" She asked as Cloudjumper looked up.
"No, he is. Valka you have to listen to him-"
"You have me confused with another dragon!" She snapped as Stoick looked up at Hiccup hopefully again, but he shook his head.
"Remember our song Val?" He asked softly as Valka shook her head.
"Dragons don't sing songs." She said as he put a gentle hand on her wing.
"I'll swim and sail on savage seas. With ne'er a fear of drowning..." He trailed off as Valka pulled her wing away before looking over at Cloudjumper, who nodded.
He padded over to Hiccup and Toothless to give them huge teary-eyed hugs.
"I will always remember you two." He sighed as they hugged him back.
"You were our dad for 15 years, thank you so much." Toothless choked as Cloudjumper looked at both of them and smiled before walking back over to Valka.
He and Valka then took off into the now setting sun, the King following them back towards the nest.
"Now she's really gone." Stoick muttered as Hiccup sighed and nodded.
"She's really gone. Oh gods." Hiccup sighed as he sat down and put his face in his hands.
"Hiccup, in times like these, do you know what the typical Viking does?" Stoick asked as Hiccup looked up at him with a tear stained face.
"What?" He sniffed.
"He takes the pain and then let's it lash out in pure anger sporadically until all the pain is gone. But us Haddock men, we push the pain down and make sure it doesn't come back up," He paused as Hiccup wiped the tears away from his face, "I'm glad you aren't like us."
Hiccup sniffed again before smiling a bit.
"I'm really glad I still have you dad." He admitted as Toothless walked up behind them and covered them both with his wings the form of a large hug.
"I'm glad I have you guys too." He said as Hiccup smiled and playfully pushed him off.
"Its starting to get dark, we should get back." Stoick said as Hiccup nodded.
"Just give me a minute." He said as Stoick nodded and put a hand on his shoulder before walking off.
"Why couldn't you have just stayed with us mom?" Hiccup asked the sky sadly before getting up and flying home as well.
Valka and Cloudjumper slept in a little cave next to each other cozily, the moonlight pouring in in a very relaxing manner. Then Valka snapped awake and gasped as her eyes turned to slits.
"Hiccup."
The End?
Wow, okay, three things, first; this chapter was kind of a mess XD, albeit bittersweet. I knew I need to end this story pretty soon and I found the easiest out possible. Second, OH MY GODS I'M SORRY THIS WAS SO LATE! Writers block can be a real... Female dog O_O . And finally, there's a poll up on my profile to see which story you want after this one. Now time for my last shoutouts!
The Age of Awesomeness: Thanks so much! But sorry to end this story just as just find it :\ And sure, like I said in the A.N. on the top, just PM me and you can kill Alvin, Mildew and all them as soon as you want! :D
XxadvengerxX25: Well, Astrid wasn't the one that got hurt O.o
dracologistmaster: Thanks!
OechsnerC: I don't even know how to cleverly respond XD
Eeveecat1248: Go for it! Beat those Outcasts into the ground! XD
JEM48893: Thanks!
midnightsky0612: Nope! The Haddocks just have awful luck thanks to mean writers like myself :) XD
DinoBoy13: Just imagine they're all dead and I didn't leave a loose poor point XD
LittlebitFluffy: True, true... XD