AN: Here it is, the last ever chapter! I am both so relieved and incredibly sad. I hope every one has enjoyed reading this story as much as I have enjoyed writing it (most of the time). Again I apologise for long update times and want to thank you again every one who didn't give up on me.

I also want to let everyone know that I have rewritten and formatted every previous chapter, there isn't that much of a difference but I'd love people to let me know what they think of the improvements.

Also a bit a trivia about my OC characters that I don't think I ever got round to mentioning. Matt is black African and his dragon is based of the curse of dragon monster from Yu-Gi-Oh. In my head I always pictured Lizzy looking like Leighton Meester and she is English and her character was loosely based on Mai from Avatar the last airbender. Jack is Native American and had a little sister who died during her joining.

"What does this mean?"

"What does what mean?"

"This! Me, him, what happened to us?"

"What do you think happened?"

"I don't know! That's why I'm asking."

"But what are you asking?"

"Ahh, why are you doing this? You know what I mean?"

"Do I?"

"Yes, you always do! You always have the answers."

"I do, doI?"

"Pavlo, please. I don't know what happened, what is happening. And it scares me."

"Hiccup." Pavlo sighed. "Tell me exactly what happened."

"I don't know! That's what I'm trying to tell you! It all happened so fast, one moment I was myself watching my friends plummeting to their deaths, then the next I was…more." Hiccup shrugged unable to think of a better description of what had happened to him.

"More?" Palvo said, encouraging Hiccup to elaborate.

"I don't how else to describe it, it was just more. More me, more Toothless, more…power. It was like there was too much of me to control, too much power and it had to be released and I couldn't stop it." Hiccup trailed off turning to Toothless and placing a gentle on his head, both of them scared of what happened to them. Silence hung in the air around them.

"Hmmm, interesting." Pavlo eventually replied.

"Interesting? That's all you have to say? I watched through my own eyes, helpless, as the Red Death lay dead beneath me and I couldn't stop. I heard my friends call out to me and I couldn't stop! I could have killed Astrid!-"

"But you didn't." Pavlo interrupted. "You say you had no control, but you did, you stopped."

"But what if I didn't?"

"What if you had killed Toothless? What if he killed you? What if you never left Berk?

What if the the sky was orange and the seas were sand? Do not let what if's cloud what is."

"I can't just ignore this Pavlo, what if this happens again and I'm not strong enough to stop and some one gets hurt because of us." Hiccup said indicating to himself and Toothless. "Please Pavlo, just give me a straight answer, do you know what is happening to us?" Pavlo was silent for a moment.

"Night Fury's were one of the first few dragon species, how they came about in the first place is probably something we will never know. But since the beginning, there were dragons and among these first dragons, the Night Fury's ruled. Strong enough to out match anything it couldn't out run and fast enough to out run anything it couldn't out match. But then came the age of man, and man destroyed them. We chased them out of their homes, invented weapons and hunted them down. Many species learned that to survive they would need to avoid the humans at all cost and so they retreated to their high mountains, their secluded islands and their deep waters. But the Night Fury's would not be chased away, for millennium they fought, but eventually their numbers dwindled and then they were believed to have been wiped out by all. I believed this as well until I found you both, the first Night Fury to be seen in hundreds, maybe even thousands of years, with this scrawny little Viking on his back." Pavlo laughed to himself at the memory, Hiccup waited for him to finish laughing so he could continue but when he finished laughing, he simply gazed out over the horizon.

"And…" Hiccup prompted.

"And what?"

"And how does that explain what is happening to Toothless and I."

"It doesn't I'm afraid." Pavlo sighed.

"What?! You said you'd give me answers!" Hiccup demanded.

"I said no such thing."

"Then why tell me that, most of it I already knew." Hiccup question.

"Never dismiss the past, it is the foundation of the present. With out what was, nothing will be."

"Stop being cryptic with me, I need answers!" Hiccup shouted, he had enough of Pavlos devils advocate. Pavlo turned sharply to look Hiccup dead in the eye and Hiccup was quickly reminded of who he was talking to.

"I'm sorry." Hiccup said bowing his head in respect. "But please understand how scared and confused I am." Pavlo nodded his head in acceptance of Hiccup's apology before turning and walking a few steps and away, spreading his arms out and spinning back around to face Hiccup.

"Do you know where we are Hiccup?" Pavlo asked. Hiccup was momentarily stunned at the change of topic, but cast his eyes around him. The sky was a clear crystal blue above him, soft snow covered the ground and Hiccup only now realised that without his dragon blood keeping him warm, he would probably be freezing. He cast his gaze to the horizon and saw mountains as far as the eye could see. Hiccup turned back to Pavlo and shook his head.

"We are stood at the top of the world! The entire planet is at our feet Hiccup. Out there are new lands to explore, new cultures to experience, new species to find, new lives to change." Palvo lowered his arms and grabbed Hiccup, walking him to the edge of the peak they were standing on. "Out there are your answers Hiccup." Pavlo said gesturing to the horizon. "Go find them." Was the last thing Hiccup heard before he was pushed forward and was suddenly falling.

-x-

"Ugh." Hiccup groaned as he landed on the ground, but not the snowy rock he should have landed on, but soft grass. Beside him he saw Toothless land, a lot more gracefully than he had managed. Then the sick feeling of dimension traveling made itself know and Hiccup realised what had happened.

"Hiccup!" He heard someone shout and when he looked up and quickly recognised that he was back on Berk. He then realised that someone was helping him up and looked to see Jack with a concerned look on his unhooded face.

"Hiccup, what happened to you? We've all been worried since you flew off." Jack said, realising Hiccup once he was on his feet. "You must have gone far, our dragons couldn't even find you."

"You could say that." Hiccup laughed.

"Come on get moving! Astrid will kill me if I don't bring you straight to her." Jack said giving Hiccup a friendly shove in the direction he wanted him to go.

'Astrid' Hiccup thought, she must hate him after what he nearly did. "Is she mad?" Hiccup asked.

"Mate, she is furious." Jack replied, but before he could say any more they had arrived at the mead hall.

"You!" Astrid shouted the moment she caught sight of Hiccup and marched towards him. Before Hiccup had a chance to say anything Astrid punched him right in the jaw. There was a collective hiss in sympathy from every one assembled as Hiccup cradled his jaw.

"Where the Hel were you?!" Astrid demanded. "How dare you just run off!" There was a moment of silence with just Astrid heavy breathing filling the large room. Hiccup was almost too ashamed to look at her, but he eventually did and what he saw surprised him. Astrid had unshed tears in her eyes.

"Astrid-" Hiccup managed before he was interrupted by Astrid throwing her arms round him.

"I was so worried about you." She whispered in his ear, Hiccup simply held her tighter. Eventually Hiccup pulled away and turned to look at all his friends assembled before him.

"I'm so sorry you guys, I don't know what happen to me and I'm sorry for running off. I tried to go and find answers but unfortunately I failed."

"Don't worry Hiccup, we will figure this out. Together." Matt said placing his hand on Hiccups shoulder, Jack and Lizzy nodding behind him.

"Thank you guys, you don't know what that means to me." Said before walking over to his Viking friends.

"I'm so happy I got to see you all again. Fishlegs, you will be a great elder one day and Berk is lucky to have you."

"Are you leaving?" Fishlegs asked. "But…but…you only just-"

"We will see each other again Fishlegs. I'm sure of it." Hiccup said giving Fishlegs a hug before turning to the twins. "Ruff, Tuff, don't ever change." Hiccup laughed patting Tuffnut on the shoulder and giving Ruffnut a hug. "And take care of each other."

"Snotlout, you were always meant to be chief. I leave Berk in your capable hands, you will be a great chief." Hiccup said holding out his hand.

"I won't let you down Hiccup, I promise." Snotlout said crasping it in his own. Hiccup released Snotlout's hand and noticed Rowanna stood slightly behind him. Hiccup pulled her forward and gave her a hug.

"Make an honest man out him." Hiccup laughed and Rowanna blushed but nodded. Hiccup walked over to Gobber and Stoick.

"Gobber, I'm glad that I got to see you again and now you are back where you belong." Hiccup said pulling his old mentor into a hug. "And take care of him for me." Hiccup whispered so Stoick wouldn't hear.

"Aye laddie, I can do that for ye." Gobber replied, pulling away from Hiccup and giving him a wink. Hiccup walked over to his father.

"Dad." Hiccup said and a smile lit up Stoick's face. "I don't even have the words to express how happy I am that we have finely mended this rift between us."

"Me too son. And I'm sorry for everything, I know that doesn't erase or make up for any of it, but know that I deeply regret how I've acted over the years." Stoick said, a tear falling down his cheek and quickly disappearing into his beard.

"I know father, I forgave you a long time ago." Hiccup said pulling his father into a hug. "Now," Hiccup said quickly trying to swallow the tears that were forming in his eyes. "When I come back and visit, I expect you to have trained your own dragon by then." Hiccup laughed.

"Aye lad, I'll give it a go. But I suspect your talents come from your mother's side." Stoick smiled sadly.

"Give it a go, you might surprise yourself." Hiccup said, before walking out the Mead Hall, leaving his family and friends behind. But he knew he'd be back one day.

"Are you okay?" Astrid asked the moment Hiccup was through the door.

"You know what? I actually am, I accomplished what I came here to do." Hiccup said smiling. "How about you, are you ready to leave Berk?" Astrid stopped and looked around the village before turning to face Hiccup again.

"Berk has always been my home, but it is also my past. But you, Etana, this," Astrid placed her hand above her heart, where the scars of her joining resided. "Is my future. Home is with you now and I look forward to where you will lead me." Astrid said kissing Hiccup softly.

"Good." Hiccup replied, "Because I can promise I will lead you to some strange places." The two smiled at each other before making their way over to the other riders and mounting their waiting dragons.

"You know; I think I'm actually going to miss this place." Lizzy mused looking over the village one last time."

"Seriously? You going soft on us?" Jack asked.

"Tell any of them that I said that and I was castrate you in your sleep."

"That sounds more like it." Jack laughed.

Hiccup on Toothless and felt the familiar excitement in the pit of his stomach. He refused to let his questions and worries about what happened to him and Toothless plague him. He just wanted to enjoy this moment. The village had come to see them off and among them his friends, Gobber and his father.

"So who's ready for an adventure?" Hiccup asked and received a chorus of roars from the dragons behind him.

"Then off we go." Hiccup said as Toothless and the other dragon took off, the cheers of Berk behind them.